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....
Architect John Marx is an artist at heart – and has been since the age of seven. In grade school, he was leafing through a career-discovery book, where he found descriptions for a doctor, a lawyer, and a soldier. But none for an artist. He did, however, find a description for an architect. So that’s...
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...
When Robert Day, CEO of Oakmont Corporation, teamed up with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts for a new project on Cabo Del Sol in Cabo San Lucas, he turned to architect Robert Glazier for a specific kind of design. Glazier had come out on top in a competition for Day’s new Four Seasons Resort and […]
A practicing interior designer who worked for others for more than a decade Brittney Herrera set up on her own shop three years ago in Portland, Oregon. When friends approached her to help them find furniture, she launched an online business. Her first official act? To hire her Mom. Then, when a sizable...
Architect John Hill is on a mission. He grew up in Chicago’s suburbs. He practiced architecture there. And after writing a guidebook to New York City’s contemporary architecture, he’s teamed up with the Chicago Architecture Center to pen one for his own home town. It’s called “Guide to Chicago’s...
Norwood Viviano says his sculptural work in blown glass is all about change. Like sea level rise – in cities across the U.S. He has a piece in a show called “Melting Point” in Manhattan’s Heller Gallery, which opened late last week. His sculpture is called ‘Cities Underwater.’...
Graham & Brown, the U.K.’s leading wallpaper manufacturer, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. The family-run business in Lancashire, Blackburn was founded by two friends – Harold Graham and Henry Brown – in 1946. The company’s expanded its collection to include paint and wall...
A long-lost 1952 design by Mies van der Rohe for a fraternity house on the Bloomington campus of Indiana University is now under construction. For unknown reasons, the Alpha Theta chapter of Pi Lambda Phi never turned their 10,000-square-foot design into reality. “It’s not clear as to the roadblocks...
Architects at Rise Projects have transformed a former photographer’s studio and apartment into a penthouse residence for a family of five. Located off Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District, it’s now 4,000 square feet of tailored living space up on the 11th floor. “We gutted every wall down to the bones...
