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.
Lyman Orchards, Middlefield: Field Notes
A working orchard in central Connecticut — planted rows, a traprock ridge behind, and a calendar set by fruit rather than by anyone's diary.
Lake of Isles, North Stonington: The Light Through the Day
A lake surrounded by woodland in eastern Connecticut — read hour by hour, because a lake does something different in every one of them.
Italian Center, Stamford: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A club and banquet venue in western Connecticut — and one decision that decides where the pictures actually get made.
Inn at Mystic: Field Notes
An inn on a rise above a tidal river in Mystic — where the water level changes through the day and the colour is nothing like an ocean's.
Foxwoods Resort, Mashantucket: The Problem, and Four Ways Out
An enormous resort complex set in eastern Connecticut woodland — vast, largely windowless, and surrounded by trees almost nobody uses.