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

The bold promise of Inscriptions: Architecture Before Speech, a sprawling volume edited by K. Michael Hays and Andrew Holder, is written across its spine in inch-tall lettering: “A theory of ...

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 ...

The home is a fundamental expression of architectural movements within the fabric of a city. As one of the smallest typologies, it is the simplest canvas to exhibit the design ethos of any particular ...

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 ...

In 1997, architect Frank Gehry completed a structure that would change the history of contemporary architecture forever. In Bilbao, Spain, a place with a then population of 359,000, where even the ...

Throughout much of the 20th century, a unique interdisciplinary conversation unfolded at Yale concerning the role of time and history in modern art and architecture. It was an ongoing discussion among ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a Contributing Writer at Forbes Global Properties. This article is more than 3 years old. The striking architectural home in ...

When John Gendall began to write a book on architecture in the Rocky Mountains, “I was expecting to find a common backdrop,” he says. “A rocky topography and a lot of snow—some of the cliches.” ...

In a remarkable convergence of creative genius and technological advancement, some of the world’s most acclaimed works of architecture were built in a period of just 20 years. This period, from ...