John James, the 94-year-old architect behind the Reader’s Digest building in Surry Hills, visits the site that was both the ...

The Roofless Church is perhaps the most striking example – an open-air sanctuary designed by renowned architect Philip Johnson that defies conventional expectations. Despite its name, it does have a ...

Chartres' famous cathedral is arguably Europe’s best example of pure Gothic. A great side trip from Paris is the city of Chartres — and its famous cathedral, arguably Europe’s best example of pure ...

The Krewe of Joan of Arc marched through the French Quarter on Tuesday night to kick off Carnival season. More than 800 ...

During the Middle Ages, objects and body parts associated with Jesus, the Virgin Mary, the Apostles, and the saints played a central role in Christian life in Europe. Faithful pilgrims flocked to ...

What will the future modern stained-glass windows of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral look like? The designs of visual artist ...

Editor's note: This story was updated to reflect the recent news event of a fire at the iconic landmark. It was originally published in the May/June 2017 issue of National Geographic History Magazine.

Towering over Lafayette Square in the Historic District, the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist's Gothic towers should lure in any architecture buff. The original cathedral was established in ...

The rooms of the interior designer Sean Leffers’s West Hollywood home are filled with his own fabric designs and many, many antiques. By Molly Creeden We help a reader track down furniture from a ...

Some 1,000 years ago, in 1050, a priest of the Chapel Royal called Leofric was installed as the first Bishop of Exeter. Little is securely known about his background beyond the fact that he was ...

The Cathedral Church of Our Lady (Frauenkirche) is Munich's most famous church and its two towers are unmistakable landmarks of the city. We have summarized all you need to know about the Frauenkirche ...

“If you’ve heard of minimalist design, it’s the opposite,” Hopp says of maximalism. Maximalist interiors often emulate the richer parts of life. It’s a design style rooted in a more-is-more philosophy ...