St. Louis needs a brand? Try “America’s architecture city”

“An office block deep in the US Midwest might not look as if it started an architectural revolution, but its influence has spread to every corner of the world”

Beautiful, ‘crazy’ brick designs in St. Louis are worth a closer look

St. Louis Post-Dispatch // June 27, 2022

National Building Arts Center

Atlas Obscura // February 15, 2022

The work continues for the National Building Arts Center

St. Louis Magazine // January 6, 2022

“While the massive collection is in a period of planning and transition, there’s no end in sight for the late Larry Giles’ great passion project in Sauget, Illinois.”

The Cherokee Street Statue Is Gone, And Its Sculptor Is Fine With That

St. Louis on the Air // September 24, 2021

Remembering Larry Giles, Founder Of Sauget’s National Building Arts Center

Interview and article with Michael Allen and Emery Cox
St. Louis on the Air // July 12, 2021

Remembering Larry Giles, the Man Who Saved St. Louis

St. Louis Post-Dispatch // June 24, 2021

The National Building Arts Center: The Legacy of Larry Giles

40 South News // June 22, 2021

Remembering St. Louis architecture guru and curator Larry Giles

St. Louis Magazine // June 21, 2021

The Irreplaceable Larry Giles

40 South News // June 14, 2021

A salvager’s decades-long dream to build a museum of architectural artifacts

Curbed // May 9, 2017

“Soldier, salvager, and now curator, Larry Giles wants to open a museum in St. Louis to honor the history of the buildings arts”

Historic Bank Sign That Served as Weather Beacon Saved From Scrapyard

Riverfront Times // June 4, 2014

On a Mission to Preserve History

St. Louis Business Journal // August 22, 2014

The Collector

St. Louis Magazine // August 14, 2023

Help Needed Saving Iconic North St. Louis Weatherball and Sign

Riverfront Times // January 7, 2013

Industrial Urbanism as an Archival Project: The Work of the Building Arts Foundation

Art Documentation Volume 28, Number 1 // 2009

“St. Louis-based salvage contractor and self-taught curator Larry Giles has spent the last thirty-seven years assembling one of the largest collections of architectural artifacts in the United States. Under the auspices of the non-profit Building Arts Foundation, he has gathered together tens of thousands of unique artifacts in material and print form. In this interview conducted in the fall of 2006, Mr. Giles talks about the origins of his collection, its unparalleled scope, and his vision for its future home in a new national museum devoted to architecture and the allied arts. The authors provide an update on the work of the Building Arts Foundation as of January 2009.”

Brick by Brick

KETC | Living St. Louis // April 30, 2008

Building Collector Larry Giles

KETC | Living St. Louis // February 13, 2008

Architecture Museum

KETC | Living St. Louis // October 16, 2007

A Conversation With Larry Giles: Keeper of the Treasures

St. Louis Magazine // March 15, 2007