I originally wrote this post in October of 2014. I am reposting it now, with minor edits, in acknowledgment of Michael Graves' passing...

Bob Kollar asks, "I have an architectural question that has been bugging me for a while–perhaps you can shed some light on this mystery....

Jože Plečnik. We say the name infrequently, but always in revered tones. In one of those few but memorable conversations with Michael...

Delirious New York is still one of the best books on architecture, not least for its Jules Verne quality. It’s not simply an old-timey...

I went with a friend to the Baths of Caracalla on a splendid summer day in 1997. We were walking through the ruins, contemplating their...

My tribute to the portrait gallery is, ironically enough, a lost portrait. Susan and I were there a few summers ago, and we took in all...

Soldiers’ and Sailors, Henry Hornbostel’s competition winning design is a real gem. Yet, I believe that, like so many other buildings,...

People talk about the architectural gesture, but Frank Gehry has hit a new level of directness with the middle finger he displayed in a...

Born in 1632, Christopher Wren is best known as the architect of St. Paul’s in London, itself a complex intersection of rationalist...

Vincent Scully is just a man, but there are those who revere him as some kind of deity. The now-retired, long-time historian of art and...