A Colonial home is an architectural style that can be found in neighborhoods all across the United States. With a median construction year of 1996, Colonial homes have also proven to be a solid ...

With American Colonial style architecture, it's crucial to understand how colonialism shaped design globally—including what the architecture stands for and is rooted in throughout various parts of the ...

Exterior of a row of colorful Victorian homes with intricate wood trim. The story of American architecture has followed much of the same path as art has over the past 400 years. Art, as a whole, tends ...

You can't go wrong with the classics! In fashion, a crisp white shirt or a little black dress are must-haves that you can depend on. The same is true with home designs. A colonial-style house is a ...

Trends always start somewhere, and in the mid 19th century, the best way to start a trend that would encompass the entire country, was to introduce it at a huge celebration or fair. Before the 1893 ...

Work by Chayanidh Chantraprapawat produced during After the Great Loudreading, Summer 2022 with Nathalie Frankowski & Cruz Garcia/ WAI Think Tank, “Courtesy Columbia GSAPP.” Work by Kritanai ...

The home is a fundamental expression of architectural movements within the fabric of a city. As one of the smallest typologies, it is the simplest canvas to exhibit the design ethos of any particular ...

American history is incarnate in the streets of Washington D.C. Take a 20-minute walk almost anywhere in the capital and you’ll pass a handful of historically significant homes. Indeed, whether built ...

Located 270km north of Dakar, the capital of Senegal, and near the border with Mauritania, is the Island of Saint-Louis. It is a prominent colonial city in West Africa, known for its blend of ...

Dancers Alma Real and Filipe del Hoyo at Old Spanish Days Fiesta, circa 1935. Credit: Santa Barbara Historical Museum Collection photo [Noozhawk’s note: One in a daily series leading up to Old Spanish ...

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No place captures the European essence in India quite like Goa. With over 450 years of Portuguese rule, the state exudes a distinctly Iberian charm through its churches, forts, cuisine, and colonial ...