Sentinel Hotel: Reading the Light, Building the Timeline
A downtown Portland hotel formed from two early 1900s buildings, including a former Elks lodge with an ornate ballroom. Grand interiors, and almost no daylight in them.
The Marshall House: Lighting Cast-Iron Verandahs and Heart Pine
Built 1851 on Broughton Street, Savannah's oldest hotel, with tiered cast-iron verandahs across the facade and original heart pine floors inside.
Merrill Auditorium: Lighting a 1912 Civic Hall with a Kotzschmar Organ
A 1912 auditorium within Portland City Hall, home to the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ — one of the largest municipal organs in the world.
The Tulsa Zoo: A Photographer Answers Your Questions
In Mohawk Park, one of the largest municipal parks in the United States, with indoor habitat buildings, mature grounds and event spaces.
The Brennan House: Who This Small Venue Suits
An 1868 Italianate townhouse on Fifth Street, preserved with original family furnishings and operating as a house museum. Intimate and genuinely untouched.
The Graves 601 Hotel, Minneapolis: What It Suits and What It Does Not
A hotel in a convenient downtown Minneapolis location, with straightforward access and parking for guests.
Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate, Lexington: Field Notes on a House in Old Grounds
A historic Lexington estate with very old grounds — and what mature specimen trees and a preserved interior each ask for.
Clifton Mansion: A Photographer Answers the Real Questions
Johns Hopkins' summer villa, remodelled in the 1850s into an Italianate house with a tall campanile tower, set in Baltimore's Clifton Park.
Rosalie Mansion: Reading the Light on a West-Facing Bluff
An 1820s brick mansion on the bluff above the Mississippi River at Natchez, with lawns facing the water.
The Holland Center: Building the Shot List in a Contemporary Concert Hall
Opened 2005 in downtown Omaha, a contemporary concert hall with a tall glazed lobby, timber-lined auditorium and a public plaza outside.