'Federal' is one of America's grandest architectural styles, drawing inspiration from both ancient traditions, such as Roman and Greek construction, and later Georgian styles. While it's rare to find ...

The order directs federal building in Washington to follow “classical” styles, such as that of the Treasury Building. - (Pete Kiehart/For The Washington Post) President Donald Trump signed an ...

What comes to mind when we hear the words classical architecture? The answer to that question is often embarrassingly narrow. The Parthenon and Pantheon are still there, of course, even if the ...

Since humans first abandoned their nomadic ways and started building permanent settlements, architecture has been a powerful tool for communicating authority and ideologies. Rulers across millennia ...

Section 1. Purpose. The Founders, in line with great societies before them, attached great importance to Federal civic architecture. They wanted America’s public buildings to inspire the American ...

Funded by Andrew W. Mellon and the National Endowment for the Humanities foundations as part of the Open Book Program, a collection of classic books, published between 1964 and 1998 are now available ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo: Cristian Baitg Schreiweis/Getty Images From Brunelleschi’s ingenious design of the dome crowning the Cathedral of Santa ...

Architectural designer Phillip Smith enjoys sitting on his front stoop South Carolina native Phillip Smith remembers exactly what sparked his love of architecture, classical design, traditional ...

In impromptu remarks delivered following the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Robert F. Kennedy called on Americans to “tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday declaring “classical and traditional” architecture the preferred government styles, reviving and expanding his old fight against modernist ...

From Brunelleschi’s ingenious design of the dome crowning the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, to the vast ceiling of the Sistine Chapel decorated with Michelangelo’s staggering frescoes, ...