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 ...

As Europe emerged from the stagnation of the Middle Ages and the devastation wrought by the bubonic plague, there was a dramatic shift towards new intellectual, artistic, scientific, and economic ...

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 ...

Archaeologists identified remains matching the basilica described by Vitruvius, linking Roman architecture, Renaissance ...

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 ...

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, ...

A selection of plates from the author's Die Architektur der Renaissance in Toscana was published 1885-1908 in 11 vols. siris_sil_506404 ...

"Commodities" : how does the building function? -- "Firmeness" : how does the building stand up? -- "Delight" : space in architecture -- "Delight" : seeing ...

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 ...