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Art & Architecture

Art is the expression of creativity and imagination, exercised in such a way that it culminates in a perceptible work. Art is created and appreciated primarily for its aesthetic value or emotional power. The aesthetic and emotional value of certain art differs among each individual who perceives it. While "art" can refer to any creative expression and its resulting product, the term is often used to signify visual, stationary works such as paintings, sculptures and engravings, to name a few.

Architecture is the art, practice or profession of designing and constructing buildings, open areas, communities and other constructions. Like art, architecture is carried out with aesthetics in mind, but it is typically more constrained by the need for practicality and long-term functionality. Architecture also involves selecting furnishings and decorations, overseeing construction of the structure, inspecting, restoring and renovating an existing building. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Articles about Art & Architecture

  • When saving an endangered Wright home requires relocating it ... to Italy

    Tue, Feb 26 2013 at 8:30 AM

    A New Jersey couple is selling their Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home with one major stipulation: in order to save it from flooding, the buyer must relocate it ... preferably to a village in Tuscany.

  • A bird's-eye view of Hong Kong's impossibly cramped 'cubicle' flats [Photos]

    Mon, Feb 25 2013 at 2:30 PM

    As micro-apartments reach trendy new heights in America, a human rights group in Hong Kong releases dramatic photos detailing what it's like to live in that city's notorious 'cubicle' apartments.

  • Why living small means living happily ever after

    Fri, Feb 22 2013 at 5:07 PM

    Here are just 4 simple reasons you should consider downsizing.

  • British farmer ordered to demolish clandestine castle house

    Wed, Feb 20 2013 at 5:17 PM

    Robert Fidler, who thought it would be a grand idea to hide his faux castle home under a giant haystack for 4 years to avoid persecution from local planning authorities, is ordered to demolish it.

  • Shocking new film captures plastic's legacy

    Tue, Feb 19 2013 at 5:54 PM

    Photographer Chris Jordan turns his devastating photo project into a feature-length movie. Check out the trailer here.

  • America's oldest indoor shopping mall to be reborn as mixed-use micro-loft complex

    Tue, Feb 19 2013 at 11:00 AM

    In Providence, the biggest city in America's smallest state, comes a 48-unit micro-apartment complex that aims to revive a struggling 19th-century indoor shopping center.

  • Buy a print, help to protect a landmark Los Angeles home

    Mon, Feb 18 2013 at 9:05 PM

    The Eames Foundation launches a 250-year conservation campaign to help protect and preserve the Pacific Palisades studio and home of the beloved modern design duo.

  • Homeless cats to get Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired digs at Florida college

    Thu, Feb 14 2013 at 12:20 PM

    Modernist architecture, feral cats, charitable sorority girls ... there's a little something for everyone in this story out of the famed campus of Florida Southern College.

  • Google Maps birdhouses provide shelter, navigational aid for winged travelers

    Wed, Feb 13 2013 at 11:34 AM

    Urban birdhouses get the Google Maps treatment with Taiwanese designer Shu-Chun Hsiao's clever, eye-catching Project Google Birdhouse.

  • Usonian Automatic: Rare Wright home for sale in Cincinnati

    Tue, Feb 12 2013 at 11:01 AM

    A 1955 Usonian Automatic home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright is for sale in the Cincinnati 'burbs for $1.788M. Here's hoping that whoever buys it grants the home's current owner visitation rights.

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