Imagine a community with a 60-acre park at its heart – one that half the 30,000 population doesn’t know exists. Oddly enough, that’s the case at Post Falls, Idaho, 22 miles east of Spokane, Wash. “One of every two people we talked to didn’t know it was there, because of the way the land was […]
Lyn Peterson is a decorator, a general contractor – and an expert in steam-punk design. She’s even got a catalog dedicated to the concept, strictly for designers and architects. And she knows how to trace its history. “It’s industrial style – an anachronistic technology,” she says. “It...
Paul McClean is an Irish architect practicing in Southern California. He grew up in Dublin, sure from the age of four or five that he wanted to be an architect. “Even at 10 or 11 I was walking around Dublin looking for modern buildings,” he says. “There was a local public library back then, but […]
“Creative Paris,” by editorial director Anne-Sophie Leroux, is the newest offering from My Little Paris, a media and e-commerce group founded by five women. With more than 130 employees, it addresses a community of five million women. Its signatures are the power of zero (no investment or fundraising),...
The Henderson Resort in Destin, Fla. may look like a typical resort, but it’s more like an anchor to an ambitious residential master plan. Sure, it contains 170 guest rooms and 10,000 square feet of conference space. And yes, across the street, on the oceanfront is the renovated, adults-only Henderson...
As it turns out, life as a child of the Air Force can bring about positive outcomes. Just ask Madelyn Byrne, founder of Paris Perfect, the purveyor of very fine apartments. “My dad was an Air Force officer and a fighter pilot, and we moved every 12, 18 and 36 months,” she says. “We were […]
What city government in its right mind would decide to build a civic center with a 3,000-square-foot town hall, 12,000 square feet of offices – and 20,000 square feet of public space dedicated to fundraisers and musical events? For starters, the one in Del Mar, Calif. And that’s for finishers too....
The design of a Washington, D.C. memorial to commemorate sacrifices by Americans in the “War to End All Wars” has been completed. In record time, for a project of its scale and proportion. Since 2016, GWWO Architects has worked collaboratively with a team of artists, architects, engineers, and landscape...
A museum to honor the Motown experience in Detroit is now underway. Its design direction originally initiated by the late Phil Freelon of Perkins+Will North Carolina, it’s now being developed by a team led by Zena Howard of the same office. Groundbreaking for the first of two phases took place last...
Context is everything – especially when it comes to architecture in the village of Sag Harbor. Unlike other resorts in the Hamptons, this place is the real deal – with history, culture and community. “It’s its own king of things,” says New York architect Andre Kikoski. “It’s not like East...
