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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...