Visiting The Past

Frida Kahlo left her mark on the city where she was born in 1907 and lived with Diego Rivera until her death in 1954. Her home, the Casa Azul, is now a museum and pilgrimage site for many who consider the artist an early Mexican feminist

Photo by Dark Cyanide
The Chrysler Building is one of the most beloved of New York City’s skyscrapers, an architectural manifestation of both the Art Deco era and the automobile age.

at the bauhaus art school, two original buildings designed by walter gropius have been restored and reinterpreted by german practice BFM architekten.

History and floor plan of Regency era town houses in London and other English cities.

This explains why the next World Congress on Art Deco will be held in Shanghai in 2015, the first time in the region (if you do not include Australia). The first Art Deco Congress was initiated by Miami Design Preservation ...

Throughout the world, the Space Age was known for its beautiful, bold architecture, full of swooshy curves and spaceship-shaped buildings. But some of the most vibrant and retro-futuristic buildings of the Space Age can be found in Africa.

Angry demonstrations in Athens after public buildings around the Acropolis and other landmarks included in privatisation list

Commissioned for Guatemala City, this weighty megalithic structure is set to be the largest museum commemorating Mayan culture and history in Central America. ...

Drilling through a lancet window at a 13th century castle once used against Viking invasions, archaeologists have opened a view last seen by a Scottish clan 500 years ago.