Typical late-Victorian "Eastlake" style door point to a construction date around 1890 There’s a little parlor trick I like...

After 30 years in architecture, I still hear the same tired old wives tales circulated about remodeling. It’s amazing how long it can take...

The Chinese are environmental cretins, right? It’s a common perception, one that our own moribund leaders are only too happy to encourage....

Having spent a fair amount of time in China over the past twenty years, and having witnessed its spectacular rise, I’ve always been puzzle...

A hand-drawn "as-built" floor plan is fine, as long as your measurements are accurate. Or... Last time, we looked at all th...

Tired of people asking how he came up with his brilliant designs, Frank Lloyd Wright once famously explained, “Why, I just shake the bui...

"It does not matter how badly you paint,” said the English writer George Moore, “so long as you don't paint badly like other people...