March – April 2011
Pigments of Imagination
Back in the 1950s, John Walker’s classmates at the Birmingham College of Art in England might have been forgiven for…
A Perfect Match
The sequence of events for building a new house usually goes something like this: a couple buys a piece of…
Looming Large
In 2008, the interior designer of a big house being built on the coast near San Francisco sent Sam Kasten…
Blue Heaven
Barbara Pervier believes in drapery. “It’s not home until the curtains go up,” the Salem, Massachusetts, designer insists. She also…
Return Engagement
Different tastes make the world go round—we’ve all heard that expression. Certainly it’s true when it comes to architecture. While…
Dramatic Impact
Wendy Valliere has never been one for drama in her life. Her interiors—well, that’s another story. She loves bold patterns…
Book Review: “Yankee Modern: The Houses of Estes/Twombly”
Howard Mansfield, the New Hampshire–based writer who penned the forward to this new book from Princeton Architectural Press, calls the…