Baroque Architecture and Baroque Geometry -- Effable Shapes -- Square-Based Proportion -- Effable Number Sequences -- The Golden Section Sequence -- The Fibonacci Sequence -- Heavenly Fabrics -- ...

Aerial view of Rome -- Youth and early training -- The Villa Sacchetti at Castelfusano -- Palazzo Barberini -- The Sanctuary of Fortune at Palestrina -- S. Lorenzo in Damaso -- SS. Luca e Martina -- ...

Around the world, a few strands of design are making us bizarre houses, buildings, shops and furnishings. It's fun and decidedly weird. I vote yes. My favorite strand is the latest neo-baroque madness ...

‘Do you know that I’ve always been rather fascinated by wallpaper?’ says Paolo Portoghesi gently, almost as if trying to break the ice. The 89-year-old architect, historian, poet, designer and ...

Denis De Lucca: Tomaso Maria Napoli: A Dominican friar’s contribution to Military Architecture in the Baroque Age. International Institute for Baroque Studies, 2015. 254 pp. When one thinks of ...

Maybe it’s not surprising that there aren’t many museums devoted to the Baroque, the artistic and architectural style that’s been described as “clumsy in form and extravagant in contorted ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Irkutsk (population 587,891) is the major tourist hub for those traveling to Lake Baikal, but it is also an authentic architectural treasure trove that features churches designed in the distinct style ...

An 18th century baroque palace in Karlsruhe, Germany has become the canvas for a dazzling light mapping projection in the latest project by Zaha Hadid Architects. Named “Behaviour Morphe,” the ...