Since the late 17th century, when Archerfield House was built, the East Lothian area has been a desired locale to lay roots and swing iron.
Category: Architecture
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Michael Blackwood, Who Captured 20th-Century Artists on Film, Dies at 88
He made cinéma vérité movies — 160 in all — about musicians (Thelonious Monk), architects (Frank Gehry), composers (Philip Glass) and sculptors (Isamu Noguchi).
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What’s It Like to Live in a Grocery Store? Surprisingly Comfortable.
When two artists bought the vacant building, it was ‘grim and creepy.’ Now it’s not only a home — it’s a communal arts space.
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What’s It Like to Live in a Grocery Store? Surprisingly Comfortable.
When two artists bought the vacant building, it was ‘grim and creepy.’ Now it’s not only a home — it’s a communal arts space.
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Colleges Showcase Mass Timber, in Research and on Display
Campuses across the nation are promoting the sustainable construction material as a low-carbon alternative to steel and concrete.
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Eugene Kohn, Architect of Skyscraping Ambitions, Dies at 92
His firm, Kohn Pedersen Fox, became an international force, merging the commercial with the creative in designing some of the world’s tallest buildings.
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A Panorama of Design
A look at design-world events, products and people.
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How an Indigenous Architect Came Out of His Shell
Chris Cornelius imparts the lessons of his Oneida heritage in the classroom and other territories.
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Cautionary Climate Tales That Give People Pause When They Press Play
The India-born director Joshua Ashish Dawson builds digital worlds that ruminate on the future shock of environmental destruction in the real world.
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4 Books That Reflect on Faces, Fragments and Torments
New reading relates the history of mirrors, patchwork and a monumental teahouse, plus the struggle to make design more just.
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Rafael Viñoly, From the Drawing Board to the Keyboard
There is something transcendent about the architect’s spaces: something unseeable that you experience when you enter. They are as fluid as music.
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An Architect Applies Her Skills to Giving Back
Diana Kellogg specialized in high-end New York residences. Now, she has designed a girls school in India and is pursuing other projects that address social change.