Carnagie Abbey Club, Portsmouth, R.I.
By K. Schipper PORTSMOUTH, R.I. — It’s a rare developer who can take 350 acres of land owned by an order of monks and turn it into a championship-level golf course and exclusive private...
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Space Mirror Memrorial, Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – And, now, there are seven more names. The Space Mirror Memorial, located on the visitors center for the space center, is a continuing tribute to those lost in the...
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Albany, N.Y.
By K. Schipper ALBANY, N.Y. — Cathedral, for most people, is of a structure designed and built to last for centuries. The parishioners of the Catholic Diocese of Albany, N.Y., know better. Well before...
Orange County’s Credit Union, Santa Ana, Calif.
By K. Schipper SANTA ANA, Calif. – What’s the worst building situation you can imagine? How about having the project partially erected before the client, architect and contractor end up in a lawsuit? For...
Public Library, Columbia, Mo.
By K. Schipper COLUMBIA, Mo. – There’s nothing ordinary about the renovation of this public library. By choosing to expand the existing library, the designers faced the dual problems of creating a significant civic...
R.W. James & Associates offices, Escondido, Calif.
By K. Schipper One luxury-car manufacturers uses its current ad campaign to tell potential customers to expect the unexpected … and it’s the kind of advice architect Rob James certainly took to heart. When...
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn.
By K. Schipper
NORTHFIELD, Minn — If there’s one thing that’s not built in a day, a year or even a decade, it’s an American college campus.
On some, today’s buildings stick out like sore thumbs next to those built decades earlier. For others, natural stone offers a timeless look that can help integrate even the newest construction with structures raised a century or more ago.
P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc.
By K. Schipper Scottsdale, Ariz.-based P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Inc. is offers unique Chinese cuisine at more than 70 restaurants – and each location is a visual feast for stone lovers as well. “We...
Pentagon Phoenix Project, Arlington, Va.
By K. Schipper ARLINGTON, Va. – Last year, it was just a routine move-in. This past month, when Pentagon employees started returning again to the section known as Wedge 1, newly clad in Indiana...