Devi Dutta-Choudhury is an architect with a practical side. Her new book, “House to Home: Designing Your Space for the Way You Live” is a case in point. It’s a how-to guide to understanding a site, working with an architect, and either hiring a contractor or acting as your own. She’s smart about...
A leading authority on historic buildings in the Cayman Islands and the Caribbean, John Doak is also an author of articles for local and international publications. In 2013, his work in architectural preservation was recognized by Queen Elizabeth II with a Cayman Islands Certificate and Badge of Honour....
A mutual admiration on Instagram has morphed into real-world collaboration between Gracie Wallpaper and New Ravenna Mosaics. “For years we’ve known about Gracie’s Chinese chinoiserie murals with flowers and birds – they’ve been doing it since the 1800s,” says Cean Irminger, New Ravenna’s...
Invited by the City of Los Angeles to participate in its Accessory Dwelling Unit Standard Plan Program, wHY Los Angeles delivered two basic solutions. One’s a one-bedroom, 500-square-foot unit. The other’s an 800-square-foot, two bedroom unit. Both can be pre-manufactured and lowered into a homeowner’s...
A new bath collection from Room & Board runs the design gamut from traditional to transitional to minimal. Founded in 1980, the home furnishings company was something of a visionary at the time – committing itself to artisan workers for most of its products. Today, they account for 90 percent...
Some luxury brands burn or trash seconds and samples, but Bella Notte’s found new use for theirs. It’s a collection called Renewal – a commitment to sustainability, designed to keep slightly flawed materials from the landfill. “When we’re working with the fabric, there may be a small pile or something...
Tom Kundig’s newest book – his fourth – is split 50/50 between small and large projects. For good reason. “There’s a pretty clear narrative out of the office and my career – that everything comes from the residential footing,” he says. “We look at residential work as the soul of our architecture.”...
Danny Soos’s epiphany arrived in one of London’s high-end kitchen showrooms. The products offered simply did not match his vision. “I did my first flat in London with the old mindset of going to a showroom, picking up a brochure, and making decisions,” the co-founder of FORM Kitchens says. “It...
A new film from First Run Features celebrates the life and work of one of America’s first self-made men of the early 20th century. “Gustav Stickley: American Craftsman” opens virtually on March 5. It’s a 68-minute-long documentary about the man who reinterpreted Englishman William Morris’s...
Sometimes, serendipity spurs events that clearly were meant to happen. For example: 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. Writer Melissa Wyse and illustrator...
