Architecture is no longer about just building static boxes that sit stubbornly against the elements. Modern designers are ...

Much before humans constructed their first permanent shelters, they discovered the protective power of animal hides as a barrier against harsh environmental conditions. This fundamental principle of ...

Architecture in the 20th century was defined by a single dominant style: modernism. This design movement transformed 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, ...

Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, Sendai Mediatheque, Miyagi, Japan (1995-2001); left: exterior view; right: detail of interior support tube (photos ©Naoya Hatakeyama, courtesy of The Museum of ...

After several Modernist buildings by Paul Rudolph have fallen to the wrecking ball or been substantially altered, 2023 is ending with one of the last buildings he designed gaining protection as a ...

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.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order declaring traditional and classical architecture the "preferred" and "default" style for all major new federal buildings in the United States, ...

There's no end in sight to the building boom on college campuses in Houston, adding a flurry of new, modernist buildings to campuses that began with traditional architecture 75 to 100 or more years ...

“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 ...