In a remarkable convergence of creative genius and technological advancement, some of the world’s most acclaimed works of architecture were built in a period of just 20 years. This period, from ...

The Bloomsbury Global Encyclopedia of Women in Architecture, 1960-2020, edited by Lori A. Brown and Karen Burns is a sweeping two volume survey of over 1,000 entries covering architects, designers, ...

In both cases, we observe the construction of an identity consolidated over decades — or even centuries — supported by a set of factors that inscribe them into history. Not only because of the ...

Introduction -- Pioneers -- Rhetoric (building with a message) -- Sacred -- Urban visions -- Big and beautiful -- Material matters -- Lost and found -- Glossary ...

From the Gothic grandeur of Prague to the blue-washed alleys of Chefchaouen, these seven global cities are a must-visit for ...

In the spring of 1979, in my second semester of college teaching (as a visiting assistant professor of history at Oberlin), an absolutely brilliant undergraduate wrote a scathing critique of ...

The discipline of history, while continuing to produce valuable scholarship, is in a rut. The kind of methodological, conceptual and theoretical breakthroughs that took place in the 1970s—with the ...

Installation view of the Hall of Architecture at the Carnegie Museum of Art (2007), featuring works by Ecole des Beaux-Arts (cast maker) (photo by Tom Little, all photos courtesy Carnegie Museum of ...

With two bold new museums and a Guggenheim on the horizon, Abu Dhabi is arriving on the international art scene.