Bridges spanning deep valleys facilitate human interaction and the influx of culture. Embankments and sluice gates save ...

It may come as a surprise that architecture influences public mood and opinion. A 20th-century switch from classic to modernist styles has had negative effects. Recently, a survey by The Harris Poll ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an insane discovery, archaeologists in central Italy have unearthed what may be the only physical building ever designed by ...

Along with its many other innovations, the Roman Empire revolutionized architecture with never-before-seen features, such as large-scale arches and dome roofs. And many of these structures still stand ...

If you’ve ever visited the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome, chances are you were there for one thing and one thing only: the three original Caravaggios installed in the back left chapel since ...

From nine-figure homes to megayachts that are done up to the hilt, the Roman architect and designer Achille Salvagni is behind some of the top luxury residential projects in existence today: A ...

New York-born Gallic auteur Eugene Green is set to return behind the camera with “La Sapience,” a film inspired by the life and work of daring 17th-century architect Francesco Borromini. Swiss-born ...

Today, AD joins architect Nick Potts in London to uncover the city’s ancient Roman origins. Before London, there was Londinium, the capital of Roman Britain, and although it was abandoned by AD 450, ...

In an insane discovery, archaeologists in central Italy have unearthed what may be the only physical building ever designed by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, who is the legendary Roman architect whose ideas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Arch of Caligula at the archaeological site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman city destroyed by Mount Vesuvius' eruption in AD 79.