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

-Part 2- For centuries architects have looked to artists for the interpretation of place. Artists such as Eugene Delacroix, David Brown,...

One March, I thought it might be nice to take my family along for a site visit in the Bahamas. The kids had Spring Break and I could take...

After recently spending the day at the farm outside of Athens, a small town in north central Texas, it only reinforced the cultural and...

I was driving my family down a tight country lane in the Cotswold’s, following dry-stacked stone walls. Motoring along on the other side...

Read Butcher Ranch – Part One “We had a recent article on Houzz, where there was an immense amount of feedback; some on the house that I...

We had a recent article on Houzz, where there was an immense amount of feedback; some on the house that I had designed, yes; but more so,...

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

I awoke one morning to find I had my father’s hands. We often hear others say, “you have your mother’s eyes,” or, “your father’s nose”....

In the morning I step out into one of my favorite scenes and settle with a creak into my wicker rocker, the serenity embracing and...