Oakland’s architectural landscape is transforming. As new Pitt campus facilities and multi-story residential projects ...

History of Architecture is a 2021 Presentation and Writing Competition, organized by Archiol. Architecture evolved over the centuries, with the rise and fall of civilizations. Architecture is the ...

Castles were more than just strongholds. They were unmistakable declarations that, centuries later, continue to captivate us ...

Reclaiming Edith Farnsworth” is an architectural history in the form of a memoir about author Nora Wendl’s experience ...

Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...

As Aligarh Muslim University marks the birth month of its founder, one aspect of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s life remains severely ...

Designer and historian David Gissen discusses themes from his recent book re-examining architectural history through the lens of disability. By re-contextualizing the history of architecture through ...

Professor Vimalin Rujivacharakul teaches History of Art and Architecture at the University of Delaware in the United States. She also concurrently holds the 2021-2024 Visiting Professor at the School ...

On April 4, 1942, the diarist Henry “Chips” Channon and a few of his friends paid a visit to Wells Cathedral—one of England’s early Gothic treasures—in the southwest county of Somerset. Having spent ...

The post-Civil War years were a period of great change in American society. For the first time, an ever-growing middle class emerged, one that had more leisure time than ever before and money to spend ...

Art history is arguably the most expansive field a student can pursue. It is the study of human civilization across time and culture through the physical things that they make--paintings, sculptures, ...

This story was first published in KCUR's Creative Adventure newsletter. You can sign up to receive stories like this in your inbox every Tuesday. The Country Club Plaza celebrated its 100th ...