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 ...

You’ve seen them. Perhaps they’ve taken over your neighborhood, packing in cheek-by-jowl, straddling hillsides and squeezing out every square inch of space that zoning laws allow. They are modern box ...

A century ago, a strange edifice arose at the foot of the Hollywood Hills, on Kings Road. It was a single-story structure of gray concrete walls and redwood ceilings, shorn of ornament. Before ...

DOHA, Qatar--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This week, Qatar Foundation’s Doha Debates examines how architecture reflects and shapes cultural values on their flagship show, Doha Debates. The second episode of the ...

Humans are psychologically wired to prefer curved, soft forms, which our brains associate with safety, calm, and nature. In contrast, sharp, angular (or rectilinear) designs can trigger a mild, ...

Given that the architects of modernity were in search of purity of form, it stands to reason that the image of this modern architecture is almost inevitably rendered in white in the collective ...

Spokane's skyline boasts three iconic buildings. The Pavilion. Gifted to the city by the United States government in preparation for Expo '74, the cable structure is unlike any other in Spokane. The ...

The allure of midcentury modern houses, designed for easy indoor-outdoor living, has endured, especially in the Pacific Northwest, because seeing unpainted wood and large windows framing greenery is ...

Senior engineer Guruprasad Raghothama Rao advocates for architectural simplicity and disciplined modernization to ensure long ...