Uniquely is a Sacramento Bee series that covers the moments, landmarks and personalities that define what makes living in the Sacramento area so special. An original 1955 Eichler mid-century modern ...

Architecture in the 20th century was defined by a single dominant style: modernism. This design movement transformed the ...

“Are You Illiterate About Modern Architecture?” by Peter Blake, was originally published in the September 1961 issue of Vogue. For more of the best from Vogue’s archive, sign up for our Nostalgia ...

This 3D virtual aerial tour explores the Modern and Contemporary Art Museum of Nice from above highlighting its bold ...

The Art Institute of Chicago has received a $75 million donation for a new building to showcase modern art from the 19th and 20th centuries. The funds — which amount to the single largest naming gift ...

Warsaw’s Plac Defilad (Parade Square) has a complicated history. Built by the Soviets amid the ruins of World War II, the vast space—the largest public square in Europe—was used for propaganda rallies ...

A Stalinist skyscraper has long dominated the Warsaw cityscape, but a shiny new snow-white cube is being heralded as a symbol of a post-communist era for Poland’s capital—a journey two decades in the ...

He was a surprise choice for the ambitious project, but his design won praise as “drop-dead elegant.” By Fred A. Bernstein Yoshio Taniguchi, a Japanese architect who gained international fame in 1997 ...

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