Northampton, Mass. In architecture, as in drama, it is unwise to upstage the star. Additions to a building, if it has any historical or aesthetic significance, should defer to the original. At Smith College’s renovated Neilson Library, which opened on March 29, this rule is gleefully turned on its head. […]
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‘Supercars’ Review: Powerful Playthings – WSJ
The centerpieces of “Supercars,” the Petersen Automotive Museum’s new online video tour of an exhibit that can’t be viewed in person because of Covid-19, are the 1988 Lamborghini Countach 5000QV as well as a stable of Ferraris that defined the category from the 1950s to today. That’s as it should […]
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WSJ Wealth Adviser Briefing: Dollars Not Shares, Pet Product Bulls, Interior Design Mistakes
Special purpose acquisition companies are having a moment in the sun, and they’re making their way into the wealth management industry, Larry Roth, founder and managing partner of RLR Strategic Partners, told Barron’s. Though they have been around in some form since the 1990s, SPACs have grown in popularity in recent […]
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The House of Tomorrow – WSJ
No Garage, No Problem Driverless cars are potentially in our future and, along with them, garage-less homes. Sean Canady, a principal at U.S. design firm GGLO, sees a day when a car can drive its owner home and then park itself in a space-efficient lot at the edge of town. […]
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A Triumphant, User-Friendly Addition – WSJ
Houston Should the spaces, structure and materials of a building align so seamlessly, so organically, that it appears to express a single mighty thought? To ask this of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, the new addition to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, seems rude, for here are thoughts […]