Well, as Tantie Evita tells us brightly, in 1956 the architects of apartheid visited America to study the history and workings of Indian reservations.

The architect immersed himself in books and films about the Holocaust, and visited the concentration camps.

The brokers, architects and other assorted consultants visited, too, and came back with more technical evaluations.

Their architect visited, complaining loudly how far away the subway station was.

As part of the design process, the architects visited a pueblo nearby that looks much as it did 100 years ago, he said.

I had been told that the architect hadn't actually visited the site and had put the hotel restaurant at the back, where diners couldn't see the harbour.

When the architect visited the Moruya house and found a metal barbecue grill in front of the glass windows, he quietly hauled it out of sight.

The senior Mr. Wood said that an architect, an engineer and a contractor would visit the house on Sunday.

As part of the research that preceded the design, the developer, the architects, the engineers and the project manager visited Japan to look in detail at a dozen concert halls.

Once upon a time architects from all over the world visited this barracks, to marvel at its design.