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Architecture is his chosen subject matter, though he has recorded two major royal events: the wedding of HRH Prince William to Catherine Middleton, and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

January 22, 2020 by Mike Welton

Painting the Fireworks from St. Mark’s Bay

There wasn’t much vernacular architecture to draw from in downtown New Rochelle, so the architects created their own language.

January 20, 2020 by Mike Welton

Millennial Living in Downtown New Rochelle

In Rotterdam, when an influential socialist paper of record folded a few years back, its building first found a few young tenants – then went vacant.

January 17, 2020 by Mike Welton

In Rotterdam, New Life for a Newspaper Office

Collaborators included landscape architect Susannah Drake and her firm, dlandstudio.

January 15, 2020 by Mike Welton

ARO Rethinks the Water around Manhattan

The architects applied passive strategies like natural ventilation for cooling – with a riff on traditional tobacco barns’ louvered doors – to control drafts.

January 13, 2020 by Mike Welton

In Kentucky, Two Barns of Steel and Bamboo

“Mike Welton is a natural writer. The craft of his language is equal to the craft of the buildings and artifacts he writes about. He is the Vasari of the contemporary scene. I read Architects + Artisans as much for the beauty of his prose as I do for the cool things he writes about. He’s the real thing. Mike discovers in each window, each bench and each type of building a unique expression of architecture.” — Frank Harmon, FAIA, Principal, Frank Harmon Architect, Author: “Native Places: Drawing as a Way to See,” Raleigh, N.C.

January 10, 2020 by Mike Welton

For A+A’s 10th Anniversary, a Look Back

During the summer of 1972, with project architect Tod Williams on site and Richard Meier in his New York studio, the pair traded initial sketches back and forth.

January 8, 2020 by Mike Welton

A Website Dedicated to the Douglas House

“Architects + Artisans cuts a broad swath – it gets down in the trenches and then takes us back up to the sky, in both critical and insightful ways. I love that cross-section. It’s a very thoughtful curation of architecture, materials and design – and incredibly well done.” — Marlon Blackwell, FAIA, Principal, Marlon Blackwell Architects, Fayetteville, Ark., Recipient of the 2020 AIA Gold Medal Award

January 6, 2020 by Mike Welton

A Decade of Design at Architects + Artisans

“We asked for submissions and received thousands,” says CEO Lisa Bayne. “We then edited them down to a collection of 176 ornaments by more than 70 artists.”

December 20, 2019 by Mike Welton

Handmade Ornaments for the Holidays

In "Dream of Venice Architecture, a cadre of architects and architectural writers – this one included – explore the elements that make Venice a one-of-a-kind, drop-dead-gorgeous place in this world.

December 18, 2019 by Mike Welton

Give the Gift of Good Design this Year