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Perhaps the conservatory at Biltmore Estate near Asheville, N.C. is a case in point.

March 19, 2010 by Mike Welton

A Crystal Palace at Biltmore Estate near Asheville, N.C.

Out at the end of Long Island where the land fishtails into the North and South Forks, a tiny dollop of of sand appears to have slipped between the two tines and split them.

March 18, 2010 by Mike Welton

A Home by Cary Tamarkin that Hovers over Shelter Island

The oldest building on Prospect Avenue, it has welcomed Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Michelle Obama.

March 16, 2010 by Mike Welton

At Princeton, a Temple to Athletics – and Race – Threatened

The concept connecting interior living area to exterior courtyard is a transparency delivered via custom pivot doors. For the kitchen/family room area, the architects used sliding aluminum doors.

March 12, 2010 by Mike Welton

In Los Angeles, the Hidden House in Glassell Park

She began to experiment, laminating it onto a painted cement board with clear glue.

March 9, 2010 by Mike Welton

Ellen Blakely Is Aligning with the Stars in San Francisco

In the case of the Philadelphia International Flower Show, where they’ve just racked up five major awards – including Best in Show – they stacked six cargo containers on top of each other and filled them with flowers, lights and mirrors.

March 4, 2010 by Mike Welton

MODA botancia: Certainly not Your Typical Florists

It marries a vision from Bermuda with the typology of Antigua and Guatemala. Its walls and rooftops are white, not just to resemble their counterparts in Bermuda, but to reflect the sunlight too.

February 26, 2010 by Mike Welton

Built to Last at Alys Beach on Florida’s Gulf Coast

At Incheon, seventeen miles southwest of Seoul, Phase I of New Songdo City opened in August 2009.

February 19, 2010 by Mike Welton

A New, Green City Designed by KPF for South Korea

Its six buildings, totalling 100,000 square feet on just under ten acres, are sunken into a hillside to create vistas of the river and open up outdoor courtyards.

February 17, 2010 by Mike Welton

Centerbrook Architects’ Village for Science on Long Island

For 70 years, they collected works by Picasso, Giacometti, Miro, Calder, Warhol and others from the School of Paris during and after World War II.

February 16, 2010 by Mike Welton

At the Bechtler, an Enlightened Display of Urban Patronage