Four-sided Ionic columns also tend to be more slender than traditional Ionic columns. Urban used all three column types in his portfolio of neoclassical work.

The order, which affects buildings like federal courthouses and agency headquarters, encourages classical styles rather than modernist aesthetics.

Editor’s note: This is Part 3 of a series about the various styles of architecture found throughout Lancaster County. Although Germanic and Traditional English architectural styles shared ...

Our critic explores contemporary architecture on the broadest of terms, looking a new building or museum show, perhaps, or highlighting upcoming events and talking with key figures in the field.

This article presents the first results of an ongoing investigation of the Temple of Hera at Olympia. Because it is traditionally believed that the temple was designed with wooden columns that were ...

Cindy Hamilton of Virginia Beach spent a month in Spain, and a stop in Córdoba yielded time in the mosque-cathedral before other visitors arrived.