He couldn't cope: The interior corners of ceiling modlings should be coped rather than mitered—but not like this. A few years back,...

Union Station, Washington DC: In the heyday of rail travel, you really knew you were going someplace. (Architects: Daniel Burnham and E...

The Welsbach gas mantle was the most advanced type of lighting fixture through most of the Victorian era. Next time you head for th...

The evocative etchings of Giovanni Battista Piraneesi (1720-1778), with their moody representation of Roman ruins, influenced the rise ...

How quickly things can change in a week. It now seems trivial for me to hold forth on the fine points of art and architecture after we'...

Yes, it's a "Victorian"—but more specifically, the cruved walls, turrets, and profusion of textures identify this house as ...

The Craftsman style of the early 20th century rebelled against both the ornament and carnival-like colors of the Victorian era. Cool a...