Thousands of visitors are drawn to Monticello each year because of its classical styling and the elegant symmetry and proportions that Jefferson applied after carefully studying the principles of Andrea Palladio. After “reading” Jefferson’s essay in architecture, however, many visitors leave with a different appreciation: how the statesman personalized his home. Jefferson designed Monticello to […]
The Robie House: The First Modern Family Home
The best way to experience the Frederick C. Robie House — Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterwork near the campus of the University of Chicago in Hyde Park, Ill. — may be to go back in time. Imagine yourself in evening attire standing outside an ornately detailed Victorian home at the turn of the 20th century. You […]
Historic Miller House Provides Answers to Current Design Challenges
With its open floor plan, kid’s wing, carefully orchestrated views of nature, and multiple work spaces, Eero Saarinen’s masterpiece of modern architecture still speaks volumes about modern living paradigms
Anatomy of a Great Home
What elevates a house to best-of-class status? Find out in this insider’s look at more than fifty award-winning homes designed by nearly three dozen A-plus American architects. Regardless of their size or design style, the best new and remodeled homes share common traits. They deliver eminently livable space that can accommodate nearly any lifestyle event. […]
Designing for Disaster Wins Major Book Award
The Independent Book Publishers Association presented Designing for Disaster with a Gold Award in this year’s IPPY competition.
Brad Pitt’s New Orleans Experiment Becomes a Real Neighborhood
Brad Pitt’s noble experiment in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans looks like a real neighborhood now, though the home designs barely hang together on the block
Everything Old Seems New at Taliesin West
No matter what trends monopolize attention in current home design and construction, they seem to be played out in Wright’s buildings done many moons before.
Garbett Introduces New Line of Contemporary Production Homes in Utah
Utah’s Garbett Homes had so much success selling entry-level contemporary homes that executives decided to introduce a new series of move-up moderns, including a net-zero version selling in the $500,000s. The new series, called Bellasol and selling in Herriman, Utah, ranges from 2,000 to 3,100 square feet. Like Garbett’s previous series, Solaris, it was designed […]