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Explore - Preservation
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Prefab Jazz
Jazz has a history of being recorded in intimate spaces. And I don't mean the small after-hours clubs or closet-cum-studios plenty of the greats suffered through. Take legendary Blue Note...
written by: Aaron Britt09.23.11 -
The "Unfinished Spaces" of Cuba
Following the revolution in 1959, Fidel Castro stood on the sprawling golf course of a country club known to be the stomping grounds of the rich and decreed that in place, a school dedicated to the...
written by: Diana Budds09.01.11 -
On the Waterfront
After purchasing a revered archetypal lake house designed by American architect Richard Meier, a retired couple launches into the home’s second renovation in 35 years.
written by: J. Michael Weltonphotos by: Dean Kaufman08.22.11 -
Reimagining the Headlands Center
The Headlands Center for the Arts, located due north of San Francisco in Fort Barry (part of the Golden Gate National Recreation area), is in the midsts of reimagining one of their historic...
written by: Diana Budds06.03.11 -
20th-Century Fox
Eero Saarinen’s legendary Miller House opens to the public this May for the first time. Leslie Williamson gives us an intimate tour of this Columbus, Indiana, treasure.
written by: Leslie Williamsonphotos by: Leslie Williamson05.02.11 -
Fine Finnish
A pair of crafty designers on a serious budget show that though their apartment may be short on square footage, it’s long on charm.
written by: Katja Lindroosphotos by: Petra Bindel03.07.11 -
Hollywood Renovation: Week 7
In this exclusive series for Dwell.com, Linda Taalman of Taalman Koch Architecture tracks the hands-on renovation of her and her partner's live-work space in Hollywood, California. Week 7:...
written by: Linda Taalman02.23.11 -
Restoring Breuer's House in Garden
Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate in Pocantico Hills, New York, hearkens from the days of robber barons and captains of industry. Acres of manicured lawns, a six-story stone-clad mansion, carriage...
written by: Diana Budds02.20.11 -
Barcelona, Day Two
On our second day in Barcelona, fueled by café con leche and enough jamon to kill a horse, we excitedly settled into a breakneck tour of modern Catalan design and architecture. From Gaudi...
written by: Amanda Dameronphotos by: Amanda Dameron01.29.11 -
The Architecture of Adler & Sullivan
In a prolific 15-year period between 1880 and 1895, Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan teamed up to produce an architecture that was stridently American—one that drew from nature for its...
written by: J. Michael Welton01.19.11 -
Techbuilt House
The first residence built in Tuxedo Park, New York, after World War II wasn’t one of the Shingle-style mansions that proliferated there after the tycoon Pierre Lorillard IV developed the...
written by: Marc Kristalphotos by: Carl Bellavia12.08.10 -
Modern in Lexington, Kentucky
The Miller House is an unusual architectural specimen. No, not the Miller House by Richard Neutra or Eero Saarinen. This Miller house was designed by Jose Oubrerie, and most likely, you haven't...
written by: Jodie Bassphotos by: Jodie Bass11.12.10 -
Bing Thom’s new Arena Stage
There’s always a lot of talk in Washington about creating a “big tent” that embraces diversity, and now the capital finally has one—literally: architect Bing Thom’s...
written by: Marc Kristal11.04.10 -
A Modern Mortuary in Munich
In the tenth-century district of Riem, on the far eastern edge of the city of Munich, sits the Mortuary at Munich–Riem (Friedhof-Riem). Designed by architects Andreas Meck and Stephan Koppel,...
written by: Bret Robinsphotos by: Bret Robins10.30.10 -
Corbusier-Approved Paint Deck
I was excited to learn, from this recent New York Times story, that the Swiss company KT Color manufactures a line of paints created by Le Corbusier.
written by: Jaime Gillin10.28.10 -
Living in Laos
In August 2008 I moved with my family to Laos for a year. We wanted to give our children—and ourselves—a break from American, or Western culture, and experience something new and...
written by: Marc Henrichphotos by: Marc Henrich10.26.10 -
Blair Kamin, on Criticism
Blair Kamin is a Pulitzer Prize–winning architecture critic from a town blessed with some of the best buildings in the world. He writes for The Chicago Tribune, passing unflinching near-daily...
written by: J. Michael Welton10.18.10 -
MoMA's Small Scale, Big Change
The exhibition "Small Scale, Big Change" opens at the Museum of Modern Art in New York this Sunday. Curious to hear more about the show—which sadly I won't have the chance to see in...
written by: Jaime Gillin10.04.10 -
A Fine Vintage
At age 34, Philip M. Isaacson commissioned architect F. Frederick Bruck to design a home for him and his wife. That was 1959. Five decades later, he still lives in his ideal home—and very...
written by: Chelsea Holden Bakerphotos by: Eric Roth09.15.10 -
Mid-Century Finds by Sam Kaufman
Too much time has passed since we last checked in with mid-century furniture aficianado Sam Kaufman, whose diminutive gallery on Beverly Boulevard is always stocked with the most wonderful...
written by: Amanda Dameron09.06.10
