With a history spanning over 1,100 years, Fukuoka prefecture's Dazaifu Tenmangu is one of Japan’s most important Shinto shrines dedicated to culture, education and the arts. It’s built over ...

How should architecture acknowledge the ... Nicholls didn’t make the shortlist. Credit: Shrine of Remembrance “That is the most radical modern design,” says Goad. “The stepped pyramid ...

In fact, the entire movement can be summed up by the adage “form follows function.” Modern architecture has given rise to some of the world's most distinctive—and sometimes polarizing ...

Elevated to a minor basilica by Pope John Paul II in 1993, this sacred Ugandan landmark has become a global pilgrimage ...

The new hall is a minimalist black structure with hints of a modern take on traditional shrine architecture, capped with an elliptical 'floating forest' roof. It features camphor, cherry and maple ...

In a remarkable convergence of creative genius and technological advancement, some of the world’s most acclaimed works of architecture were built in a period of just 20 years. This period, from ...

How did modern architecture develop to its present state? Three new monographs trace that path, even if they don’t cover every direction the field has taken over the last century. Mies van der ...