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DIGITAL EDITION | April 2020

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Features

*A photograph of the east side of Capitol Dome under construction.*
Courtesy of The Historic American Buildings Survey

Reviving Classicism
Modernist Architecture answers to a cloistered elite—it’s time for a change.

Eric Inman Daum Architect Creates a Private Mausoleum
Eric Inman Daum Architect designs a private mausoleum for both introspective contemplation and life-celebrating gatherings.

Susan Rochelle's Lowcountry House
Architect Susan Rochelle’s Lowcountry house combines historical integrity and amenities of comfortable modern-day living.

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Projects

*On Meeting Street, ground-floor shopfronts flank the entry to the colonnaded office floors of the Greystar headquarters.*
Peter Aaron /OTTO for Robert A. M. Stern Architects

Courier Square Designed by Robert A. M. Stern Architects
Robert A. M. Stern Architects designs Courier Square taking cues from Charleston’s historic buildings.

The Ramble Hotel In Denver
The Ramble Hotel embodies informed design made manifest by visionaries and craftsmen committed to building a legacy.

The Decatur House
One of the capitol’s oldest and most prestigious homes, the Decatur House has been remade—in its own image—by Franck & Lohsen Architects.

Profiles

interior design by Gerald Pomeroy — Pomeroy chose a soft color palette to enhance the architecture. Respecting the architecture, he says, is key to interior design of historic townhouses.
Eric Roth

Gerald Pomeroy Talks About Townhouse Interiors
When it comes to designing spaces in historical rowhouses, Gerald Pomeroy looks to classical principles for inspiration.

Interior Designer Thomas Pheasant
Interior designer Thomas Pheasant has been designing celebrated home furnishings for more than 15 years.

Product Reports

white custom kitchen cabinets — Flat panels with minimal edge details—a hallmark of transitional cabinets—face the drawers, doors, box ends and refrigerator of this timeless kitchen.
Courtesy Crown Point Cabinetry

Cabinet Trends in Traditional Kitchens
See what type of cabinets are popular in traditional kitchens.

Creating a Period Entryway
Regardless of its traditional style, the front door, the signature of the home’s architecture, is designed to make a grand entrance.s.

Building with Natural Stone for Home Additions, Repairs, and New Old Homes
What to look for when shopping for natural stone.

From our Sister Sites:

prairie foursquare living room — *Comfortable and warm, the living room glows with quarter-sawn woodwork—which had been painted by a previous owner and then restored by a subsequent one. Large windows are uncurtained.*
Gridley + Graves

A Prairie Foursquare in Memphis
The 1903 house in Memphis, Tennessee, is a boldly detailed example of the Midwest Prairie School genre on the familiar foursquare type. The well-preserved house never looked better than now.

Restoring a Shingle Style House
A collection of architectural salvage played a role in the restoration of this handsome Shingle Style house.

Modern Craftsman Kitchen
To replace nondescript space in an old house, an architect designs a hard-working “modern Craftsman” kitchen for a friend who has strong ideas about design and function.

Gamble House dining room — Japanese influence permeates the dining room, the most formal room at the Gamble House. Note the fine details in woodwork, stained glass, and tile. Paneling is red-brown mahogany. Like the house, the furniture was designed by the brothers Greene.
Alexander Vertikoff

Tracing the Lineage of Arts & Crafts Furniture
The movement’s furniture proves that Arts & Crafts is a design philosophy and a way of working, much more so than a “style.” How else to explain so many design vocabularies?

Jewel-Box Kitchen
Framed by a stepped arch, this gem of a kitchen stars in the sensitive renovation of a 1920s bungalow.

New Arts & Crafts in a Traditional Neighborhood: A Perfect Fit
Tradition runs strong on Crane Island in Lake Minnetonka: the new house had to look like it was built in 1910.

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