These buildings can come in any shape or size, so long as their design embodies more than just a greenwashed buzzword ...
Few architectural terms are as straightforward yet misleading as “Blobitecture.” Also known as Blobism or Blob Architecture, this 21st-century style refers to buildings with blobby, curved designs ...
Much before humans constructed their first permanent shelters, they discovered the protective power of animal hides as a barrier against harsh environmental conditions. This fundamental principle of ...
Architecture is the design of spaces for human occupation. Despite architects’ skill in designing spaces to influence human behavior there often is a shortfall in anticipating and reacting to ...
The Never Built — the alternate universe of failed architecture proposals — sharpens and expands our view of the world. It showcases forgotten, often compelling, concepts that may yet prove useful, ...
Post World War II, architects like Kenzo Tange pioneered a new blend of tradition with modernism, sparking the influential Metabolist movement of the 1960s that imagined cities as organic, adaptable ...
Ancient Roman architecture is seen as a part of classical architecture and generally builds off of the three classical orders—Ionic, Corinthian, and Doric—which were developed in ancient Greece. Later ...
Section 1. Purpose. The Founders, in line with great societies before them, attached great importance to Federal civic architecture. They wanted America’s public buildings to inspire the American ...