The architecture of St. Louis has a long and storied pedigree, going far back in history past its 254 years of existence. Whenever I visit Rome, Italy, I’m always amazed at the richness of its ...

A new study suggests Greek temple design reflects the form of upturned rowing ships, offering a maritime explanation for ...

Ancient Roman architecture is seen as a part of classical architecture and generally builds off of the three classical orders—Ionic, Corinthian, and Doric—which were developed in ancient Greece. Later ...

The Civil Courts Building in downtown St. Louis is one of those buildings everyone knows—and many of us know it so well, it’s become almost invisible. Yet there it looms, right at the intersection of ...

This destination trip will focus on providing foundational knowledge of the art and architecture of ancient Egypt, considered one of the greatest civilizations. We will also examine how Coptic and ...

Crucially, the basilica at Fanum Fortunae (ancient Fano) is the only building Vitruvius explicitly references in his surviving treatise De architectura, making the identification unusually significant ...

In the early morning in Taiyuan, capital of North China's Shanxi Province, sunlight filters through centuries-old cypress trees in front of the Shengmu Hall (Holy Mother Hall) at the Jinci Temple, ...

The busy intersection of 79th Street, Stony Island and South Chicago avenues — where the Chicago Skyway ramps lash overhead and the suited-and-booted Nation of Islam brothers sell the Final Call ...

Xu Ye’er visits Zishou Temple in North China’s Shanxi Province, an architecture being originally built in Tang Dynasty ...