For those that love a performance, perhaps no building style is more theatrical than Baroque architecture. “The origins of the word ‘Baroque’ are not entirely clear, but it is generally associated ...

'Federal' is one of America's grandest architectural styles, drawing inspiration from both ancient traditions, such as Roman and Greek construction, and later Georgian styles. While it's rare to find ...

Brutalism is an architectural style that originated in the 1950s and became popular in the 1960s. Its name comes from the French "béton brut," which means "raw concrete," as this material is one of ...

This next series of columns will explore the influence of various cultural movements on the look of local buildings. Not only is Lancaster steeped in 290 years of incredible cultural history, it is ...

LANCASTER IN STYLE, PART 5: FEDERAL STYLE, 1790-1830. The American Revolution not only gave birth to a new nation but also to a new architectural style — the Federal style. After adoption of the U.S.

Bring stately elements into your existing space with the defining features of Federal-style architecture. No design style is more intertwined with early America than Federal architecture, and it makes ...

Editor’s Note: Mark Foster Gage is an American architect and founder of Mark Foster Gage Architects in New York. He is also a professor of architecture at Yale University School of Architecture. New ...

Boston City Hall, which was completed in 1968, is considered a classic example of Brutalist architecture. Yunghi Kim/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Some viewers of “The Brutalist” are probably ...

Plenty of architectural styles bring the drama, but few do it so immediately as brutalist architecture. Graphic, dramatic, and, to some, (pick your poisonous adjective) ominous, hulking, or depressing ...

Los Angeles is a design and architecture nerd’s sun-drenched paradise. Here, lookie-loos can find examples of everything from historic Spanish Mission Revival apartment houses to midcentury-modern ...

"Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip Hop Architecture" is on view from October 15 at the Museum of Design in Atlanta. Olalekan Jeyifous, "Shanty Megastructures Project (1 of 4)" (2015). Image courtesy ...

Traditional architecture enjoys broad bipartisan support in the United States. A 2020 poll from National Civic Art Society showed over 70% approval across political affiliations. Modern technology, ...