Neoclassical architecture is a design movement that emerged in the mid-18th century as a reaction to the ornamental exuberance of the Baroque and Rococo styles. Drawing inspiration from the ...

Neoclassicism was “a mode of architecture which was little but veneer,” wrote the critic Lewis Mumford in 1924. “Correct in proportion, elegant in detail, ...

Neoclassical architecture (buildings designed with Classical Greek and Roman elements) has dazzled humans around the globe for nearly 300 years. Although those ancient civilizations have been at ...

For its 200th anniversary this year, the Brooklyn Museum got itself a new logo, and it’s inspired by the museum’s neoclassical architecture. “One of the main points of inspiration for the ...

ARCHITECTS’ ALPHABET, PART 9: I IS FOR IONIC (COLUMNS) 'I' for ionic: Column design is one of 3 neoclassical types you’ll spot around Lancaster [architecture column] ...