“When I built my addition, the building inspector made me tear out the bedroom window and put in a bigger one! Personally, I don’t think i...

In architecture, the surest way to achieve a timeless design is to use materials that are familiar, durable, and that become more beautifu...

More than a half-century after his death in 1959, Frank Lloyd Wright is still considered the greatest architect America has produced, and ...

At least once a year, some bright-eyed young student calls me up and, either out of acdemic compulsion or actual interest, asks to intervi...

A while back, I got a solicitation from a local real estate agent whose client was ostensibly in the market for a loft. The agent describe...

In cities from Chicago to Austin to Berkeley, old-style mechanical parking meters are rapidly being replaced by a new type known as a multi-...

The other day I was rummaging through a local architectural salvage yard when, way out in one corner, past the rows of forlorn toilets and r...