Director Alkan said, "We have restored the fountain to its appearance from 2,000 years ago by uncovering three water channels ...

Editor's note: The Architects’ Alphabet is a 26-part series describing design elements featured in Gregory J. Scott’s recently published book, “Urban Legend, The Life & Legacy of C.

Perhaps the most defining feature of a Federal-style exterior is the use of symmetry. The buildings themselves are typically ...

Like any researcher of Roman architecture, Fuchs relied on Vitruvius's Ten Books on Architecture as a primary reference, including its sections dedicated to theater design. Yet, it soon became ...

The city of Rome is still fed by pipes and aqueducts designed over two thousand years ago. They were built during the Roman Empire to bring water from nearby mountains. Engineers ensured the ...

elbow flumes? Roman architecture is known for elegance and ingenuity. A curious relic, pieced together in a museum basement, shows that Roman design also boosted the efficiency of an ancient ...

and perhaps nothing proves this lasting legacy quite like Roman architecture. Inspired by classical architecture in Greece, ancient Romans were responsible for popularizing many elements of our ...

However, when it comes to selecting the geometric pattern for rib placement ... familiar from early Roman architecture and Renaissance churches inspired by it. No complex analysis is usually ...

For now, deconstruction is more of a goal or design principle that an actual school of architecture. There is no definitive “look” to deconstruction. When materials are reused, they are often ...

“Historically, coffered ceilings have roots in classical Greek and Roman architecture,” says Juliana Cone of Lamont Bros. Design & Construction in Portland, Oregon. “They’ve been a staple ...