Today is Wednesday, Nov. 30, the 334h day of 2005 with 31 to follow. Andrea Palladio (30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Republic of Venice. Palladio ...

Indeed, if an architect's worth is to be judged in terms of the influence that he exerts, there is only really one figure whose standing rivals that of Le Corbusier. Born in 1508, and employed until ...

One crowded, layered drawing exhibited here shows a series of intricate façade studies meandering down the page and culminating at the bottom with a rendering of Andrea Palladio’s own left hand. It ...

PIOMBINO DESE, ITALY — One afternoon in the middle of September, I stepped off a train onto the rain-slicked streets of this sleepy, well-kept town 25 miles northwest of Venice. After dashing for ...

Clayton Marsh, Thaden's founding head of school, traveled to Italy along with Marlon Blackwell of Marlon Blackwell Architects ...

Left: seemingly accurate portrait of Palladio purchased at an antiques store in New Jersey, USA. Right: seemingly accurate portrait of Palladio in a private collection in Moscow, Russia. Image via The ...

This week, visitors to Venice were treated to a new home for Nicoletta Fiorucci art foundation, a new exhibition space, SMAC, and artist Luc Tuymans's special commission at San Giorgio Maggiore. There ...

Born 500 years ago, Andrea Palladio is considered one of western civilisation's finest architects. Credit: GETTY/HULTON ARCHIVE For many, the creation that defines Palladio is the church of San ...