A 100-year-old iconic structure in downtown Detroit is undergoing renovation at the hands of New York’s ODA Architects. ODA’s known for expert renovation chops on major projects here and abroad, including Rotterdam’s Postkantoor and New York City’s 10 Jay. In the case of the Book Tower in Detroit,...
Gentility permeates this place. The hallways’ oriental rugs are small, most no larger than seven by nine feet, save the runners. The furniture’s original to the home, a 1901 wedding gift for Margaret Carnegie Ricketson. Many of the prints, paintings and memorabilia date from her time here. In a deep-stained,...
Thanks to a group of dedicated expat Virginians and a team from SERA Architects, an abandoned church in Portland, Ore. now lives a new life – as a theater and community center. The Virginians purchased it and started producing plays there in 2008. By 2010, they’d developed a marketing plan and begun...
Interior designer Lauren Rottet, founding principal and president of Rottet Studio, recently completed interiors at the Hilton Conrad in Washington, D.C., by Pritzker Prize-winners Herzog & de Meuron. She calls it a classic representation of understated, stately power, reassurance and comfort from...
Trained as an architect, Audrey Hall found her calling as a photographer. Now she’s got a new book out on rustic/modern work by JLF Architects – a 40-year-old Bozeman, Mont. firm known for merging traditional post-and-beam materials with a contemporary aesthetic. Published by Gibbs Smith, it’s...
Finally, we have a book about Hollywood that’s not celebrity-obsessed. Instead, “Modern Hollywood” addresses the contemporary houses the stars lived in. “They’re all modern, but it also shows how wide a range modern architecture is,” says Alan Hess, the architect who co-authored the book...
Today, A+A is enjoying its annual sojourn at its favorite beach on a barrier island off the Carolina coast. It’s a little different this year, as we keep our eyes on the horizon, looking out to the long-reaching effects of Hurricane Dorian, now churning the waters and winds off Florida. Soon enough,...
Thirteen years ago, a frustrated architect and a 3-D whiz-kid got together and created HUSH. Now they’re re-imagining the world, one major company at a time, from Brooklyn Navy Yard. “We wanted to create events and experiences that people could interact with and go inside of,” says David Schwarz,...
From Sept. 5-8, 5,000 lovers of functional, one-of-a-kind Western art will deliver the buying power of 50,000 to Jackson Hole, Wyo. Private jets from both coasts will slip down from the Wyoming skies. Fashions from New York designers will grace the runway at Thursday’s opening night. And locals will...
Here we have a beautiful, if undecorated, shed. It’s a barn situated on a vineyard located between Santa Barbara and San Francisco, one that belongs to Justin Smith, owner and winemaker for Saxum Vineyard. “He’s a low-key and laid-back California guy, and in the wine industry he’s a true rock...
