Architecture & Design

Postmodern Architecture: A Skyscraper Nicknamed Chippendale

Philip Johnson topped a 1984 Manhattan tower with a giant broken pediment; critics nicknamed the roofline Chippendale, after the furniture maker.

Palladianism: England's First Example Sat Half-Built for 14 Years

Inigo Jones began England's first Palladian house in 1617. It sat half-built for 14 years, until a queen who never commissioned it finished it in 1638.