In honor of this presidential election season, get your mind into the gutter. The rain gutter, I mean. It’s one of the most prominent archit...

Cologne Cathedral. The twin 511-foot spires are visible at left. Cologne, Germany: The great Gothic cathedral begun in 1248. You’re ins...

Julie Harris peers over the edge of an extremely cool spiral staircase in the Robert Wise-directed film The Haunting. It's worth see...

Webster defines gazebo with this one brisk phrase:  “A freestanding roofed structure usually open on the sides.”  And that’s just what makes...

Author's Note: In the People's Republic of China, the practice of feng shui is officially scorned by the socialist government. Yet p...

Dear Readers: Thanks to the Chinese government's feud with Google, I was unable to post my  Architext blogs during my two-month stay in ...

Coming from a nation of once seemingly limitless resources, we Americans have always taken our lumber for granted.  In Victorian-era Califor...