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They’re chronicled in John Hill’s new comprehensive guide to illustrated architecture books of the last century.

August 18, 2021 by Mike Welton

A Book about 100 Inspirational Architecture Books

Colin Chee lives in a 38-square-meter apartment in inner city Melbourne and is constantly looking for inspiration and ideas on how to improve his small home.

August 4, 2021 by Mike Welton

Never Too Small: Reimagining Small Space Living

Photographer Wayne Thom arrived in Southern California too late for the midcentury modernists.

August 2, 2021 by Mike Welton

Photographing the Late Modern: Wayne Thom

Effective graphic design, says Archigrafika’s founder Michael Gerbino, is about communication.

July 29, 2021 by Mike Welton

‘Graphics for Architecture,’ A Book by Archigrafika

A 2017 encounter between two artists in residence at Ragdale Foundation in Lake Forest, Il. has led to a book that explores the relationship between artists and their environments.

July 26, 2021 by Mike Welton

17 Artists in Residence, from Giverny to Casa Azul

50 Lessons to Learn from Frank Lloyd Wright is about the architecture, not the man or his personal life.

July 23, 2021 by Mike Welton

Fifty Lessons to Learn from Frank Lloyd Wright

His new book from ORO Editions, “Gesture and Response,” documents 25 of his best-known projects – most of them reaching skyward.

July 21, 2021 by Mike Welton

Bill Pedersen’s New Book: ‘Gesture and Response’

Brian Rose has published the definitive photographic book on the demise of Confederate statues on Richmond’s Monument Avenue.

July 16, 2021 by Mike Welton

‘The Past Is Never Dead; It’s Not Even Past’

Heady symbols of one of the most racist, far-reaching, and outright false propaganda campaigns ever, the statues of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, J.E.B. Stuart and Matthew Fontaine Maury were defaced, torn down, or removed during the summer of 2020.

July 15, 2021 by Mike Welton

An End to the Grand Boulevard of the Lost Cause

In 2013, his work in architectural preservation was recognized by Queen Elizabeth II with a Cayman Islands Certificate and Badge of Honour.

July 9, 2021 by Mike Welton

Caribbean Architect John Doak’s ‘Cayman Style’