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He makes handrails out of branches from mountain laurel – and the occasional rhododendron.

March 1, 2019 by Mike Welton

Artisan-Made Mountain Laurel Handrails

A new performing arts center at Brown University emphasizes flexibility of use inside and a delightfully fluted anodized aluminum outside.

February 27, 2019 by Mike Welton

At Brown, a New Performing Arts Center

Originally built as a creamery by a Germanic sect of Hutterites in the 1870s, the building suffered a catastrophic roof collapse within 30 years of being built.

February 25, 2019 by Mike Welton

Restoring a 19th-Century Creamery in Jackson Hole

“During the time we were doing the renovation, West Street was lowered for a railroad bridge and that was a huge juggle for us,” says Nicole Alvarez, architect at Clearscapes. “It was just very forbidding.”

February 22, 2019 by Mike Welton

In Raleigh, Junction West by Clearscapes

The graphic designers-turned-Florida-International-University-interior-design students are racking up their share of accolades and internships.

February 20, 2019 by Mike Welton

In Miami, Two Successful Students

He was instrumental in bringing back an exhibition of John James Audubon’s The Birds of America starting February 16. Today only about 200 complete sets of The Birds of America exist in the world, and NCMA owns one.

February 18, 2019 by Mike Welton

John James Audubon at Raleigh’s NCMA

February 15, 2019 by Mike Welton

James Victore Says Feck Perfuction

February 13, 2019 by Mike Welton

In NYC, the Gansevoort’s New Rooftop Bar

A childhood bout with polio left 20th-century photographer Dorothea Lange with a slight limp – and a trait that would prove highly influential.

February 12, 2019 by Mike Welton

Dorothea Lange at the Frist Art Museum

Built as part of a three-piece complex that included a world trade center and a city hall, they all escaped shock-treatment bombing by Nazi Germany’s Luftwaffe in May, 1940.

February 8, 2019 by Mike Welton

In Rotterdam, a Tower atop a 1930s Post Office