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September 16, 2022 by Mike Welton

National Building Museum Extends Notre Dame Exhibition

On April 15, “Notre-Dame de Paris: The Augmented Exhibition,” will open in a second-floor, 3,500-square-foot gallery.

April 11, 2022 by Mike Welton

At the National Building Museum, Notre Dame de Paris

In 2007, he realized he no longer had anything to say through that medium and stopped painting, cold turkey.

March 18, 2022 by Mike Welton

Alejandro Merizalde: 100 Churches of Venice & the Lagoon

But Saint Germain des Prés in the sixth arrondissement has not only survived, it’s endured.

November 29, 2021 by Mike Welton

Help Restore the Oldest Church in All of Paris

When Edgar Perry sold the 10-acre estate and its 10,600-square-foot residence in 1944, he said the mansion was “a great place to throw a party, but too big to live in.”

August 16, 2021 by Mike Welton

In Austin, Restoring the Commodore Perry Estate

That’s due mainly to the sophisticated interests of the architects’ clients, running the gamut from music, flowers, cooking, interiors and art.

April 29, 2021 by Mike Welton

VMA’s Lavish Renovation on Rittenhouse Square

They had help. White would hand off his initial parti to Joe Wells, who would turn it into sections and elevations. Sidney Stratton provided the social connections that would lead to wealthy clients and increasingly sophisticated projects.

April 28, 2021 by Mike Welton

Tomorrow: A Lecture on McKim, Mead & White

Thanks to the work of courageous firefighters, however, the basic structure was saved, though its spire and much of its roof were destroyed. Reconstruction is well underway now, but funds are still needed to complete the cathedral’s restoration.

April 22, 2021 by Mike Welton

In Paris, Restoring the Notre Dame Cathedral

He formed a committee. Its goal: to restore the stone that marked the grave of Joseph Morrill Wells, the architect who refined Stanford White’s ideas and brought them to fruition.

April 16, 2021 by Mike Welton

The Restoration of a Master Architect’s Gravestone

That’s when Landmark West! will host a Zoom lecture with N.Y.U. Prof. Mosette Broderick, architectural historian and author of “Triumvirate: McKim, Mead & White (Alfred A. Knopf, 2010).

April 15, 2021 by Mike Welton

Mosette Broderick Zooms McKim, Mead & White