Architecture tells the story of a city, its history, culture, and vision for the future. For those of us who find beauty in ...

Walk through any major city today and you're surrounded by glass towers, concrete blocks, and repetitive facades that stretch ...

Architecture in the 20th century was defined by a single dominant style: modernism. This design movement transformed the ...

During their university years, architects acquire a wide range of skills apart from learning to design buildings. Some of these include creative problem solving, project management, high attention to ...

Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, Japan (1995-2001); left: exterior view; right: detail of interior support tube (photos ©Naoya Hatakeyama, courtesy of The Museum of ...

Contemporary landscapes rarely succeed by accident. Clean lines, controlled contrast, and intentional materials shape outdoor ...

The bold promise of Inscriptions: Architecture Before Speech, a sprawling volume edited by K. Michael Hays and Andrew Holder, is written across its spine in inch-tall lettering: “A theory of ...

The history of modern architecture has been well covered in classical surveys that traced the developments of this major movement that dominated the architectural landscape of the 20th century until ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a Contributing Writer at Forbes Global Properties. This article is more than 3 years old. The striking architectural home in ...

Tennessee is well-known for its lush rolling landscapes, less so for its urban skylines. That reputation is changing in Nashville, the state's most rapidly growing city by far, as downtown developers ...

Why the beauty and inventiveness of contemporary masonry in Iran has captured Western audiences. The United States expends untold amounts of money and human capital to keep its citizens uninformed ...