Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...

And some buildings they helped make famous, according to two architects and a curator. By Julia Halperin “Pounding earth or making mud bricks out of earth [as opposed to firing clay bricks] is one of ...

The program offers an exclusive look at the urban development of Rome through the ages, with a particular focus on ancient Rome: building materials, topography, projects of urban renewal and expansion ...

In the new book Fire and Clay, Brick of Chicago's Will Quam tracks the history of architecture through the endlessly varied ...

Witold Rybczynski has written more than twenty books over a long and distinguished career in architecture, beginning with Home: A Short History of an Idea. That unlikely bestseller told the story of ...

This article was originally published on Common Edge. In the late 1960s, Ben Bradlee, the storied executive editor of The Washington Post from 1965 until 1991, confronted making the paper more ...

Later this month, Itohan Osayimwese, chair of the Department of History of Art and Architecture and a professor of urban studies, will begin her role as vice president of the Society of Architectural ...

This article was originally published on Common Edge. For the past two weeks, cities across Nigeria were hit by protests against the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a police unit setup in ...

He designed some of the world’s most recognizable buildings, notably the spectacular Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, his masterpiece. Credit: Michael GisselereCredit... Supported by By Nicolai Ouroussoff ...

In architecture circles, there’s a commonly used phrase: The built environment. That sounds straightforward enough on the surface, but it also suggests a concept that’s far more opaque and complicated ...