SCAD Architectural History Department

“Which mattered more to him, the paintings or the garden? He probably couldn’t tell you.”

We Captured the Wonders of Monet’s Gardens—and the Mission to Save It The gardens at Giverny are the stuff of art-history legend. But preserving them is a Sisyphean battle against time, weather and evolution itself.

"The rest of the building now consists of offices, while some of the space is used for cultural events such as concerts."

‘It’s a world heritage site, but it’s my home’: the last resident of Casa Milà on life in Gaudí’s masterwork Ana Viladomiu has been a ‘privileged’ resident of the once derided, now revered Barcelona apartment building for almost 40 years

“The architect’s task,” Lyndon added, “is to make places and buildings that nurture and enrich that engagement, bringing imaginative, critical, responsible thought to the making of things—so that they will stand, stir, accommodate, intrigue, sustain attention, and take a rightful place in people’s lives.”

Sea Ranch architect Donlyn Lyndon dies at 90 Architect and educator Donlyn Lyndon died on April 5 at the age of 90. He passed away at Sea Ranch, the planned community he helped build in Sonoma County, California.

"Booth predates the Glass House in New Canaan by three years but shares its DNA: the podium, the glazing, the central fireplace. What Booth has that Glass House doesn’t: walls, private rooms, storage, and space for a life, which is how the Damoras ended up raising a family inside it for 55 years."

Lang Architecture and builder Ravi Arps acquire the first house Philip Johnson designed with plans to restore and relist it Architect Drew Lang and builder Ravi Arps have acquired Booth House in Bedford, New York, Philip Johnson's first residential commission. They plan to restore it and relist on the market.