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Fox Hill Inn, Brookfield: What It Suits and What It Does Not
Connecticut
Fox Hill Inn, Brookfield: What It Suits and What It Does Not

A hilltop venue in the wooded hills of western Connecticut — elevated, treed and seasonal, which suits some weddings much better than others.

January 31, 2024
Eolia Mansion, Waterford: The Light Through the Day
Connecticut
Eolia Mansion, Waterford: The Light Through the Day

A mansion with formal gardens on an open shore above Long Island Sound — read hour by hour, because on a south-facing lawn the hour is everything.

January 28, 2024
Delamar Hotel, Greenwich: One Frame, and How It Is Made
Connecticut
Delamar Hotel, Greenwich: One Frame, and How It Is Made

A harbourside hotel on the western Connecticut shore, and the one frame a working harbour gives that open water cannot.

January 25, 2024
Branford House, Groton: A Walk Through the Site
Connecticut
Branford House, Groton: A Walk Through the Site

A stone mansion on a point at the eastern end of Long Island Sound — granite, glass and water on three sides.

January 22, 2024
Barns at Wesleyan Hills, Middletown: The Building’s Own Logic
Connecticut
Barns at Wesleyan Hills, Middletown: The Building’s Own Logic

A New England post-and-beam barn — built to store hay, not to be photographed, which turns out to be an advantage.

January 19, 2024
The Bond Ballroom, Hartford: One Frame, and How It Is Made
Connecticut , Hartford, CT
The Bond Ballroom, Hartford: One Frame, and How It Is Made

A restored 1913 hotel ballroom — a single decorated volume, and one frame that shows the whole of it.

July 30, 2020
The Hartford Club, Hartford: Suits and Does Not Suit
Connecticut , Hartford, CT
The Hartford Club, Hartford: Suits and Does Not Suit

A private club in a Georgian Revival building — a sequence of panelled rooms rather than one large hall.

July 27, 2020
The Society Room, Hartford: The One Decision That Governs Everything
Connecticut , Hartford, CT
The Society Room, Hartford: The One Decision That Governs Everything

A former banking hall with a domed painted ceiling — and one decision that shapes every frame in it.

July 24, 2020
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