Since the first dawn, we as humans have been drawn to light. We are drawn to fire, sunsets, beautifully lit landscapes, and illuminated...

Church of St. James, pencil & watercolor, 7.25 x 10, Chipping Campden, England As traditional architects, we often look to the work of...

Ponte San’Angelo, Rome. Italy. “What we have is given by God, and to teach it to others is to return it to Him.” – Bernini Since the...

Vast infinite stillness overcomes you in far west Texas. Earth opens up to the sky exposing deep cuts and gashes and the very space...

Watercolor of Giza by David Roberts, R.A. The thin membrane of darkness belied the turbulence that lay beneath as we drifted down the...

The CCC emboldened young men to pursue physical vigor and spiritual health as it reflected Roosevelt’s belief in the healing power of...

Michael’s Sketch of Villa Capra (Villa Rotunda.) Vicenza, Italy. John Ruskin had once said, “To draw the Leaf, is to know the Forest.”...

A reconstruction of the Roman Forum by our staff co-author, Michael Madsen. To an architect, the Grand Tour had a more spiritual meaning...

John Bisbee – Brunswick – Welding Sculptor* “His Morality found expression in the integrity of his actions.” -Peter Korn Authentic has...

Notre-Dame is one of the Paris, France most famous landmarks, drawing about 13 million visitors a year. Credit Geoffroy Van Der...

Temple of Neptune, Paestum, Italy. By Henri-Pierre-Francois Labrouste. 1828. From Ecole Nationale Superieure Des Beaux-Arts. At a certain...

Louse from Micrographia I recently began reading a book by Lisa Jardine called “The Curious Life of Robert Hooke, The Man Who Measured...

An aerial of Knole house, the earliest parts of the home dating back to 1456. Always moving, never slowing, like a river which carries...

9 de Julio Avenue There is an interesting paradigm about Buenos Aires; that is that people see it, not for what it is, but for what it...

The Last Supper, designed and executed by F.X. Zettler especially for St. Edmund’s Church, Oak Park, Illinois. In 1847, Joseph Gabriel...

In what was the proving ground for America’s early generations of architects, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts was where their understanding of...

The rolling thunder of hooves and the smell of freshly overturned soil ignite the senses. As the equine contestants forge their way down...

Iron in the furnace Pulled from the fire and coals of the forge, a gloved hand carries the orange-red hot iron to the anvil, the smith...

Winslow Homer, The Winter Coast, 1890 In the gathering morning I was eager to get out of our house, the blizzard had passed in the...

Watercolor of Rivendell, an elven realm in the Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien. 1937. From Tolkien Maker of Middle-Earth by...