Some myths about bathroom design just don’t seem to die. People subscribe to them out of habit, if nothing else.  But don’t let your bathr...

After struggling for years to convey the untidiness of the design process, whether carried out by amateurs or architects, I recently came ...

If you think fake finishes only go back to Z-brick and Formica, think again.  Architectural fakery has been around as long as architecture i...

Positive space, negative space. They sound like some kind of flaky New Age terms. But actually, they’re one of the oldest and most basic co...

According to urban legend, if you put a frog into a pot of hot water, he’ll have the good sense to jump out of it immediately. On the other ...

If you were to plot the popularity of an architectural style on a stock-market style chart, you’d first see it take a quick nosedive from ne...

Now and then, people ask me to critique designs for homes or additions they’ve drawn themselves. Many of these plans are both thoughtful and...