Born on April 26, 1917 in Canton, China, modernist architect Ieoh Ming Pei remains a living example of collaboration and cooperation in the competitive profession of architecture and design. When ...Read Full Post

April 26 is the birthday of the man most people recognize as the founder of American landscape architecture. Frederick Law Olmsted was born on April 26, 1822 in Hartford, Connecticut, but ...Read Full Post

Is sustainable development sustainable? The earth-friendly, energy efficient planned community at Loreto Bay broke ground in 2002 and ran out of money by 2009. DPZ urban planners Andres Duany ...Read Full Post

Builders can be engaged in extremely "dirty" jobs. By using Compressed Earth Blocks—CEBs are actually made of "dirt"—builders are creating houses that are energy-efficient, bio-friendly, and amazingly strong. Jim ...Read Full Post

This week has been all visual—new videos, new Cape Cod house plans, new looks at performing ...Read Full Post

What did home buyers look for in the 1950s? As I collected floor plans for our new gallery of Cape Cod House Plans, I was amused by some of the ...Read Full Post

Architect Peter Eisenman stirred controversy when he unveiled plans for the Berlin Holocaust Memorial, the Monument to the Murdered Jews in Europe. Some people called the design inhuman. Other people ...Read Full Post

Actor Bill Cosby is everywhere these days, promoting the April 2012 re-opening of the Howard Theater. Built in 1910, the Washington, DC performance center has been home to vaudeville acts, ...Read Full Post

Ever since the February 6, 2012 passing of Norma Merrick Sklarek, we've been marveling over her accomplishments. Born on April 15, 1926, Sklarek was the first African-American woman to be ...Read Full Post

April 15 is the birthday of the great Renaissance painter and inventor Leonardo da Vinci. Da Vinci was born in 1452. Among his many accomplishments, da Vinci is known for ...Read Full Post