Architects and Artisans

The new hotel at Hollywood and Vine takes its name from a play on words inspired by the musical spirit of late 1960s Haight Ashbury. “That was the golden age of music,” said Xavier Moulin, general manager at the Redbury Hotel.  “Hollywood is the epicenter of the entertainment industry, but Hollywood and Vine is the Mecca of [...]

Frank Castellucio is a self-taught sculptor whose work in clay and bronze explores the cycles of life. “I’m a classical figure sculptor,” he said.  “I try to portray the human figure as artistically as I can.  I want to grab the viewer’s interest so that they can look outside their own environment forget their daily [...]

Herman Miller, long known for its collaborations with modernists Charles and Ray Eames as well as Eero Saarinen, has launched a series of architectural videos in conjunction with its digital agency of record, Hello Design. “Herman Miller is a design leader and a thought leader with strong connections to the architecture and design communities,” said David Lai, [...]

Only eight seats remain for the June 18 tour of Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest. Architects + Artisans is hosting the behind-the-scenes tour of Jefferson’s architectural masterpiece and Palladian retreat, near Lynchburg, Va. Travis McDonald, director of architectural restoration at the estate, will offer a guided, room-by-room commentary of the octagonal-shaped main building, as well as its [...]

Jackee Howell’s modest new home is more than just another house in her Southeast Raleigh neighborhood.  It’s also a potent symbol of the innovative, can-do spirit at the heart of an up-and-coming Carolina community known as the Triangle. Built in the late 1970s, her house served its original North Raleigh owners well.  But by early [...]

By Frank Harmon, FAIA Few building forms are more familiar than the one-story gabled roof. The earliest Greek temples feature this form, as do 19th century tobacco warehouses, churches, and government buildings. Our own state Capitol in Raleigh, designed by Town and Davis in 1840, is adorned by the upright columns and V-shaped roof of [...]

The fierce and bitter rivalry between opalescent stained glass makers John La Farge and Louis Comfort Tiffany will arrive at a graceful truce at Biltmore Estate on July 1. It’s been more than a century in the making. Biltmore is clearing out five rooms at its new Legacy Building at Antler Hill Village, where a [...]

Nine designers in New York are sharing newly created work at the Gallery R’Pure at 3 East 19th Street, in tribute to Tobias Wong, who The New York Times said wanted to be the next Duchamp. The show takes place a year after the death of the young and mecurial artist. “He was a very dear friend and an amazing [...]

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater is 75 years old this year and its director, Lynda Waggoner, is celebrating with a sumptuous and intimate new book of essays and photography addressing the residence, its restoration and its landscape. During the home’s 50th anniversary, Waggoner worked with photographer Christopher Little on a commemorative book for Edgar Kaufman Jr., [...]

Anyone who’s been hankering after the chance to stay in a small hotel designed by a well known architect now can take heart. Veronique Lievre and her compatriots at Boutique Homes have added listings for small and intimate hotels around the world, each featuring fewer than 10 rooms.  Among the 25 offerings are Tom Kundig’s “Rolling [...]