Enamored of historical building techniques, John Byers embraced California's early heritage. Born in Michigan in 1875 after the Civil War, the transplant to sunny Santa Monica understood the delicious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: Jack Sheahan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images While scandal doesn’t hit architects quite as often as, say, politicians, ...

Oh, postmodernism. You are history now. This fall, architect Michael Graves classic (wait, can you say that about postmodernism?) 1982 Portland building was added to the US National Register of ...

This article was originally published on Common Edge. There’s a famous quote—it’s usually attributed to Winston Churchill—that goes, “History is written by the victors.” This cynical and largely ...

Explore revitalization projects that merge heritage architecture with modern design, preserving cultural identity for future generations.

Editor’s note: We’re thrilled to publish the second of a monthly column featuring new stories about Brooklyn history and historic architecture from Brownstoner columnist Suzanne Spellen. In the ...

Peter Pennoyer on the history of America’s building design and where it’s going as the country reaches a milestone this ...

Put on your walking shoes and join Architectural Heritage Center docents on thought-provoking tours of Portland’s history-rich neighborhoods. The nonprofit center in Southeast Portland organizes ...

Maybe this was a pressure-creating-diamonds situation. Somehow in the 1930s, amid the immense stresses of economic collapse, natural disaster, Olympic anxiety and the looming shadow of World War II, ...

For the first time since 1973, the City of Charleston has completed a comprehensive architectural survey of every building on ...