Sitting high above the harbor in Portland, Maine, the Morse-Libby house, later Victoria Mansion, looks out of place in an … More
Tag: Architecture
Preserving Frank Lloyd Wright’s Pope-Leighey House
Deceptively simple and functional but meticulously detailed: At the Pope-Leighey House in Alexandria, Virginia, these characteristics of Frank Lloyd Wright’s … More
A Machine for Artistic Creating in Mexico City
What started, in 1931, with Mexican painter and architect Juan O’Gorman extending an invitation to legendary muralist Diego Rivera to … More
Jorge Zalszupin’s House Showcases Brazilian Modernism with European Roots
A house, especially an architect’s own home, is one of the most personal architectural typologies. Given its smaller scale, it … More
75 Years of Art, Culture, and Nature at Connecticut’s Hill-Stead Museum
A surprising Connecticut gem, Hill-Stead Museum presents superb Impressionist works by Monet, Degas, Manet, and others in a well-preserved Colonial … More
More than a Place to Read: Memphis Library’s Innovative Transformation
This article written by Yasmeen Abdallah appears courtesy of 1014, a space to explore global challenges and opportunities on … More
Grace Farms Foundation
Can design and art make the world a better place? A poignant question to ponder, and one that Grace Farms … More
Restoring South Beach to its Original Cool – Art Deco Close-up
South Beach, the southern tip of the sandbar that constitutes Miami Beach proper, has had many incarnations since becoming the … More
Art and Landscape at the Florence Griswold Museum
On a sunny summer afternoon, artists still paint by the Lieutenant River behind the Florence Griswold House in Old Lyme, … More
A Pair of Frank Lloyd Wright Houses in Manchester NH
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was one of the United States’ best known architects, especially for his modern homes done in … More
