On October 20, 1888, Athens’ iconic Zappeion Megaron first opened its doors to the public. The impressive neoclassical hall ...

Low Library is the most consequential building on Columbia’s campus. Despite not being a space that students use frequently, its design is a physical culmination of Columbia’s principled image and ...

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The Architects’ Alphabet is a 26-part series describing design elements featured in Gregory J. Scott’s upcoming book, “Urban Legend, The Life & Legacy of C. Emlen Urban,” Lancaster’s most renowned ...

If you’re ever walking around the Mid-Market area of downtown San Francisco and take your gaze off the ground (where you’re probably trying to navigate around homeless people’s poop piles), you’ll be ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

Rumors are swirling that the Trump administration wants to madate that all future federal buildings be designed in neoclassical style. (Courtesy Architect of the Capitol/Flickr) “The AIA strongly ...

Neoclassical architecture (buildings designed with Classical Greek and Roman elements) has dazzled humans around the globe for nearly 300 years. Although those ancient civilizations have been at the ...

It’s been a rough week for homegrown St. Louis institutions, so I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to remind my readers that all sorts of enduring and indelible contributions have come out ...

President Donald Trump never implemented a proposed measure that would have effectively banned new federal buildings from being constructed in the modern style, but one government agency has put its ...