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A New York firm is working mightily to help congregations across the nation re-think how their synagogues can be reimagined for the 21st century – smartly and thriftily.

January 14, 2021 by Mike Welton

Rethinking Synagogues for the 21st Century

It was sited and designed by architect Richard Beard, when he was a principal at BAR Architects. “It had a house on it that was not in good shape, with a bad location on the property,” he says.

January 13, 2021 by Mike Welton

In Portola Valley, Richard Beard’s Westridge House

“They wanted to do something different from the legacy airlines – to be much more approachable and people-oriented and oriented to the Northwest,” says Brett Baba, principal and partner at the firm. “They came to us for that – something unique and special and better.”

January 12, 2021 by Mike Welton

In Seattle, a Flagship Lounge for Alaska Airlines

The architects flipped the traditional arrangement of placing living space on the ground level and private space atop.

January 8, 2021 by Mike Welton

In Chicago, How to Forge an Alliance with an Alley

The new designs are the work of Leeta Steenwyk, design director at the San Francisco-based firm for the past seven years.

January 6, 2021 by Mike Welton

Taline and Poppy from Bella Notte Linens

Houses: Robert A.M. Stern Architects is a long and thoughtful look at a wide range of work by Roger Seifter, Randy Correll, Grant Marani, and Gary Brewer.

January 5, 2021 by Mike Welton

“HOUSES’ by Robert A.M. Stern Architects

“It held the Spanish Royal Collection,” says Corey Piper, the Brock Curator of American Art at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Va.”It was a major destination on the caliber of the Louvre or the National Gallery in London.”

January 4, 2021 by Mike Welton

Americans in Spain: Painting and Travel, 1820-1920

Little did the museum curators know what they would find inside.

December 31, 2020 by Mike Welton

Raggin’ On at the Columbus Museum of Art

t featured one of the world’s most intriguing board games, once owned by two of history’s most intriguing men:

December 30, 2020 by Mike Welton

At Biltmore, a Home for Napoleon’s Chess Set

Nicklaus has sold his golf course design company, so Moynahan brought in Jon Garner, the golf course architect who was part of the original design team. “He understood the philosophy and the design,” he says. “He tried to keep it the same way Nicklaus would have.”

December 28, 2020 by Mike Welton

In Hawaii, Restoring a Jack Nicklaus Course