Art Deco is one of the most iconic and beloved architectural styles, instantly recognizable for its geometric patterns, sleek ...
For those that love a performance, perhaps no building style is more theatrical than Baroque architecture. “The origins of the word ‘Baroque’ are not entirely clear, but it is generally associated ...
Plenty of architectural styles bring the drama, but few do it so immediately as brutalist architecture. Graphic, dramatic, and, to some, (pick your poisonous adjective) ominous, hulking, or depressing ...
'Federal' is one of America's grandest architectural styles, drawing inspiration from both ancient traditions, such as Roman and Greek construction, and later Georgian styles. While it's rare to find ...
No design style is more intertwined with early America than Federal architecture, and it makes sense when you consider that this architectural movement saw its boom just after the American Revolution.
Brutalism is an architectural style that originated in the 1950s and became popular in the 1960s. Its name comes from the French "béton brut," which means "raw concrete," as this material is one of ...
Editor’s note: This is Part 4 of a series about the various styles of architecture found throughout Lancaster County. After three kings and 74 years, the Colonies were finally able to cast off ...
Editor’s Note: Mark Foster Gage is an American architect and founder of Mark Foster Gage Architects in New York. He is also a professor of architecture at Yale University School of Architecture. New ...
After the Revolutionary War, the new nation of the United States of America set about establishing itself. While statesmen concentrated on writing our Constitution and codifying the laws that would ...
“Scarcer than hen’s teeth” is how we can describe the Storybook style in Lancaster County. Mainers would say the style is “from away” — far away, like California, where the style originated in the ...