Jean Louis Charles Garnier (1825-1898) was a French architect of the exuberant neobaroque style, an outgrowth of the effervescent but stricter classicism of Napoleon III's Second Empire style that began in the early 1850s. Charles Garnier was born on...

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was to Scotland what Frank Lloyd Wright was to US. Both have been hailed as forerunners of 20th century's modern architectural design, but Mackintosh lived a quieter life. The Glaswegian also closely collaborated with his artist-wife, Margaret. During the second half...

Charles R. "Chappie" Wagner, 83, an architect and university planner who guided facilities development at George Mason University and two other state universities, died Dec. 29 of complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at Goodwin House Alexandria. He was a longtime Fairfax City resident....