Beaux-Arts architecture was tailor made for the Gilded Age: It’s big, showy, opulent and gleaming, with many of its features carved from high-end materials like marble, limestone and granite. But how ...

From bungalows last month to Beaux Arts this month! Although these two styles were popular in the same period, they are literally and figuratively worlds apart in their origin and their appearance.

Here are some examples of Beaux Arts design in retail and other business buildings in Lancaster city. Click the arrows to move through the photos and see local examples of this architectural style ...

PARIS — The longtime host venue of the Biennale, Grand Palais — with its hulking, column-filled stone base; glowing, larger-than-life atrium; and monumental, rounded glass-and-metal roof — is a ...