It isn’t often that entire cities vanish, but the Roman outpost of Thamugadi did. Founded by the emperor Trajan around A.D, 100, the city, also known as Timgad or Tamugas, was located in the ...

Roman fountain architecture still lives on in today's gardens and homes. ... Native hedgehogs (cacti) ready to bloom in the desert. The old Roman ruins became popular haunts for the disenfranchised.

Still, as Kiernat says, the Romans built to impress—and one of the main ways they did this was through domes, arches, and vaults. “While Greek structures tended to be smaller, Roman buildings ...

In 1998, James McGirk spent five weeks living and working in Arcosanti, a desert community built in the 1970s that attempts to use ornate architectural planning to help create a harmonious society.

A protected UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1982, the city is home to densely packed buildings ranging from four to eight storeys, beginning in 300 AD but now mostly built after 1532.

More architects in the United Arab Emirates, the host of this year’s U.N. climate summit, are moving past glass skyscrapers and focusing on sustainability.

TERRACOTTA rooftops, Roman arches and a major music festival attract tourists to a town in France – which looks more like Italy. Clisson, located in the Loire-Atlantique department of western… ...