American Architecture

(larger) The Architecture of American Houses is an art print by Pop Chart Lab that features 121 different house styles from the 17th to the 21st

From 17th century Postmedieval English homes to the “McMansions" of the 90s, check out Pop Chart Lab's structured survey of 121 North American homes...

Image 24 of 33 from gallery of Zara Store in Rome / Duccio Grassi Architects. Photograph by Andrea Martiradonna

Be an architecture detective. Print out the worksheets in this article and take them with you as you explore your neighborhood and city. See if you can identify the architectural styles of the buildings around you, using the clues in the worksheets. Take photographs of the most interesting buildings and make a note of their street number and address. When you get home, take out your photographs and examine all the clues you can find. Make notes on the architectural evidence that lets you…

An update of a legendary book provides encyclopedic architectural knowledge of the city’s row houses

Photos of early, classic Art Deco architecture. The era of the great Art Deco skyscrapers.

Completed in 1891 in St Louis, United States. Among the first skyscrapers built in the world, the Wainwright Building by Louis Sullivan and partner Dankmar Adler is regarded as an influential...

From the well-traveled Brooklyn Bridge to the lesser-known Ansonia Hotel, these are the best architectural landmarks to visit in the Big Apple

Fallingwater is Wright’s crowning achievement in organic architecture and the American Institute of Architects’ "best all-time work of American architecture.” Its owners, Edgar and Liliane Kaufmann, were a prominent Pittsburgh couple, reputed for their distinctive sense of style and taste.