Some of the greatest designs to come out of French modernism are the light fixtures of Serge Mouille.  Mouille was originally a jewel...

We love amazing modern chairs, and one of our favorites is the reclining chair designed by George Mulhauser for Plycraft in the late...

You might have heard of "l'heure bleue" or the "blue hour" -- that magical time after twilight and before evening when the sky turns an...

Here is the article I wrote as guest columnist for Custom Builder Magazine in April 2019: "Most architects’ goal today is to optimize...

​Despite being a hard core environmentalist and modernist, I love cozy little corners and special nooks.  One thing I can't live without...

A lot of our lives are lived in air conditioned or heated spaces. But there is perhaps nothing so lovely as the feeling of a fresh and...

I love animals. Arnie and I have a happy household filled with them as equal family members. In fact, I don’t think life would be too...

I've always been enamored of courtyards. There is a feeling of safety and privacy while yet being in a little piece of nature, or open...

I get really excited about great trees, especially great native trees. Some of the Southeast’s greatest trees aren’t often used in...

It's a myth that modernist architects don't like to use color. Look back at much of the work of Le Corbusier and you will see a man who...

This might just be my favorite native tree of all.  It never fails to elicit gasps from my guests and questions of "what is that and...

We love outdoor spaces especially when they connect to indoor spaces seamlessly to bridge the interior with the exterior. For most of...

Arnie and I made a pilgrimage to the Massachusetts Shaker Hancock Village in July 2014. I am a modernist but I revere Shaker design. ...