“To learn so much, to be a student myself and to learn from all of you, it’s one of the things that brings me great joy about ...

Learn how climate change threatens the traditional building techniques of vernacular architecture, as seen in Tiébélé's ...

As Dubai Design Week marks its 11th year and takes community as its focus, director Natasha Carella reflects on the ...

Whenever light falls on a surface there will be a shadow, no matter how insignificant its focus is. The outline will hardly be visible, but other shapes will come to the fore in this play of light and ...

Editor’s note: The following is one of a series of columns to run throughout the summer from the Butte Citizens for Preservation and Revitalization. The vernacular — most of us know the term as ...

Perspectives in Vernacular Architecture (PVA) aims to bring the most recent scholarship on vernacular architecture to the academic and professional community. PVA appeared in book format from 1982 to ...

Before the advent of air conditioning and local building codes, any hope of living through a Lowcountry summer meant coming to terms with heat and humidity and finding how best take advantage of the ...

Chicago is known around the world for its tall skyscrapers, but some of Chicago’s greatest architecture is often found throughout the city’s neighborhoods. Chicago neighborhood streets have a unique ...

Vietnamese Firm H&P Architects builds a prototype house to keep inhabitants safe from floods, rainstorms, and more. Why Architecture Needs to Take Advantage of Natural Resources Environmentally ...

Whenever I go to a new city, I like to look at its identifying buildings. I don't mean the formal attractions — museums, basilicas, libraries, and so on — but the ordinary and yet very particular ...

Host Renee Montagne talks with Jim Heimann, the author of California Crazy and Beyond, a book about the lost art of wacky roadside architecture. Heimann has traced the history of some of the state's ...