The Harvard Crimson

Building Harvard: The Carpenter Center

Close your eyes and ask yourself, “What does Harvard look like?” What do you see? Brick buildings, perhaps? Iron gates, Corinthian columns, sweeping façades? You’d be right if you conjured any of the ...
Business Wire

Easy-to-Install Royal® Building Products PVC Column Wraps Add Instant Curb Appeal

WOODBRIDGE, Ontario--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Royal® Building Products, a Westlake Company, today announced the launch of Royal Column Wraps, available in Traditional, Craftsman and Builder styles. These 100% ...
LancasterOnline

'D' is for diapering, a repeating decorative brick pattern on historic Lancaster buildings [architecture column]

The Architects’ Alphabet is a 26-part series describing design elements featured in Gregory J. Scott’s upcoming book “Urban Legend, The Life & Legacy of C. Emlen Urban,” Lancaster’s most renowned ...
KPBS

Shake table test at UC San Diego could change buildings codes for earthquake protection

Building codes will be changing soon, now that a study at UC San Diego found a common steel building column won’t withstand the stress of a strong earthquake. KPBS Science and technology reporter ...
LancasterOnline

Taste of Italy: Public buildings, mansions were designed in Renaissance Revival style [architecture column]

The styles of Beaux Arts and Italian Renaissance Revival ran on parallel timelines and had similarities. Both were inspired by the classical design elements of ancient Europe — France and Italy, ...