We've rounded up 10 contemporary skyscrapers from around the world that use materials besides mirrored glass on the facades.

Built by prosperous traders in the first half of the 20th century, many of Sidhpur’s pastel-colored mansions are now derelict ...

The designs feature gabled roofs, pilasters and columns, carved doors and ornate overhanging “jharokha” windows that protrude from the front of each mansion. The main living floor is located ...

Modern farmhouses often incorporate a standing seam metal roof, board-and-batten or clapboard siding, and open floor plans ...

Grand buildings, parades, pyrotechnics and exhibits drew visitors to Chilhowee Park for the 1910 Appalachian Exposition.

In those descriptions, certain architectural words abound: gable, columns (which are often fluted), porch, portico, pilaster tower, brackets (possibly described by scroll), sidelights, transom ...

Cost considerations also contributed to the decision.’ All wall sections, bases and capitals of the columns and pilasters were photographed in advance in 2020. The condition was mapped, and the ...

The magnificent mansions with elaborate stucco work on the facades, pilasters, ornate trellised ... to the sun-warmed stones of the hostelry’s columns and walls even as they speak of its racy ...