The Maddalena Effect An Architectural Affair

In one of the only English translations available, here are the mystical visions of Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi (1566-1606), whose mystical works are a fascinating meditation on the ...

A fresh, groundbreaking analysis of renowned Renaissance architect Leon Battista Alberti’s five built works, suggesting a new relationship of form to meaning. Much h...

A professional publication -- an university textbook is intended not only for university students of fields relevant to the protection and restoration of architectural heritage, bu...

In 2020, the COVID pandemic unfolded and transformed the lives of billions across the world. As the invisible killer marched across continents, causing unprecedented disruption wo...

On May 14, 1737, Johann Adolph Scheibe (1708–76), a twenty-nine-year-old music theorist and composer in Hamburg, published a Sendschreiben (“letter”) describing the experience of a...

Situated at the crossroads of the foreign and the vernacular, Quito – the capital of Ecuador, with its world-famous yet understudied built environment – stands as a testament to ar...