As can happen when working with natural materials, we faced a last minute design challenge during the construction phase of a bath and kitchen renovation project. We had specified 12″ x 24″ honed statuary marble tile for the master bathroom floor and east wall. The...
I had a packed five weeks in Hangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, and Ningbo Two new posts on my experience in China and how it came into the workshop I taught at the China Academy of Art can be found at designintelligences.wordpress.com , “Something out of...
(An updated version of this story can be found here.) Beginnings are arbitrary, accidental and mysterious. It is hard to know exactly when a point in a process becomes the beginning of something. Moisture, barometric pressure, temperature, currents of air carrying...
On December 10, the Rhode Island chapter of the American Institute of Architects held its annual awards ceremony at the Narragansett Towers in southern Rhode Island. This year we submitted East Side Addition (Residential), Old Stone House Inn (Adaptive Reuse), Old...
I had the incredible experience of Pop!tech this past week. The theme was “America Reimagined” and some of the luminaries who spoke were: Dan Ariely, Will Allen, George Church, John Fettermn, Daniel Goleman, Tony Hey,Daniel Nocera, Gideon Obarzanek,Dean...
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