Amid the Elements is an environmental history of architecture animated by forgotten encounters between building and the elements—earth, water, air, fire and sometimes ether. Beginning in the early ...

This article was originally published on Common Edge. "O beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, has there ever been another place on earth where so many people of wealth and power ...

Traditionally, architecture's role has been to create a barrier between inhabitants and the elements, providing protection and security. Even with material and technological advances over time, this ...

Walk through any major city today and you're surrounded by glass towers, concrete blocks, and repetitive facades that stretch endlessly into the sky. They look efficient, even impressive sometimes.

Architecture is a fluid art that blends various periods and styles while architectural history can be used as a method for tracking the development of architecture or buildings across diverse cultures ...

“Are You Illiterate About Modern Architecture?” by Peter Blake, was originally published in the September 1961 issue of Vogue. For more of the best from Vogue’s archive, sign up for our Nostalgia ...

An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country, said the seventeenth-century English diplomat Sir Henry Wotton. By “to lie,” Wotton meant both to dwell somewhere (in a ...

The intricate relationship between fashion, art, and architecture spans from ancient civilisations to contemporary design. This article explores how these disciplines have influenced each other, ...