Four years ago, Barack Obama chose to use ten, grandiose, Greek columns as the backdrop for his speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. The staging was a rather clumsy effort ...

Romney also greeted supporters at the event as he often does, but this time his handshaking was interrupted by four young Hispanic attendees who chanted "Latino voters veto Romney." ...

The White House is a classical style piece of architecture. (2013 File Photo)(Mark Wilson / Getty Images) A few weeks ago, in the seminar I teach on architecture and film, we screened The ...

It’s up to voters to decide whether Barack Obama will win the White House, but when he accepts the Democratic nomination at Invesco Field, it will look as if he’s already there. Throughout the ...

The Academy of Athens is lauded around the world as a marvelous example of neoclassical architecture, representing Greece's ...

But Greek columns and Italianate windows don’t make a building look more American to me. The trap is falling into a debate over taste or style.