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On Thursday, June 10 at 7:00 AM, the editor of Miami Modern Metropolis will be giving a talk on “Miami Beach and the Resurgence of the Boutique Hotel.”

June 7, 2010 by Mike Welton

‘Imagining a New Florida’ at the 2010 AIA Convention

It was not in the best condition. He’d purchased about six hundred lots that varied in size from a half-acre to hundreds more.

June 4, 2010 by Mike Welton

George Vanderbilt’s Well-Managed Piece of Land

They are, respectively, director of horticulture and historic gardens manager for thousands of acres on the property.

June 3, 2010 by Mike Welton

At Biltmore Estate, Restoring Olmsted’s Vignettes of Beauty

The collaborative efforts in the Carolina mountains by Frederick Law Olmsted, Richard Morris Hunt and George Vanderbilt left behind more than a beautiful French Renaissance home in the American style.

June 2, 2010 by Mike Welton

Near Asheville, N.C., a Triple Threat at Biltmore Estate

The home takes its name from the view out its north portico. There, Jefferson allowed a stand of thirteen poplars to grow. Five of them remain today.

May 31, 2010 by Mike Welton

At Poplar Forest, Moving Earth to Frame Our Views

It took a mere fourteen years to complete (compared to Monticello’s forty), and its condition today, thoughtfully and painstakingly restored by a team of preservationists, resembles almost precisely the raw structure he knew early in its construction.

May 28, 2010 by Mike Welton

In Rural Virginia, Jefferson’s Retreat at Poplar Forest

Its moderate summers appealed to tourists from the South and its short winters were a balm to their counterparts up North.

May 27, 2010 by Mike Welton

At the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, a Southern Tonic

So he began to paint with acrylics on canvas, back in the early ‘90s. Later, he branched out into working on walls

May 26, 2010 by Mike Welton

Steve Staresina’s Carolina Frescoes in Carrara Marble

Much of that can be laid at Mike Hughes’ feet, since he may be the most well liked person in Richmond, if not the entire advertising industry.

May 20, 2010 by Mike Welton

In Richmond, Mike Hughes and the Agency of the Future

Instead, he helped fast-track a small Southern ad agency into a top-tier, nationally-known communications firm.

May 19, 2010 by Mike Welton

Martin’s Mike Hughes: An Architect for Advertising