ABOUT

Architects + Artisans is a sophisticated, well-informed source of architecture, art and design for the 21st century.

It is written and edited by J. Michael Welton, whose work on architecture, art and design has appeared in national and international publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Metropolis, Dwell and New York magazine. He is the former architecture critic for the News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C.

He is also the author of “Drawing from Practice: Architects and the Meaning of Freehand” (Routledge; 2015).

Links to his writing can be found at:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2023/04/23/poplar-forest-thomas-jefferson-hemings/

https://metropolismag.com/projects/a-landscape-for-clean-water-on-the-chesapeake-
bay/

https://www.traditionalbuilding.com/features/excellent-and-fair

https://www.theassemblync.com/place/raleigh-charlotte-a-tale-of-two-skylines/

https://www.douglashouse.org/

https://www.dwell.com/article/family-matters-01cd6d2c

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/hemingways-finca-vigia-restored-in-partnership-of-cuban-us-preservationists/2011/10/10/gIQAQ71zjL_story.html

https://www.oceanhomemag.com/lifestyle/a-literary-and-literal-history-of-key-west/

https://bigskyjournal.com/tight-lines/

A+A is dedicated to creating a community where “thoughtful design for a sustainable world” is not a tagline, but a way of living and working.

It was created with the help and support of art director Ann Rudy, and webmasters Michael Medina and Onatunde Olayiwola.