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That’s according to Bill Curran, principal in Thier + Curran Architects in Hamilton. And he should know. His firm recently completed the design and renovation of a music hall there, dedicated to the concept of introducing children to classical, jazz, and rock music.

December 16, 2020 by Mike Welton

Architecture in Service to Kids and Music

It serves as storage for all the equipment used on the vineyard daily.

December 14, 2020 by Mike Welton

In California, Clayton Korte’s Vineyard Shed

Joel Upton's passionate talks on French Gothic cathedrals changed Kamin’s outlook on art – and history.

December 11, 2020 by Mike Welton

A Tour of Amherst College with Blair Kamin

TURF aims to envision and produce our designs through a sustainable lens, with processes designed to keep waste to a minimum.

December 10, 2020 by Mike Welton

TURF: Acoustic Solutions for Open Spaces

The Shingle Style is well represented, but there are buildings in the Classical, Mediterranean, and Midcentury Modern styles as well.

December 7, 2020 by Mike Welton

Five Fave Books for Gifting this Year

The first thing the architect looks at on a site is how the sun travels across it.

December 4, 2020 by Mike Welton

Mastering the One-Story, L-Shaped Plan

I’d spent more than a few days in Venice, and the magic of the place – and my experiences – were still fresh in my mind. So I penned 300 words for “Dream of Venice Architecture,” and was lucky to find it accepted for publication.

December 2, 2020 by Mike Welton

From Dream of Venice: ‘Lost No More’

One of the firm’s first projects was the Mu Xin Art Museum in the historic water town of Wuzhen, in China’s northern Zhejiang Province.

November 30, 2020 by Mike Welton

The Mu Xin Art Museum: OLI Architecture

With dual degrees from Penn in architecture and fine arts, textile designer Kevin O’Brien started printing decorative textiles 30 years ago.

November 27, 2020 by Mike Welton

Natural Selections: Mosaics at New Ravenna

Leave it to a group of common-sense Midwesterners to arrive at a solution to one of the thorniest issues in religion today: How can Jews, Muslims, and Christians co-exist on common ground?

November 25, 2020 by Mike Welton

In Omaha, Three Religions on One Campus