architecture

Spending the last five years using a wheelchair has given former Humboldt Broncos hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki a new path forward. The 23-year-old from Airdrie, Alta., says so many times ...

Think of a time when you felt vulnerable. Perhaps you were in a hospital corridor, or an exam ...

“The magic garden has taken the place of the desert. He who saw the land three years ago ...

Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo, or the Carmel Mission, was second in the chain of Spanish missions ...

Commentary Pope Francis went recently to Hungary for a few hours to preach the eternal sacred truths of ...

Commentary The firing of Justin Shubow and three other members of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (they refused ...

Florida-based interior designer Andrew Howard may be known for his playful use of colors and patterns, as well ...

Upon arriving in the small town of Crescent City, you will feel like you’ve stepped back in time. ...

These days, it's rare to find a house made of handmade wood-mold bricks and Georgia-sourced granite. Quite a ...

The team at Evens Architects faced a real challenge when they were tasked with restoring the house known ...

If you had traveled with the Marquis de Lafayette to the Piedmont region of Virginia in 1824, you ...

In 1784 Thomas Jefferson found himself in France as our first ambassador. While he was there he fell ...

If walls could talk, what stories would they tell? During the Civil War, Union soldiers occupied the region ...

Alison Martino calls herself a “DeLorean of the internet”—comparing herself to the iconic car that serves as a ...

From dawn to dusk, the golden mosaics on the façade of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice shimmer and ...

“Whenever it is proposed to prepare plans for the Capitol, I should prefer the adoption of some one ...

NEW HOPE, N.Y.—“If you sing the perfect note right in the center stage, the person at the back ...

Who hasn't heard the phrase "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"? The old adage is appropriate ...

Pediments are probably the most recognizable architectural form alongside the column. Throughout history, they have crowned all types ...

When life is chaotic, we often return home for respite. We may look to our family, faith, and ...

“The good, of course, is always beautiful, and the beautiful never lacks proportion.” —Plato Plato’s words continue to echo ...

In 18th- and 19th-century England, wealthy young men traveled to continental Europe to explore ancient sites, discover ancient ...

MISSISSAUGA, Canada—Grand palaces, temples, and landscapes in the sky: these are just a few of the scenes architect ...

‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty,’—that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. —John ...

Fourteen centuries have taken its toll on Saint Germain des Prés, the oldest church in Paris. Built in ...

There is a deep human need for beauty, and if you ignore that need in architecture, your buildings ...

In Natchez, Mississippi, it’s fun to play pretend. On one night in the Southern river town, I find ...