Rosario Candela and the New York Apartment: 1927–1937 by David Netto
Books: Bachelor Pad
Machine à Amuser: The Life and Death of the Beistegui Penthouse Apartment by Wim van den Bergh
A Simple Plan
The Paul Schweikher House outside Chicago stands as a testament to one architect’s mastery of space and material
Cajun and Creole, the rough and the fine (From our Archives)
Over the past ten years Wade Lege has rescued some of the disappearing landmarks of his native Louisiana
Multi-faceted Eileen Gray at the BGC
Eileen Gray might be called a Renaissance modernist
Frank Lloyd Wright buildings on UNESCO World Heritage List
What’s old is new, what’s new is old. Eight of architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s idiosyncratic modern buildings have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, the international preservation organization announced on Sunday.
When an Icon Burns
Some thoughts on Notre Dame Cathedral, which caught fire Monday.
Frederic Church’s Olana on the Hudson
“Almost an hour this side of Albany is the Center of the World,” wrote Frederic Edwin Church (1826– 1900) to his friend sculptor Erastus Dow Palmer. He added: “I own it.” Church, preeminent among the Hudson River school painters, was referring to Olana, his magnificent “Persian” style mansion and the surrounding 250 mountaintop acres of landscape he subtly designed.
How modern architecture came to Miami Beach
In 1933 Florida Governor David Sholtz wrote that the states various exhibits at Chicago’s Century of Progress exposition were “but the ‘Show Rooms of the state,'” adding, we further invite you to visit the ‘Play Ground of the Nation.'” The Florida Tropical House, constructed for the Home and Industrial Arts Group section of the exposition and built alongside ten other homes on the shores of Lake Michigan, was one such showroom.
Passing the mantels
We catch up with Dr. Joseph “Buddy” Jenrette III, who was recently named chairman of the of the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust, taking over from his uncle, Richard Hampton “Dick” Jenrette who died in April.