Waterview, Monroe: The Building’s Own Logic
A purpose-built banquet venue in western Connecticut — designed around a running order, which is its strength and its constraint.
Wadsworth Mansion, Middletown: A Walk Through the Site
A Beaux-Arts country mansion on a rise in central Connecticut — symmetrical, formal, and photographed best by respecting both.
Spa at Norwich Inn, Norwich: What It Suits and What It Does Not
An inn and spa set in wooded grounds in eastern Connecticut — enclosed, quiet and green, which suits some weddings and not others.
Simsbury Inn, Simsbury: Field Notes
A country inn in the Farmington Valley, under a traprock ridge that takes the sun before the sunset table says it should.
Saybrook Point Inn, Old Saybrook: The One Decision That Governs Everything
An inn at the point where the Connecticut River meets Long Island Sound — two different bodies of water, and a decision between them.
Riverhouse at Goodspeed Station, Haddam: A Walk Through the Site
A venue on the bank of the lower Connecticut River — tidal water, a working bridge, and wooded hills on both sides.
Red Barn at Hampshire Hills, Milford: What It Suits and What It Does Not
A painted barn venue in southern Connecticut — and the surprisingly large difference between a red barn and a weathered grey one.
Pond House Cafe, West Hartford: One Frame, and How It Is Made
A small venue in a public park with a pond and a rose garden — and one frame that only exists for a few weeks each year.
Mohegan Sun, Uncasville: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A very large resort above the Thames River in eastern Connecticut — and one decision about light that settles everything else.
Madison Beach Hotel, Madison: The Building’s Own Logic
A shingled hotel directly on a Long Island Sound beach — a building whose entire plan points one way.