Vernacular architecture, the simplest form of addressing human needs, is seemingly forgotten in modern architecture. However, due to recent rises in energy costs, the trend has sensibly swung the ...

Vernacular architecture is a way to use a region's heritage and resources to build strong homes and cities. By Angely Mercado Published Oct 16, 2021 9:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

The Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research is offering a six-week lecture series that surveys the history of six building typologies in American architecture. The 75-minute, image-based ...

Modern Moroccan architecture is reinterpreting vernacular traditions. Taking its name from the Arabic al-maġhrib, or the “place the sun sets; the west”, the kingdom is a sovereign state home to ...

Following an extensive renovation and restoration of Paul Rudolph’s iconic “Art + Architecture Building,” Yale School of Architecture will reopen its gallery on August 28 with an exhibition showcasing ...

As the Great Philosopher, Mike Tyson said, “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” The COVID-19 pandemic will deeply impact the world of aesthetics. For the first time since League ...

In so many ways, the world has never been smaller than it is right now. From global trade and long-haul flights to Facebook and Google, systems operate across every continent with less friction than ...

Benny Kuriakose remembers when his father built the first house in his village in the southern Indian state of Kerala with a concrete roof. It was 1968, and the family was proud to use the material, ...

Daves Rossell would like to look into your house with 400 of his friends. You don't have to dust or provide snacks. He'd prefer that you hadn't applied for a home equity loan. The Savannah College of ...

Editor’s note: The following is one of a series of columns to run throughout the summer from the Butte Citizens for Preservation and Revitalization. The vernacular — most of us know the term as ...

Before the advent of air conditioning and local building codes, any hope of living through a Lowcountry summer meant coming to terms with heat and humidity and finding how best take advantage of the ...