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Published by Phaidon, the 320-page book features drawings from Michelangelo to Frank Gehry, Louise Bourgeois to Tadao Ando, B.V. Doshi to Zaha Hadid, and Grafton to Luis Barragan.

October 25, 2019 by Mike Welton

‘Drawing Architecture’ from Phaidon

Geffroy translated ideas from couture into the interior design idiom, taking light fixtures and covering them, and draping upholstery with dressmaking techniques.

October 22, 2019 by Mike Welton

‘Swoon-Worthy’ Dior and His Decorators

Venice, La Serenissima, that ancient and venerable city built on water, has been painted, designed, photographed, composed to and sung about, has been written about in prose and verse for hundreds if not thousands of years by many of the artistic and literary greats.

October 21, 2019 by Mike Welton

Reflections of Venice, in Photos

There’s Michael Graves’ Teakettle, Ron Arad’s Bookworm, Harry Allen’s Pig Bank, and a Corolla Chair made of orange wire.

September 27, 2019 by Mike Welton

Mr. Waffles Explains Design

Audrey Hall’s got a new book out on rustic/modern work by JLF Architects – a 40-year-old Bozeman, Mont. firm known for merging traditional post-and-beam materials with a contemporary aesthetic.

September 6, 2019 by Mike Welton

JLF Architects and Their ‘Cabin Style’

“They’re all modern, but it also shows how wide a range modern architecture is,” says Alan Hess, the architect who co-authored the book with Michael Stern.

September 4, 2019 by Mike Welton

How the Modern Stars Lived in Hollywood

Among them are Fallingwater, the Chrysler Building, the Louvre and the Doge’s Palace.

June 3, 2019 by Mike Welton

An Inside-Out Look at Architecture

The book take readers on a tour of backyards and patios of celebrities and luminaries like Diane Keaton, Cher, Bunny Williams, Carolyne Roehm, and Frank Lloyd Wright in Southern California, Mexico, Palm Springs, and Connecticut.

May 27, 2019 by Mike Welton

‘Splash’ Is Summer’s Perfect Opening Act

Standing below the title was an iconic image, circa 1965, of the indefatigable architect and planner herself, hands on hips, legs astride a broken-white, highway line – with the Las Vegas Strip looming in the background.

May 6, 2019 by Mike Welton

A Guide to Downtown Denise Scott Brown

Edward Hutchison is now an author – of a book about drawing for landscape architects.

April 26, 2019 by Mike Welton

Drawing for Landscape Architecture