Blending Arab and Hellenistic influences, the "Rose City" was built into vibrant red bluffs in southwestern Jordan.

That was, however, still leagues away from the architectural milieu of Frank Lloyd Wright – the godfather of modern house design, who was born in Wisconsin in 1867 and died more than six decades ago.

In 1862, the architect Jakob Ignaz Hittorffdrew similarity between Petra's monument and a fresco belonging to the Second Style visible in the House of the Labyrinth in Pompeii, where a tholos with a ...

Ad Deir, or the Monastery, is one of Petra's many facades carved out of sandstone in Wadi Musa, Jordan. As visitors enter Petra from the winding gorge known as the Siq, they first behold the ...

Petra became a commercial center and a symbol of Middle Eastern history and architecture. At 810 meters high, Petra’s landscape is filled with monumental structures. Famous spots like Al-Khazneh ...

Petra Blaisse is lead designer of Inside Outside, specialised in interior design, landscape architecture, exhibition and textile design. Blaisse comes from a background in artistic craft and the ...