Architecture

Articles about buildings, styles, urban design and structures.

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Condominium

Containment building

Contemporary architecture

Corbel

Corbel: definition, history, forms, and architectural uses

Corinthian order

Cottage

Cottage

Cottage: traditional small house and its modern forms

A cottage is a small dwelling, often rural and traditionally modest. This article explains its characteristics, historical origins, regional variations, current uses, and how it di

Courthouse

Courthouse: Function, Design, and Role in the Justice System

Courtyard

Coventry Cathedral

Craftsman architecture

Crain Communications Building

Crow Island School

Crow Island School: Modernist, Child-Centered Elementary School in Winnetka

Crypt

Crypt (burial chamber beneath a church or building)

Crystal Palace (Madrid)

Palacio de Cristal (Crystal Palace) — Retiro Park, Madrid

Cubicle

Cubicle: workspace stall and private changing enclosure

Cupboard

Cupboard (cabinet): design, history, parts and common uses

Damascus Gate

Daniel Burnham

Deerfield Residence

Defensive wall

Defensive wall: purpose, types, history and significance

Demolition

Demolition: Methods, Equipment, Safety, and Environmental Considerations

Dessau

Dessau: German city of Bauhaus, industrial heritage and Garden Realm

Deutsche Bank Twin Towers

Deutsche Bank Twin Towers (Frankfurt): Twin 155 m Corporate Headquarters

Dharahara

Dharahara (Bhimsen Tower) — landmark tower of Kathmandu

Dining room

Dining room: purpose, design, history, and social role

Ditherington Flax Mill

Ditherington Flax Mill (Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings)

Dock

Dock: structure, types, uses and distinctions

Dollhouse

Dome

Dome

Dome (architecture): form, types, history and uses

An architectural dome is a rounded roof or building form with varied types—from hemispherical and onion domes to geodesic shells—used across cultures for structural, acoustic and s

Dome of the Rock

Dome of the Rock

A late 7th-century Islamic shrine in Jerusalem built over the Foundation Stone, revered in Judaism, Christianity and Islam for its religious, historical and architectural significa

Doric order

Dormitory

Dry stone wall

Dungeon

Dungeon: history, types, and cultural significance

Duplex

Duplex — a two‑unit residential building

Durham Cathedral

Dwight Yorke Stadium

Dwight Yorke Stadium (Bacolet, Tobago)

Dzong

Dzong — Himalayan fortress‑monastery

Earthship

Edo Castle

Elevated building foundation

Elks Temple (Boise, Idaho)

Emergency exit

Emergency exit: purpose, design, regulations and safe use

Emirates Stadium

Empire State Building

English country house

English country house: history, architecture and social role

English Gothic architecture

Entablature

Entablature (classical architectural element)