I grew up in Virginia, so I'm used to grand old plantation homes with wide columns and Greek Revival pediments. But the new Museum of the Shenandoah Valley sure doesn't ... Read More

The original World Trade Center towers were destroyed in a cataclysmic attack. The new tower, an inspired design by Daniel Libeskind, has seen a slower death, writes architecture critic Ada ... Read More

Three US cities will pull out all stops this spring for the Architectural Digest Architecture Days. Events include a lecture by Richard Meier in Los Angeles, a Mies and Modernism tour ... Read More

With all the controversy surrounding the new Pope, I was curious to learn more about the Vatican. Seems that in the 1600s, a building project inside St. Peter's Basilica ... Read More

Celebrity architects are changing the New York City skyline with towering apartment buildings and condominiums. Latest on the horizon is the glass condominium building at 165 Charles Street, designed by Richard ... Read More

College campuses in the USA are seeing a lot of construction, reports the Christian Science Monitor. Older buildings are being remodeled and new ones built to make room for more ... Read More

April 22 is Earth Day... And a good time to think about building homes that save energy and safeguard the natural landscape. Australia's Pritzker Prize Laureate, Glenn Murcutt, shows how. ... Read More

Wal-Mart wants to build another discount store near my town, and residents are in an uproar. Seems nobody wants the big box store, even if the prices are discounted. I ... Read More

Built in 1926, this simple bungalow nestles in an historic neighborhood in La Verne, California. The original redwood siding is still intact, and the interior rooms have lots of ... Read More

One of the worst natural disasters in the United States struck on April 18, 1906. An earthquake measuring 8.3 on the Richter scale destroyed much of San Francisco. The quake ... Read More

Vinyl -- the magic siding material. It doesn't rot, it doesn't flake. But, look what happened when this little Victorian was sided with vinyl. Isn't there another way? ... Read More

The Leaning Tower of Pisa, which began tilting while still under construction in the Middle Ages, will soon have a twin. Architect Dante Oscar Benini has designed a steel and ... Read More

Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas is really hitting the headlines this week. He's the newest winner of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture/Mies van der Rohe Award. The award recognizes ... Read More

Move over Frank Gehry. Rem Koolhaas's new building in Oporto, Portugal will turn heads and draw tourists in droves. The main hall of his Casa da Musica is a rectangular ... Read More

The shooting spree on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Minnesota is only one of many incidents of extreme school violence by a teen gunman. Over the past decade, similar ... Read More

The prospective buyers are puzzled by the history of this 1880s home. Does it represent a particular style... or is it "just a house built on the edge of town"? • More ... Read More

My neighborhood is in a historic district, so I'm required to get approval from the city historic commission before painting my house. I hope they can help me choose colors ... Read More

Architects are learning important lessons as they rebuild cities that were destroyed by the tsunami, writes Norman Day for Australia's The Age. Deciding who owns the land and what types ... Read More

And speaking of school design, several top-notch books explore the ways architecture works with educational theories to create buildings that facilitate learning. Here are the best books on school design, ... Read More

A decade ago, the hot trend in school design was the "open classroom." I used to teach high school students in a room without walls. The students were encouraged to ... Read More