News
Pompeii’s Elite Once Lived in Luxury Towers, Research Says
Digital reconstruction technology is offering new insights into life in the ever-fascinating Ancient Roman city.
Architecture
Opinion
The Arch of Trump’s Triumph and Downfall
Triumphal arches have been used for imperialistic ends since Roman antiquity, and the president’s latest proposal is no exception.
News
$200M Trump Ballroom Proposal Looks a Lot Like Versailles
Social media users couldn’t help but notice similarities between the lavish project, led by architect James McCrery, and the palace of a certain ill-fated French monarch.
Features
Bidding Adieu to Art Deco’s Democratic Dream
A century later, the decline of the movement represents the death of the grand designs it traded in.
Book Review
The Woman Behind the Iconic Glass House
The life of Dr. Edith Farnsworth was long distorted by her dealings with Mies van der Rohe, who designed her glass house in Illinois. Almost Nothing asks us to take a closer look.
Art Review
Queer Artists Make Fantasy Architecture a Reality
Phyllis Birkby harnessed her knowledge and lesbian feminist politics to encourage countless people to reimagine their built environments.
News
“God’s Architect” Antoni Gaudí Could Be Made a Saint
Pope Francis declared venerable the giant of Catalan Modernisme, who infused motifs from nature and Christianity into his Sagrada Família and other landmarks.
News
Peek Inside Three Frank Lloyd Wright Homes Up for Grabs in Michigan
The residences, priced between $850K and $2M, were designed in the 1940s within just a short distance of each other.
News
New Penn Station Proposal Channels Trump's Classical Architecture Order
Renderings of a design backed by the National Civic Art Society, whose board includes a far-right Trump ally, show a classical façade lined with Doric columns and a park plaza in place of Madison Square Garden.
Art
The Forgotten Artisan Behind Frank Lloyd Wright
Artist Ryan Preciado unearths the story of Manuel Sandoval, a Nicaraguan artisan whose important contributions to 20th-century modernist design have long been buried.
Opinion
Since When Is Neoclassical Architecture “Populist”?
Donald Trump's move to revive "traditional" architecture in federal buildings betrays his ignorance of its elitist roots.
News
Trump Call for “Traditional” Buildings Could Stifle Innovation, Architects Say
The President issued a memo reviving his controversial 2020 ordinance limiting government structures to the “classical” styles.