In 1631, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I commissioned the Taj Mahal to house the tomb of his favorite wife. With its symmetrical ...

Every US president except for George Washington has stayed at the White House. Ironically, it was he who was deeply involved in the construction, which started in 1792. As Donald Trump returns, we loo ...

US President Donald Trump proposed building a grand ballroom in the White House, a plan he had previously offered to previous ...

President Donald Trump thinks the White House could use a “bigger room” and revealed he wants to add a ballroom like the one he has in his […] ...

President George Washington selected the site for the building in 1791 ... and it was rebuilt by the original architect, James Hoban. Over the years, new pieces were added to the White House.

Unlike any other recent version, it includes flourishes that depict the moulding around the building’s front ... s House,” circa 1800, and James Hoban’s “elevation” drawing, circa ...

James Hoban designed the neoclassical building, whose exterior is made of white-painted sandstone. The Forbidden City is a 1420 imperial palace that housed 24 Ming and Qing dynasty emperors over ...

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From Antoni Gaudí's Casa Milà to the Ernest Hemingway House in Key West, these are the architectural greats that have left an ...

Hoban was also employed at times to supervise the construction of the Capitol as well as other public and private buildings in Washington. In his personal life, he married a Susannah Sewell, with whom ...

The Reader: Phyllis Silver produced a number of series for Spokane Public Radio and, for a short time, got up at 4 AM to open the Hoban Building studio to announce ... working on a writing project.