Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: Cristian Baitg Schreiweis/Getty Images From Brunelleschi’s ingenious design of the dome crowning the Cathedral of Santa ...

The world of architecture is a captivating fusion of artistic expression and scientific precision. My journey in the realm of architecture started with a profound exploration of its rich history. It ...

In light of the interest in my recent story about George Ingham Barnett, I thought it might be worthwhile to look into the sort of education a young architect such as he would have received back in ...

An American Renaissance: Beaux-Arts Architecture in New York City, written by Phillip James Dodd with photography by Jonathan Wallen, is a sumptuous book on an era – roughly from the 1870s to the ...

In 15th-century Italy, an architect known as Filarete came up with a groundbreaking system for expelling odors from the latrines of a hospital he was designing in Milan. Waste from the toilet rooms in ...

The styles of Beaux Arts and Italian Renaissance Revival ran on parallel timelines and had similarities. Both were inspired by the classical design elements of ancient Europe — France and Italy, ...

In the heart of Denmark, Egeskov Castle is an almost unreal sight. Surrounded by forests, gardens and natural moats, the fortress lies in a harmonious and spectacular landscape, where stone, water and ...

Last month, we explored Chateauesque, one of several revival styles popular during the late 19th century. Next up are Moorish Revival and Venetian Renaissance. Popular between 1880 and 1910, these ...

Over the past half-century, American towns and cities have tried a great many measures to resuscitate dying downtowns -- some heroic, many pathetic. We've malled and boutiqued them, squeezed stadiums ...

The recycled buildings of Rome, long dismissed by architects, are getting a reappraisal as a model for how to reduce waste while creating something fresh. ROME — For centuries, historians and ...