Architecture

Drive through any upscale neighborhood from Palm Beach to Palo Alto, and you’ll notice a pattern: red tile roofs and stucco walls are commanding premium...

After more than a decade of painstaking restoration, the Grand Palais has reopened its magnificent glass-and-iron nave to the public, revealing one of the most...

Ninety-five years ago, a gleaming spire of stainless steel and Nirosta metal pierced the Manhattan skyline, announcing to the world that America had arrived at...

When you stand before a Romanesque church, the first thing that strikes you is its commanding presence. These buildings were not merely places of worship—they...

On December 7, 2024, the world watched as Notre-Dame de Paris reopened its doors after five years of painstaking restoration. The devastating fire of April...

Drive through any historic neighborhood in Boston, Philadelphia, or Williamsburg, and you will encounter rows of stately brick homes with an unmistakable rhythm—symmetrical facades, double-hung...

When visitors first see the White House, they often remark on its stately Southern character—the columned porticos, the symmetrical wings, the dignified restraint of its...

Georgian architecture represents the pinnacle of English classical building, an elegant and orderly style that dominated Britain and its colonies throughout the 18th century. Named...

Victorian architecture defies simple definition. Spanning the long reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901, this era produced an astonishing variety of styles—Gothic Revival,...

Neoclassical architecture represents the most ambitious attempt to revive the building traditions of ancient Greece and Rome. Emerging in the mid-18th century and flourishing through...