Xi’an, a city once known for its ancient history, now showcases a new identity as one of China’s most futuristic metropolises. With its bold architecture, sleek skyscrapers, and cutting-edge urban ...

Listed buildings are important architectural testaments to a society's rich and diverse history. Formally recognizing these buildings protects their significant architectural elements from alterations ...

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 ...

This article was originally published on Common Edge. "O beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain, has there ever been another place on earth where so many people of wealth and power ...

“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 ...

A church, said Victor Hugo, is "a book in stone." And what —on Easter Sunday or any other Sunday — do we read there? Consider a Gothic cathedral like Notre-Dame, which also happens to be the very ...