For those that love a performance, perhaps no building style is more theatrical than Baroque architecture. “The origins of the word ‘Baroque’ are not entirely clear, but it is generally ...

Never before or later in Polish architecture did the wealth of forms and details take on such a spectacular scale as in the Baroque era, when temples and palaces were designed with exceptional panache ...

Baroque architecture is largely defined by its lavishness ... juxtaposing rounded and angular details, plaster and stone. The architects who designed the Church of Our Lady of Grace and St Adalbert in ...

From its plan to its details, the architecture abstracts the muscular urgency of baroque art. In Bernini’s sculptures, heroes and their victims corkscrew their bodies or grapple in a swirl ...

Throughout Spain, there are charming villages preserving the vibrant heritage of Baroque art. With their sculpted facades, ...

“It’s a mystical architecture. In the context of Roman Baroque architecture, it’s a pared-down style — even the decorative aspects have a purpose in the larger form. I conceived my own ...

“We hope that when people move from one room to another, they experience a baroque space.” Ito, who won architecture’s Pritzker Prize in 2013, designed the building to be earthquake ...