Architecture

Old Patent Office Building, ca. 1846

A Pantheon After All

There's no more fitting venue for American initiative and American art than the old Patent Office building

Joinery techniques in even the largest modern structures are similar to those used by Henry David Thoreau to build his simple cabin.

Building to a Different Drummer

Today's timber frame revivalists are putting up everything from millionaire mansions to a replica of Thoreau's cabin

The condition of the main facade in 1979, showing absence of the main steps

Boss

The New York City courthouse that caused his downfall has been returned to its former glory, and Tweed's odious reputation has been refurbished

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The Look of Architecture

Rural Studio architecture in Alabama

Class Act

In Alabama, students turn tires and bales of hay into striking architecture for the poor

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Out from under the Wrecking Ball

The Los Angeles Conservancy's Modern Committee fights to rescue remnants of 1950s "Googie" architecture and other 20th-century landmarks

A Lofty Tribute to Barns

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Moving Big Stuff

If you can move a lighthouse, you can move anything

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"We Got Us Some Sky Today, Boy!"

It's beat the clock at high altitude as a surefooted crew builds a 500-foot communications tower

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He Huffed and He Puffed Et Voila! Un Chateau Redux

Richard Hurbain is no Bourbon, but with pail, shovel and plenty of true grit, he rescued an old castle from rack, ruin and red tape

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Transforming the Beauty of Skeletons Into Architecture

Inspired by nature in motion, Spanish-born Santiago Calatrava will create his first U.S. project for the Milwaukee Art Museum

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To Build a Bridge, You Must Cross Troubled Waters

When St. Paul needed to replace a bridge at a historic crossing of the Mississippi, just about everyone in the city had an opinion

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