Beaux-Arts architecture takes its name from the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, an academy where four ambitious students—Félix Duban, Joseph-Louis Duc, Henri Labrouste and Léon Vaudoyer ...

Known as one of the most ornate styles of architecture, the Beaux Arts movement gets its moniker from the French school of architecture known as the École des Beaux-Arts based in Paris. The ...

Most of our best Beaux-Arts architecture is found in public buildings. Grand Army Plaza in 1894. Photo via Wikipedia. How Beaux-Arts became popular in the U.S. In America, the fad for Beaux-Arts ...