Here’s a sampling of stories published in recent years. Looking for something in particular? Stories I’ve written for ARCHITECT magazine are indexed here. Stories I’ve written for Eco-Structure are listed here. See articles in GRAY magazine’s first issue here. You can also find my blog posts on Apartment Therapy here, and for Decorating Your Way here.
ARCHITECTURE
Park It
ARCHITECT, July 2012
As the number of parking spots, and lots, grows relentlessly higher, architects search for attractive, multipurpose solutions.
Earth Day is Every Day
Eco-Structure, June 2012
Denis Hayes, CEO of Seattle’s Bullitt Foundation, talked to ECO-STRUCTURE about the client side of a Living Building Challenge project.
Free to Profit
ARCHITECT, May 2012
With an innovative hybrid business model, Erinn McGurn is ensuring that her pro bono work in Africa has lasting influence.
Pedro Guerrero, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Photographer
ARCHITECT, April 2012
With an exhibition of his life’s work opening today at the Julius Shulman Institute in California, Pedro E. Guerrero tells us what it was really like to be Frank Lloyd Wright’s favorite photographer.
OS House
ARCHITECT, December 2011
The candy-colored accents and unabashedly modern form of the OS House bring a new flavor to its Racine, Wis., neighborhood.
Gary Comer College Prep
ARCHITECT, December 2011
The LEED Silver school—named for the late founder of Lands’ End—is part of Chicago’s Noble Network of Charter Schools, which aims to enroll more than 10,000 low-income students across 16 campuses.
Visit: Jane’s Carousel
ARCHITECT, November 2011
For a fun fall festivity, fair weather or no, take a spin on Jane’s Carousel, a 1922 carousel restored by artist Jane Walentas and sheathed in an elegant acrylic-and-steel box by Jean Nouvel, Hon. AIA.
100% Recyclable
Eco-Structure, August 2011
Attractive, green social housing is no illusion in this Spanish tower.
Pro Bono: Village Green
ARCHITECT, May 2011
EHDD Architecture donated its services to build one school to replace three devastated by the 2008 Sichuan Province earthquake.
Career Sampler
ARCHITECT, September 2011
Maine architect Dean Bingham got creative in a stubborn economy and now runs a side business as a chocolate-truffle maker.
Burdens to Carry
ARCHITECT, January 2011
Harrison Atelier’s set design for a dance performance explores age and history.
Shelter Island Pavilion
ARCHITECT, November 2010
Stamberg Aferiat Architecture conceived of a fanciful retreat into a 1,100-square-foot quasi-Cubist crayon box for the most demanding of clients: themselves.
New Hope Housing at Brays Crossing
ARCHITECT, November 2010
Houston firm Glassman Shoemake Maldonado Architects (GSM) succeeded at making affordable housing not just functional, but downright appealing.
Major League Green
Eco-Structure, September 2010
Allen Hershkowitz, senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council, Talks about the greening of professional sports.
A Big Hit
Eco-Structure, September 2010
One of the smallest ballparks in Major League Baseball hits the farthest homerun for sustainability.
BOOKS, EXHIBITS, FILM, OBJECTS, ETC.
Artek’s Mirkku Kullberg Acquires Tapiovaara Line
ARCHITECT online, Jan. 6, 2012
Global managing director Mirkku Kullberg returns furniture company Artek to its functionalist origins with the acquisition of Ilmari Tapiovaara’s designs.
George Suyama
GRAY, December/January 2010-2011
The first solo monograph for Suyama explores and defines the interrelationship between inside and outside, which has come to define architecture in the Northwest as well as Suyama’s work
since 1971.
Reading List
GRAY, December/January 2010-2011
Peter Miller—proprietor of Peter Miller Architectural & Design Books and Supplies on
Seattle’s First Avenue—has been educating the Northwest about design since 1980 with his library-for-sale of carefully chosen national and international tomes.
Food: Coolhaus
ARCHITECT, November 2011
With an M.Arch. in hand, Natasha Case, 27, and co-founder Freya Estreller, 29, started the food truck Coolhaus in 2009 in L.A. and named the sandwiches after architects and designers.
Exhibit: ‘Crafting Architecture’
ARCHITECT, May 2011
In this new age of pop-up stores, the newest arrives in San Francisco by way of the Museum of Craft and Design.
Exhibit: ‘Tight Urbanism’
ARCHITECT, June 2011
Daniel Toole, Assoc. AIA, went to Chicago, San Francisco, Melbourne, Australia (shown), and Japan to study alleyway architecture as the 2010 AIA Seattle Emerging Professionals Travel Scholarship recipient.
Chairs, We Covet Thee
Seattle Homes & Lifestyles, March 2008
Sitting in a vintage Gideon Kramer ion chair makes me understand why design connoisseurs obsess about chairs. This simple object—a seat with a back and four legs—virtually transports me to the restaurant at the top of the Space Needle during the 1962 World’s Fair, for which the chair was designed.
HOUSES
The Lake House
GRAY, August/September 2012
H2K remodels a summer house for modern living.
Stark Contrast
GRAY, April/May 2012
Interior designer Garrison Hullinger invests in a locale-inspired beach house of his very own.
Modular Turned Modern
West Virginia Living, Summer 2011
Sean and Mandi Ehman wanted a home fast, but they also wanted it to be contemporary—so they told a modular home company to leave off all of the traditional trimmings.
Time Capsule
Seattle Homes & Lifestyles, November 2007
The homeowners and architects on this project had a forward-looking vision of a multifamily dwelling that would be at home not in the year 1900, but in 2007 and beyond.
INTERIOR DESIGN
Shopping for First-Apartment Accessories
The Washington Post, Aug. 16, 2012
First apartment accessory must-haves: Apartment shopping doesn’t have to be a daunting task. Here are some affordable yet stylish basics to get you started.
Shopping for July 4 Home Accessories
The Washington Post, June 21
These red, white and blue home accessories don’t need to be put away after July 4.
Gray Spaces for Gray Places
GRAY, December/January 2010-2011
Sterotypes be darned. Gray can be the brightest color of them all.
Eames Lounge Chair
GRAY, December/January 2010-2011
Furniture designers and architects Charles and Ray Eames debuted their new Eames
Lounge Chair—a masterpiece of molded rosewood, black leather, and cast aluminum—on NBC. In 1956, a classic was born.
The Cost of Going Green
Preservation, March/April 2010
You know that going green is good for the environment. But how much will it cost—and how long will it take to recover the dollars you invest?
Decorating Advice, Step by Simple Step
The Washington Post, April 2009
Q&A With Design Guru Elizabeth Mayhew, Author of ‘Flip! for Decorating’
A Fresh, Luxe Take on Traditional Design
The Washington Post, March 2009
Q&A with Christopher Peacock, the inventor of the Prada of kitchens.
A Shift in China Policy
The Washington Post, February 2009
More brides are saying “I don’t” to a formal set.
Old Meets New at Alexandria Hotel
The Washington Post, February 2009
Designer Vicente Wolf blends modern and traditional styles at the Lorien Hotel & Spa in Old Town Alexandria.
It’s Electric: Wired Blankets and Pads Can Save Cash
The Washington Post, February 2009
Today’s electric blankets are safer and more energy efficient.
In Times So Mellow, A Burst of Yellow
The Washington Post, January 2009
Institute serves up “Mimosa” as its color of the year.
OTHER
A College for the World
Smith Alumnae Quarterly, Spring 2010
Smith’s message of global engagement is finding a receptive audience among ambitious young women around the world. Once on campus, they’re finding a college poised to look outward.
Minds get a lift from science
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 8, 2004
NOAA wants to stimulate kids’ curiosity.
PRESERVATION
Starting Over
Preservation, May/June 2010
Carol and Hugo Rizzoli rescued a dilapidated parsonage on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and turned it into a welcoming bed-and-breakfast
Counting Down to Done
Preservation, May/June 2010
Walt Gillette was so impressed by a visit to Colonial Williamsburg that he resolved to celebrate the history of his hometown, Everett, Wash., by helping to save its architectural heritage.
Making a Difference, Kristine Carlson
Preservation, May/June 2010
Christ Church Lutheran in Minneapolis, a stunning 1949 sanctuary designed by Eliel Saarinen that inspired Modernist religious structures across the United States, was in dire need of restoration when Kristine Carlson became pastor in 2006.
Making a Difference, Ryan Evans and Jeremy Knoll
Preservation, March/April 2010
In 2008, Evans, a mechanical engineer, and Knoll, an architect, took 350 volunteers to historic Holy Cross to restore and green homes.
Ike-Damaged Cottage Moved for Green Restoration
Preservation, February 19, 2010
A big idea moved in a small package as a 1,000-square-foot Galveston, Texas, house was relocated yesterday to become the hallmark of a new direction for the Galveston Historical Foundation.
Seattle’s 1936 Boeing Plant to Fall
Preservation, February 5, 2010
The Boeing Company’s Plant 2, arguably one of the most important buildings in the World War II Allied effort, will soon be demolished, the airplane manufacturer announced this month.
Out of the Ashes
Preservation, January/February 2010
Liz Llanas’ San Antonio home stands restored, because of a group of volunteer preservationists.
Glamour in Tulsa
Preservation, November 2009
The 1925 Mayo Hotel Is Back.
