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No, the architect and interior designer who strives to take the edge off modernism with his trademark soft palette sought out an old friend, Jay McInerney.

‘Made to Order,’ a Monograph by Designer Campion Platt

Mike Welton September 30, 2010

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.

Julie Richey Designs a Mosaic in Three Dimensions

Mike Welton September 23, 2010

“It was a test for us: how to apply LEED criteria to prime farmland,” says Roberto De Leon, principle in the firm.

Kentucky Barns of Bamboo & Steel by De Leon & Primmer

Mike Welton September 21, 2010

In 2005, Henry Ng, executive vice president of the World Monuments Fund (WMF), and Nancy Berliner, curator of Chinese art and culture at the Peabody Essex Museum, stood in the garden of The Qian Long emperor in the Forbidden City in Beijing.

At the Peabody Essex, Treasures from the Forbidden City

Mike Welton September 17, 2010

And George Washington Vanderbilt’s library at Biltmore Estate in Asheville was state-of-the-art for 1895.

A Home for Napoleon’s Chess Set at Biltmore Estate

Mike Welton September 16, 2010

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

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

Mike Welton September 13, 2010

“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.

Nancy Gong: Works in Glass for Architectural Spaces

Mike Welton September 10, 2010

The tapestry hall is memorable for its near-palpable feeling of having been truly lived in and enjoyed, almost a century after George Vanderbilt stopped spending his leisure time here.

At Biltmore Estate, Books, Prints, Tapestries and Mountains

Mike Welton September 9, 2010

The planning application for his Handsmooth House, designed for comedic actor Rowan Atkinson and his wife Sunetra, was approved on August 25 by the South Oxfordshire District Council.

After Three Years of Politics, Meier Debuts in Great Britain

Mike Welton September 8, 2010

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

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

Mike Welton September 3, 2010

“The Grove in St. Louis was an area in the 1970s and ‘80s that was in a bit of a free fall,” says Tom Niemeier, partner in Space Architects.

At the Grove in St. Louis, Tax Credits for Sustainability

Mike Welton September 1, 2010

“I wanted to design homes with better values, with better health and with environmental responsibility,” he says. “I wanted to inspire change, to respond to the economic crisis and provide homebuyers and the general public with options for a more responsible lifestyle.”

GreenFab: Modular and Sustainable Housing in Seattle

Mike Welton August 31, 2010

LaFarge would go on to illustrate books by Tennyson and Browning, and paint his first mural for Trinity Church in Boston.

Stained Glass in Three Dimensions by John Lafarge

Mike Welton August 20, 2010

The firm’s entry won out over 15 others in the first phase of the competition. Now it must overcome two more in the second phase.

Zaha Hadid’s Dance and Music Centre in The Hague

Mike Welton August 19, 2010

It’s been designed by a team headed up by John Lahey, a principal at the 85-member firm of Solomon Cordwell Buenz in Chicago.

A Block from Chicago’s Daley Plaza, a Floating Island

Mike Welton August 13, 2010

There’s superficiality connected to them, as though they’re simply applied to the surface of a building and don’t affect its function at all.

Paul Anderson and the Architecture of Patterns

Mike Welton August 10, 2010

He studied the profession at Columbia, graduated, and enrolled in the master’s program at Yale long before Robert A. M. Stern was named dean there.

In Manhattan, the Son of Stern Also Rises

Mike Welton August 6, 2010

Named for a tributary that feeds into the East River and separates Brooklyn from the Queens, the waterfront site offers spectacular views of mid-town Manhattan.

In New York City, 994 Waterfront Acres, Plus Views

Mike Welton August 2, 2010

That’s because the Harley Bradley residence was no ordinary Wright building.

In Kankakee, Illinois, the Birthplace of the Prairie School

Mike Welton July 29, 2010

“The work is a play on projections in two and three dimensions,” says project architect Melodie Leung, who worked with curators Patrik Schumacher and Zaha to develop the exhibit.

Architect Zaha Hadid Turns a Zurich Gallery into 3-D Art

Mike Welton July 23, 2010

One will be for the launch of the performance, and the other for the completion of the new theater.

In Washington, D.C., a Jewel Box for Three Gems of Theater

Mike Welton July 21, 2010

From Period Homes Magazine, a Secluded Residential Compound in Buckhead

1 day ago by Mike Welton

On the North Carolina Coast, the Curious Facts Concerning Cottage Time

August 18, 2025 by Mike Welton

A Team of Designers Leaves No Trace behind in a Duxbury Bay Compound

August 15, 2025 by Mike Welton

A Down-at-the-Heels Midcentury Modern Gets a 21st-Century Reprieve

August 11, 2025 by Mike Welton

Atlanta’s Point Office Respects the Coastal Vernacular of Figure Eight Island Architecture

August 8, 2025 by Mike Welton

At New Ravenna, Glass and Stone Mosaics Inspired by the Seaside

August 4, 2025 by Mike Welton

At the Paul Rudolph Institute in New York, The Susan Grant Lewin Collection

August 1, 2025 by Mike Welton

In Malibu, a Modern-Day Phoenix Rises from the Ashes of a 2018 Fire

July 28, 2025 by Mike Welton

NCModernist Names Six Winners in Matsumoto Prize Competition

July 24, 2025 by Mike Welton

Klopf Architecture Remodels a Mid-Century Modern in Orinda

July 21, 2025 by Mike Welton

From Northshore Home Magazine, the Modern Beach House

July 18, 2025 by Mike Welton

In Richmond, Architect Josh McCullar’s Polished Point of View

July 14, 2025 by Mike Welton

From Virginia Living Magazine, a Richmond Architect for the Ages

July 11, 2025 by Mike Welton

Three New Patterns in Jewel Glass from New Ravenna Mosaics

July 7, 2025 by Mike Welton

For July 4th, a Washington Post Story on Jefferson and Hemings

July 3, 2025 by Mike Welton

A Modern Coastal Retreat on Figure Eight Island, by Point Office

June 30, 2025 by Mike Welton

Alterstudio Architects Designs the Highland Park Residence in Dallas

June 23, 2025 by Mike Welton

In Dallas, the Highland Park Residence by Alterstudio Architecture

June 20, 2025 by Mike Welton

‘Looking Forward to Monday Morning’ with Architect Daniel Frisch

June 16, 2025 by Mike Welton

In Orinda, Klopf Architecture Remodels a Classic Mid-Century Modern

June 13, 2025 by Mike Welton