James Howard Smith

In this installment of ‘Larger Than Life: Architecture Through the Ages,’ we visit a duke’s ‘pleasure palace.’

The Lincoln Memorial honors a great man and provides a place where visitors can reflect on a watershed ...

The Pantheon has held an empowering effect on the individual and humanity for nearly 2,000 years and stands ...

One of the most influential architects of the past millennium, Andrea Palladio (1508–1580), shows in the Villa Pisani ...

Designed in 1909 on the tailcoats of America's Gilded Age, Nemours Estate graces the southern Delaware countryside with ...

An explosion of water thrusts high into the sky, then another and another and another as a fountain ...

Villa Melzi d’Eril is elegantly placed on the waterfront of Lake Como amid a rare garden,  just 31 ...

Set far back in the grounds of Versailles are the refined gardens and pavilions of the Petit Trianon. ...

The St. Vitus Cathedral is located on a hill that overlooks the city of Prague. When construction began ...

With the Amalfi Coast and Pompei as neighbors and the Isle of Capri and Sicily close by, Naples ...

Peter, the first pope and bishop of Rome, appointed by Jesus himself, took the lead to establish Christianity ...

In 1761, King Louis XV (1710-1774) commissioned architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel to design a modest palace set far back ...

In 1883, Henry Morrison Flagler was charmed with his visit to Florida, and he imagined others would also ...

The 1998 construction of the Chin Lin Nunnery and the Nian Lin Garden of Hong Kong are remarkable ...

The Tempietto in Rome is at once a reflection of divine order and a monument to St. Peter. ...

Piazza del Duomo, Pisa (translated as Pisa Cathedral Square) was conceived in a time when Pisa held a ...

The Philadelphia City Hall is like a distinguished gentleman, who is noble in his contribution to the city, ...

King Philip II inherited the Spanish Empire in 1556, including territories on every continent then known to Europeans. ...

The Royal Palace was originally the Town Hall of Amsterdam, created in the 17th-century golden era of Holland. ...

In its eighth annual season, the Architecture and Design Film Festival (ADFF) opened the eyes and stimulated the ...

October is a busy month for architecture and design around New York City; a combination of building tours, seminars, exhibitions, ...