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He was too early for the history-bending postmodernists. But he was just in time for the late modernists.

February 4, 2021 by Mike Welton

Wayne Thom: Photographing the Late Modern

He immediately fell in with an unknown group of makers and designers in Venice Beach.

February 1, 2021 by Mike Welton

Los Angeles Today: Photos by Tim Street-Porter

It features 50 homes on six continents – built in both tropical and alpine environments.

January 25, 2021 by Mike Welton

‘Living in the Mountains,’ from Phaidon

Francoise Astorg Bollack is a study in the power of duality. Raised in Montmartre, she graduated from the École Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris in 1969 – and immediately headed to New York.

December 18, 2020 by Mike Welton

Bridging the Void between Old and New

“How, then, to portray her in a fresh, unique way – to contribute something different and worthwhile to this Venetian artistic cornucopia (if not glut)?” This was the question author/photographer David C. Phillips asked himself.

October 28, 2020 by Mike Welton

Reflections of Venice, by David C. Phillips

She grew up in Auckland, New Zealand within a family of architects and interior designers and has been living in Australia for almost 20 years.

October 26, 2020 by Mike Welton

‘Resident Dog,’ a Book by Nicole England

“Stanford White in Detail” focuses on the ornament and interiors that the partner in McKim, Mead & White dispatched with unmatched elegance in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

October 12, 2020 by Mike Welton

‘Stanford White in Detail,’ by Sam White

Subtitled “Architectural Masterworks since 1900,” it’s a 320-page tome dedicated to 50 modern American icons. Bradbury provided the prose; Richard Powers handled the photography.

October 9, 2020 by Mike Welton

The Iconic American House, since 1900

That was Anne-Catrin Schultz’s thinking when she sent out a call for entries on the topic to nearly everyone she knew.

September 30, 2020 by Mike Welton

A Real Book about Fake Architecture

That’s the thesis of a new book from Phaido“Living in the Mountains” features 50 homes on six continents – built in both tropical and alpine environments

September 9, 2020 by Mike Welton

From Phaidon, ‘Living in the Mountains’