The Chase County Courthouse: A Walk Through the Building
An 1873 French Renaissance courthouse in native limestone — the oldest courthouse still in use in Kansas.
The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve: The Problem, and Four Ways Out of It
The largest remaining tract of tallgrass prairie in North America — and a landscape with no shade in it at all.
The JW Marriott Austin: What It Suits, and What It Does Not
A large convention hotel in downtown Austin — a building designed for conferences, used for a wedding.
The Fairmont Austin: What It Suits, and What It Does Not
A large downtown tower hotel in Austin — a vertical venue, which is a different proposition from a horizontal one.
The Four Seasons Austin: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A downtown hotel on the north shore of Lady Bird Lake, with the water one way and the city the other.
The Contemporary Austin: One Frame, and How It Is Made
A contemporary art museum with a lakeside sculpture park — where the art is outdoors and full size.
The Austin Central Library: The Venue’s Own Logic
A contemporary civic library in downtown Austin, organised entirely around getting daylight to readers.
The Houston Zoo: Field Notes
A zoo in Hermann Park, on the Gulf coastal plain — where the heat is the first problem, not the barriers.
The Houstonian Hotel, Houston: One Frame, and How It Is Made
A hotel set in wooded acres inside the city — mature live oaks, and a canopy that never drops.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: A Walk Through the Building
A museum campus of several buildings and a sculpture garden, connected below ground, in the Houston Museum District.