John Bisbee – Brunswick – Welding Sculptor* “His Morality found expression in the integrity of his actions.” -Peter Korn Authentic has...

I find myself endlessly fascinated by the mechanics of vision. I still have a hard time wrapping my head around the complexities of how...

My friend’s cat is huddled in his box and seems unhappy and wary as she unloads him from her car–piled high with possessions gathered in...

Everyone I know is excited by the eclipse, even if not viewing it from the path of totality. The news is calling what we collectively...

How is it possible that an element which stands so strong and solid, is immune to almost every condition but rust, can be twisted and...

Maxfield Parrish One of the definitions of vacation is “the action of leaving something once previously occupied”. I think that is what I...

I was reminded of the french sculptor François Pompon when I was looking at several of our projects recently. In architecture, massing...

The idea of a folly is inherently fun. Follies were built for pleasure and recreation, in a way the interacts with its environment and...

Nature’s design is everywhere; it is the fabric of our world. Ever moving and interacting, the natural world was described by Parisian...

A tea clipper: Ariel and Taeping, Jack Spurling In the 18oo’s, clipper ships transported tea around the world. The race of 1866 was...

When occupying a sturdy building you are in a world between the walls, protected from the weather and the influence of nature. In...

There is something very personal about the books that people collect. The books in my library tell a story about who I am, and also who I...

Diving into deep shaded waters becomes a recurring fantasy in the heat of the summer. With temperatures and humidity soaring into triple...

Located at the junction of Buffalo Bayou and San Jacinto Bay, the town site of New Washington was settled by Col. James Morgan...

My great-grandmother had a closet full of cameras. Examining them was a walk through time, she was born in 1898, and the closet was a...

“Time is elastic” David Hockney once said, and coming from him I am inclined to believe it. I have been looking at images online of the...

Noon, William Penhallow Henderson, 1920 It’s spring in the mountains, but I wasn’t prepared for giant snowflakes and a snowstorm that...

Edwin Lutyens, Design for a house on the Hudson River, New York A colleague recently noted that an architectural professor had once told...

There is nothing more central to the identity of San Antonio, or Texas for that matter, than the Alamo. It’s not just a building, it’s...