Since the first dawn, we as humans have been drawn to light. We are drawn to fire, sunsets, beautifully lit landscapes, and illuminated...

Vast infinite stillness overcomes you in far west Texas. Earth opens up to the sky exposing deep cuts and gashes and the very space...

Watercolor of Giza by David Roberts, R.A. The thin membrane of darkness belied the turbulence that lay beneath as we drifted down the...

Michael’s Sketch of Villa Capra (Villa Rotunda.) Vicenza, Italy. John Ruskin had once said, “To draw the Leaf, is to know the Forest.”...

An aerial of Knole house, the earliest parts of the home dating back to 1456. Always moving, never slowing, like a river which carries...

In what was the proving ground for America’s early generations of architects, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts was where their understanding of...

Mojigangas dance across the Calle Macedonio Alcala in front of Templo de Santo Domingo, Anna Bruce / | © Culture Trip. La Guelaguestza,...

Santo Domingo, Dome, painted and gilded stucco, genealogical tree of Don Felix De Guzman. I boarded a plane to Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico,...

An earlier image of the 3318C Sears, Roebuck & Co. home. I live in a house in San Antonio, Texas, that was built in 1928 by two brothers...

Griffith J. Griffith. “I consider it my obligation to make Los Angeles a happy, cleaner, and finer city. I wish to pay my debt of duty in...

Griffith Observatory is an icon of Los Angeles, a national leader in public astronomy, a beloved civic gathering place, and one of...

The West Front of Mount Vernon, by Edward Savage, 1787-1792, Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Bequest of Helen W. Thompson, 1964 “I am...

With the upcoming holiday, I wanted to share a brief history surrounding the often boisterous St. Patrick’s Day and a sweet family treat...

“True Beauty can be discovered only by one who mentally completed the incomplete.” (Okakura, Kakuzo. (1906) The Book of Tea) The appeal...

The last month of the calendar year contains the shortest day of the year–winter solstice on December 21st. After the solstice the days...

Vast infinite stillness overcomes you in far west Texas. Earth opens up to the sky exposing deep cuts and gashes and the very space...

Gilbert Stanley Underwood presenting his design for Ahwahnee Hotel around 1926 “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state...

The longstanding myth of the Tibetan paradise of Shambala was re-introduced to contemporary culture in the form of James Hilton’s 1933...

America had its own battle with “shabby Chic”. Since our independence, the old world began to wane and America’s influence grew; and with...

The Architect’s Dream On recent travels to Greece and Egypt it became grossly apparent to me that we have lost a quality to our buildings...