For an architect, visiting Villa Savoye is a bit like a pilgrimage. Of course, you have read about it, seen it in photographs hundreds of times, drawn it at the University, and maybe you have even ...

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles was established by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to celebrate the history of cinema and the art of filmmaking. The museum is ...

The necropolis “Banditaccia” in Cerveteri, near Rome, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and the world’s largest Etruscan archaeological site. History and general description The necropolis is located ...

The Broad is a museum of modern and contemporary art in Downtown Los Angeles; opened on September 20, 2015, the museum is housed in an iconic building designed by New York-based design studio Diller ...

The Tate Liverpool is an art museum, part of the Tate network, housed in a former warehouse in the Albert Dock historical site on Liverpool’s waterfront. Opened to the public in May 1988, with over ...

The Cathedral of San Martino, also known simply as Lucca Cathedral, is an imposing Romanesque-Gothic church in the historic center of the Tuscan city of Lucca, central Italy. The church was originally ...

Centro Botín is a cultural center in Santander, north-western Spain, primarily focused on visual arts, housed in a building designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano. Reflecting Piano’s ...

The plan of Villa Savoye is based on a square grid, marked by 25 columns, while the elevations are based on a rectangular pattern. In late 1928, the square grid, and consequently the whole building, ...

The Imperial War Museum North (also known as IWM North) in Manchester is a museum focused on the history of conflicts and their impact on human society. One of the five museums of the IWM network, the ...

Devised by French landscape design office Wagon Landscaping, “Asphalte Jungle” is a project aimed at removing impervious surfaces and, at the same time, fertilizing the soil by recycling urban ...

Developed by atelier-r, the renovation project of the Helfštýn Castle Palace comprised the restoration and repurposing of a Renaissance complex in the Czech Republic dating back to the 14th century.

Tadao Ando, The Hundred Step Garden, Awaji, Japan. Photo by 663highland via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5 license. Tadao Ando is renowned for his extreme attention to nature, specifically the relation ...