The Willis Tower Skydeck: Field Notes on Glass at 1,350 Feet
An enclosed observation deck on the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower, with glass on all sides and projecting glass ledges.
The Lowell, New York: One Frame, and How It Is Made
A small Upper East Side hotel where the rooms are domestic in scale — and the one frame that suits that.
The St. Regis New York: One Frame, and How It Is Made
A Fifth Avenue hotel of gilded plaster, mirrors and chandeliers — and the one frame that shows it.
The Godfrey Chicago: What a Retractable Roof Actually Changes
A contemporary hotel in River North with a rooftop venue that can be enclosed or opened to the sky.
The Langham Chicago: Photographing Inside a Modernist Building
A hotel occupying a Mies van der Rohe riverfront tower, with clean-lined interiors and a terrace on the Chicago River.
The Ludlow, New York: Field Notes on a Lower East Side Hotel
A hotel on New York's Lower East Side, surrounded by murals, cafes and historic architecture.
The Four Seasons Chicago: Four Ways Out of the Vertical Venue Problem
A hotel occupying upper floors of a tower above the Magnificent Mile, with function rooms and guest floors on separate levels.
The Museum of Science and Industry: When the Exhibits Are in the Photograph
A monumental 1893 building in Hyde Park, housing aircraft, locomotives and industrial machinery at full scale.
The Bowery Hotel, New York: Field Notes on a Warm Dark Hotel
A New York hotel with warm, richly furnished interiors and spaces that flow easily from one to the next.
The McKittrick Hotel, New York: Field Notes on a Deliberately Dark Venue
A New York venue with dark wood and velvet interiors and outdoor rooftop space above them.