Columns, capitals and their respective bases have long endured the test of evolving architectural styles and interpretations. Although the classical orders of architecture can be traced to ancient ...

The word "order,"in architecture, has reference to the form of column and roof used by the Greeks and Romans. There are five great classes, the Doric, Grecian, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite.

Yet this Athenian democracy was, to put it diplomatically, imperfect. Only adult male citizens were allowed a voice in public ...

At the beginning of the Information Age, every coder chased the “killer app.” From word processing to spreadsheets, early adopters couldn’t wait for the next new gadget or digital productivity ...

By GENE GOFFIN. I watched the miner trudge up the drift to the portal, hacking and coughing. No one had to ask whether he once worked in a coal or hard rock mine with high silica concentrations.

Truman’s executive order met ample pushback from bigoted military leaders; however, it led to the U.S. Air Force fully integrating in 1952. Other branches of armed services followed with the ...

Because nudity, steam and the icy-bath plunge are the only respectable way to lay eyes on Portland’s newest slice of Brutalist architecture – yes indeed, a Brutalism very similar to that which ...

President Donald Trump issued more executive orders in his first 100 days than any U.S. president, but he is not close to the total record.

Spikes are built into some public accommodations to ensure that people won’t lie on or sleep on them. Elsewhere, boulders are placed on empty grass fields to make it difficult ...

In his latest opinion column for the Avalanche-Journal, Kye Rable looks at President Donald Trump's executive orders and D.O.G.E.

President Donald Trump has made executive orders a routine part of the day at the White House.