An assault on the castle! That’s been the tone of the intense popular debate in Ottawa over a proposed addition to the Château Laurier. The design by Toronto’s architectsAlliance has been cast as a ...

Two years of conflict over plans to expand the historic Fairmont Château Laurier got Carleton University architecture professor Mariana Esponda thinking. Why not invite her third-year students — part ...

Francois I’s gargantuan hunting lodge, the Château de Chambord, commenced in 1519, was conceived in the visionary sprit of the castles depicted in the celebrated pages of the Très Riches Heures du Duc ...

Depending on your predilection, Château la Coste, located a little north of Aix-en-Provence, is either an estimable winemaker with a sideline in contemporary art or a marvel of modern architecture ...

France's Loire Valley is, of course, famous for its regal châteaux. Visitors have an embarrassment of riches from which to choose. One can meander through the more than 500 rooms of the Château de ...

Larco Investments has had its architects do five versions of an addition for the Château Laurier. The fifth and final one is several storeys shorter and has more limestone than the first. (Larco ...

The latest addition to Château La Coste’s ever increasing collection of architectural pavilions and art installations is billed as the final project drawn by Oscar Niemeyer. As recently as 2020, the ...

What is good architecture? How should we build our cities, and adapt what we’ve already built as we look to the future? These are big questions. And after the Chateau Laurier debate it seems clear ...

Set amidst the hills just north of Aix-en-Provence, the 500-acre estate – of which 300 acres are devoted to biodynamically cultivated vineyards – is a world-class open-air museum starring 34 major ...

The historic property is perched within the walls of the old city, overlooking all of Vieux Quebec (a.k.a. Old Quebec) and the Saint Lawrence River below. Its convenient location is within walking ...

The Night of Museums also drops by the Château de Champs-sur-Marne for an unusual and magical late-night experience this ...