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November 4, 2010 by Mike Welton

‘Greening Modernism’ during a Time of Finite Resources

In his new book, “Terror and Wonder: Architecture in a Tumultuous Age,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic strives mightily to define architecture during an epoch bracketed by “two great thunderclaps in the sky” – the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001 and the completion of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, in 2010.

October 18, 2010 by Mike Welton

From Blair Kamin: Learning to Value a Livable City

In his new book, “Terror and Wonder: Architecture in a Tumultuous Age,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic strives mightily to define architecture during an epoch bracketed by “two great thunderclaps in the sky” – the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001 and the completion of the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, in 2010.

October 15, 2010 by Mike Welton

The Chicago Tribune’s Blair Kamin on ‘Terror and Wonder’

“A local builder asked me if he could buy the wood out of the back of my truck,” he says. “Then he said that if I could find more of that quality, he’d buy that too.”

October 14, 2010 by Mike Welton

In North Carolina, Turning Chestnut and Pine into Homes

BoutiqueHomes offers rentals in Europe and North America of architect-designed, contemporary and modern homes, including Wright’s Schwartz House in Wisconsin and Corbu’s apartment in Marseilles.

October 12, 2010 by Mike Welton

Where to Rent an Architect-Designed Vacation Home

With 36 SIPs, the elegant little 600-square-foot home absorbs the winter sun while providing plenty of shade during summer.

October 7, 2010 by Mike Welton

At Taliesin West, an Elegant, Efficient 600 Square Feet

She started with a tiny torso that a jeweler might use to display precious gems. She added carved Styrofoam, then fiberglass mesh and a skim coat of Thinset.

September 23, 2010 by Mike Welton

Julie Richey Designs a Mosaic in Three Dimensions

They have sanctified that revolutionary city built from scratch in the International style.

September 13, 2010 by Mike Welton

At the 1500 Gallery in West Chelsea, the Past as Future

“Because the majority of my work is commissioned, it’s inspired by where it’s being installed, who’s going to be experiencing it, where they’re coming from and how the building is being used,” she says.

September 10, 2010 by Mike Welton

Nancy Gong: Works in Glass for Architectural Spaces

There she found a remodeled and redesigned foundry that still produces smalti, or enameled glass, the same way it did a century ago.

September 3, 2010 by Mike Welton

For Mosaic Artist Julie Richey, a Salon and Studio in Venice