To learn the history of a new destination, travelers should look no further than its most famous ... These must-see buildings are renowned for various reasons—some for their architectural ...

Many famous buildings in Chicago are renowned for ... of load-bearing construction and is considered a pivotal work in modern architecture. Similarly, S. R. Crown Hall, designed by Ludwig Mies ...

In our modern world, moving at such an ultra-fast pace, it can feel like our cities are getting stripped of their history and ...

From housing complexes and family homes, to shopping centres, office buildings ... of the fact that a modern architect must become ‘an element of social organization,’ responsible to society, and they ...

“The modern architects loved ... made them conducive to building on these types of sites.” That’s also put them in danger. Horak says she knows of at least one famous modernist home in ...

Owen Hatherley – author of a new book on Britain’s modern buildings – is an architectural journalist with an agenda. Throughout a series of memoirs and travelogues spanning the UK and Europe, ...

At first glance, Ana Francisco Sutherland’s Modern Buildings: Blackheath and Greenwich might seem to be very tightly focused. The monograph, looking at the post-war architecture of a single south ...

from prehistoric settlements to modern skyscrapers. What lessons might these ancient origins of architecture hold for future advancements in building design? In 1851, German architect and theorist ...

Arguably the region’s most famous modern house ... of Central Park). This building, painted pink for a time, was a textbook example of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture by Clinton Nourse ...