This article was originally published on Common Edge. There’s a famous quote—it’s usually attributed to Winston Churchill—that goes, “History is written by the victors.” This cynical and largely ...

Editor’s note: We’re thrilled to publish the second of a monthly column featuring new stories about Brooklyn history and historic architecture from Brownstoner columnist Suzanne Spellen. In the ...

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 ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — On a crisp February morning, three generations of architects met on 2 nd Street in Richmond’s Jackson Ward and reflected on the neighborhood’s Black architectural history. Burt ...

Put on your walking shoes and join Architectural Heritage Center docents on thought-provoking tours of Portland’s history-rich neighborhoods. The nonprofit center in Southeast Portland organizes ...

Good architecture, most often, seems to be not the result of theoretical pretensions or grand ambitions but simply the product of talented architects with cheap materials, inventive ideas and some ...

It was an emotional day for the son of a famous architect who took a walk down memory lane. Frank Green visited the Hagen History Center and toured their ‘Frank Lloyd Wright office’ exhibit. Green’s ...

Today AD welcomes back architect Valery Augustin for a walking tour of Downtown Los Angeles, exploring its diverse architectural design. From Spanish Colonial and 1930s art deco to postmodern ...

Maybe this was a pressure-creating-diamonds situation. Somehow in the 1930s, amid the immense stresses of economic collapse, natural disaster, Olympic anxiety and the looming shadow of World War II, ...

The history nerd in me was in absolute heaven the moment we arrived in York, Pennsylvania. This is a town that doesn’t just ...