What I Learned at AIA in Las Vegas, June 2019
A summary of this year's AIA Conference in Las Vegas.
Blogs & Editorials
Carroll William Westfall | Clem Labine | David Brussat | Ken Follett | Patrick Webb | Peter H. Miller | Rudy Christian | Vincent Michael | Judy Hayward | The Forum
A collection of Traditional Building's popular blogs and opinion-pieces from top professionals in the fields of architecture, restoration, the trades, historic buildings, and more.
Zencraft
The concluding essay of a three-part series taking an Eastern perspective on issues facing craftsmen in the Western world.
Rebuilding Notre Dame: What's the Rush?
Resurrecting Notre Dame Cathedral should not be done in haste.
Craftsmen of the Tao
The second of a three part series taking an Eastern perspective on issues facing craftsmen in the Western world.
What I Learned at MESDA in May
MESDA, the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, resides on the edge of Old Salem, a historic Moravian village founded 1753, in Winston Salem, North Carolina.
The Hero's Path
Why can't we build things the way we used to? A traditional Eastern response to a contemporary Western question.
Living with Beauty and Sharing It
Du Pont's Winterthur legacy offers a living laboratory for traditional architecture pros and property owners.
Notre Dame Redivivus
Rebuilding after the fire at Notre Dame will be a watershed moment for architects and preservationists. Will a rebuilt Notre Dame adhere to Classical principles and replicate the roof, spire and other features as they were?
From the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies: Improving America's Housing 2019
New insight on the remodeling and repair market. Now $425 billion.
Traditional, Classical, and Other Words
The classical is the indispensable contributor to the common good.
Plaster Mouldings & Ornament
British Palladian design realized in traditional plasterwork for a Classical Christian academy in Richmond, VA.
What I Learned at Design and Construction Week in Las Vegas
Design and Construction Week 2019 is the name for two trade shows combined: The Kitchen Bath Industry Show and The International Builder’s Show.
The AIA Firm Survey: Trends in Architecture
A look at the AIA Firm Survey report, which focuses on economic activity and looks inside the practice of architecture to reveal these interesting trends.
The Architect as Citizen
The architect as citizen seeks beauty as the counterpart to justice.
Natural Building & Traditional Craft
An approach to building that can sustain us ecologically, enrich us culturally and create places we're happy to call home.
Urbanism as the Salve on Disunity
Democracy needs neighborhoods where diverse people mingle.
Top Trends for the New Year 2019
What are the hot new trends for the home market? Here are the answers from a variety of sources.
A Craftsman's Philosophy
The opening essay of a series to explore the perennial philosophy of visceral, lived experience.
A Tribute to a Preservation Architect and Educator: Real Time, Real Buildings, Real People
H. Thomas McGrath, FAIA, FAPT, 1950-2018
The National Trust Conference and Old House Markets
The National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2018 conference message: community, activism, energy conservation and "fostering a creative, fair, sustainable, entrepreneurial economy.”
What I Learned at the Design Leadership Summit
The 2018 Design Leadership Summit for architects, interior designers, custom builders and suppliers to the design trade was held in October in Washington D.C.
Beauty, Sublime and Happiness
The happiness we pursue is more enduring and rewarding than the transient emotional lift of the sublime's novelty and drama. It resides instead in the beauty in the buildings we build and the urbanism we make with tradition’s guidance.
Classicism’s Status Quo
A perspective of where we’re at, how we arrived here and where we might take the world if we have the courage...
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