Read about the book Cities Alive: Jane Jacobs, Christopher Alexander, and the Roots of the New Urban Renaissance, by Michael W. Mehaffy, reviewed by Emily O'Brien.

Clem Labine's book review of Classic Columns: 40 Years of Writing on Architecture.

John Ochsendorf's book, Guastavino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile delves into the technology behind these traditional tile vaults.

American Beaux-Arts institutions welcomed the influx of Chinese students in the early-20th century. As a result, the United States became the main source of education in Beaux-Arts design for Chinese students of architecture through the 1940s.