Early on in his sketchbook, for a residential project in Miami Beach, architect Rene Gonzalez wrote down two words: “Sexy Monastery.” Contradictory? Sure – but that’s the direction he chose to follow. “Those were two contrasting things that don’t go together, I knew,” he says. “But...
It may be part retail outlet, part café, part theater and part meeting spot, but The Shop by Porter, designed by Graham Baba Architects in Seattle, is all original. It was conceived as a place where the design community could gather. But it turned into a place for anyone interested in the trends of the […]
A pair of high-end, custom-oriented makers of decorative arts for the home have joined together in the ultimate collaboration. Richmond, Va.-based McKinnon and Harris has been creating yacht-worthy aluminum outdoor furnishings for more than three decades. Exmore, Va.-based New Ravenna Mosaics has been...
Today’s post is the second from a feature I wrote for The Assembly, a statewide magazine that publishes deep reporting on power and place in North Carolina. It’s about a small town’s resilience in the face of crisis – and the changing nature of hurricanes here today. After getting whomped...
The Assembly, a statewide magazine that publishes deep reporting on power and place in North Carolina, today is running a feature I wrote about a small town’s resilience. After getting whomped by Hurricane Florence, tiny Pollocksville used grit, grants and gumption to recover – and created a model...
The online edition of Virginia Living magazine is currently running a feature article I wrote for the June print edition, about the tradition of portrait painting in the South, and Virginia in particular. A+A is pleased to re-post the article in two parts. Part II is running today: In the past,...
The online edition of Virginia Living magazine is currently running a feature article I wrote for the June print edition, about the tradition of portrait painting in the South, and in Virginia in particular. A+A is pleased to re-post the article in two parts, today and tomorrow. “Excited...
The A-Frame Club could be called a throwback to the motor courts of the 1930s and ‘40s. But this collaboration between Zeppelin Development and Skylab Architecture actually is rooted in the 1970s American ski culture and its A-Frame designs. Thirty-one cabins are clustered on a two-acre site near the Fraser...
The Residences at The St. Regis Cap Cana, set to open in the first quarter of 2024, is being heralded as the first and only five-star branded real estate offering in Cap Cana in the Dominican Republic, and is planned to be the most luxurious residential resort there. A+A recently interviewed the design...
John Ike’s new book is at once a chronicle of a gifted architect’s work in a number of styles – and a salute to the firm where he worked for 33 years. Nine Houses/Nine Stories looks at recent architecture, coast to coast, by Ike Kligerman Barkley. The firm split up, amicably, into three entities...
