Blogs Posts in Classic Architectures category; 112 blog posts

In Paris, Mixing the Contemporary With the Classics

While many world capitals feed off the energy of modernity, Paris is loved because it represents an escape from it. So when most people visit the city, their agenda involves visiting monuments like the Louvre, the Hôtel de Ville and [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2013 | Comments : 0

Lop Buri maintains examples of architecture from the days of...

Situated some 150km apart, Lop Buri and Bangkok share at least one architectural lineage, a set of "Modern style" buildings that are the legacy of the People's Party that brought drastic political change to the country in 19 [...]

Posted On : Mar, 13 2013 | Comments : 0

Landmarked Building Near Gowanus Whole Foods Is For Sale

Construction is finally moving forward on the Gowanus Whole Foods site, so what's that mean for the landmarked Coignet building that sits on the corner of the property? Whole Foods agreed to repair and preserve the abandoned 19th cent [...]

Posted On : Jan, 29 2013 | Comments : 0

Past perfect: Images of Glasgow icons taken 100 years apart

THE proud civic heritage of Scotland’s biggest city is documented in a new book highlighting the changes some of Glasgow’s biggest landmarks have undergone. Photographs taken from the same viewpoint as those of yesteryear [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2012 | Comments : 0

The Garden School is a New Green-Roofed Learning Facility fo...

Open Architecture believes that if our youth are going to be equipped to deal with the environmental challenges ahead, the wisdom of the ancients needs to be restored to their education. Children need to learn how to respect, balance and [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Modern With a Twist Home Tours, Multifamily Buying Spree

SANTA MONICA/INGLEWOOD: This fall, the AIA/LA is opening up a few classic pieces of LA architecture that have been renovated by contemporary architects (one a month through December)--they're starting with the John Entenza House on Se [...]

Posted On : Sep, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

Before baseball, Union Station a monument to classic archite...

Union Station has been featured widely in the news in recent months as the cornerstone for the planned downtown baseball stadium. Many Houstonians remember Union Station as a busy hub of rail transportation in our city for more than 50 ye [...]

Posted On : Aug, 11 2012 | Comments : 0

Straight outta Hamptons: hip-hop's architectural roots

Given the hip-hop elite's affiliation with prestige brands – from Cristal to Courvoisier, from Louis Vuitton to Lamborghini – you'd think they'd be similarly discerning when it comes to architecture. But that's [...]

Posted On : Aug, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Modern Architecture’s Dark Side

There has long been a tendency to see the most important innovations of Modernism as arising directly from progressive causes. War, in this view, was considered a limiting if not wholly destructive force that stymied civilian architecture [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

St. Pete's Architectural Heritage Under Threat

St. Petersburg's grand boulevards and classical facades seem timeless, yet the city's architectural heritage is vanishing at an alarming rate, according to a new report. In the past 12 years, more than 150 historical buildings hav [...]

Posted On : Jul, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Interior Design of The Exotic Country Hilltop House in Austr...

Here is the Architectural works of the The exotic “Hilltop” country house in Melbourne, Australia. This is the classical and natural Wooden house with the farm and vineyards of the Yarra Valley affords views as far as the eye [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Modernism’s Slyest Lens

The ever growing recognition of mid-twentieth-century architectural photography has elevated the reputations of Julius Shulman, Ezra Stoller, and Balthazar Korab from that of workaday chroniclers of America’s postwar building boom t [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

Peter Pennoyer Architects: A Modern Classic

One of the most exciting books to land on my lap this Fall is Peter Pennoyer Architects' new monograph. If you have ever entertained the thought that Classicism is stodgy or plain played out, this gorgeously illustrated to [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

Classical Oasis: The Architecture of Newcastle

The defining characteristic of Newcastle architecture is the persistence of the Neo-Classical tradition established by the speculative builder Richard Grainger and his forebears. This encompassed the central core of Newcastle, including k [...]