Santo Domingo, Dome, painted and gilded stucco, genealogical tree of Don Felix De Guzman. I boarded a plane to Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico,...

An earlier image of the 3318C Sears, Roebuck & Co. home. I live in a house in San Antonio, Texas, that was built in 1928 by two brothers...

The Greystone Mansion Courtyard. I enjoy the crisp evening air while standing on the south patio of the Greystone Mansion which overlooks...

The Greystone Mansion courtyard. Last week one of our staff was selected to participate in an eight-day intensive seminar in classical...

University of Texas at Austin Tower, c. 1970s When approaching the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, the first thing one...

McMillan Plan, 1902. This is the final installment of a three-part series on the architectural heritage of Washington, D.C. and the...

The Mall Looking toward the Washington Monument, c. 1863. Library of Congress. Photo taken from Worthy of the Nation. …continued from...

City of Washington from Beyond the Navy Yard, George Cooke, 1833. This is the first installment of a three-part series on the...

A postcard shows buggies in use in 1890 along Commerce Street in downtown San Antonio. Photo: Courtesy Texas Transportation Museum. “We...

William Cahill, a master thatcher adjusts and trims the reeds he’s placed to roof the rondeval. On most hot dusty days you can find...

Griffith J. Griffith. “I consider it my obligation to make Los Angeles a happy, cleaner, and finer city. I wish to pay my debt of duty in...

Griffith Observatory is an icon of Los Angeles, a national leader in public astronomy, a beloved civic gathering place, and one of...

“Caldwell County Courthouse” Buck Schiwetz “It is a guileless architecture, which, because innocent, is often apparently venerable; and...

Alfred-Nicolas Normand, Monuments of the Roman Forum at the Foot of the Clivus Capitolinus from the End of the Reign of Septimius...

The Beech Nut Hut stands on top of Beech Hill in western Rockport. A young Teddy Roosevelt filled the shelves of his room on East 20th...

Our office is constantly educating itself in developing a true understanding of the Classical Tradition in Architecture.  Few of us were...

Narcissa Niblack Thorne, 1882-1966, artist, patroness of the history of interior design. While traveling this week, I found myself blown...

The West Front of Mount Vernon, by Edward Savage, 1787-1792, Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Bequest of Helen W. Thompson, 1964 “I am...

Roman Tower at Carcasone, France by author. Recently, two of the younger members of our staff had the opportunity to take some time away...

A drawing of the Altare della Patriaon on toned paper by Author. A bright Saturday morning sun illuminated the Forum Boarium as tourists...