The Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island: A Walk Through the Building
An 1887 summer hotel on an island with no motor vehicles, and a porch said to be the longest in the world.
The Goei Center, Grand Rapids: One Frame, and How It Is Made
A converted industrial building in Grand Rapids — and one frame that only a dark room can produce.
The Cheney Place, Grand Rapids: Field Notes
A converted industrial building in the old furniture city — brick walls, timber posts and very little that reflects light.
The Grand Rapids Public Museum: The Light Through the Day
A riverside museum in Grand Rapids with a restored 1928 carousel turning inside a glass pavilion over the Grand River.
The Pinnacle Center, Hudsonville: What It Suits, and What It Does Not
A purpose-built event centre in west Michigan — a building designed for the job, with the advantages and limits that implies.
The Castle in the Country, Allegan: The Venue’s Own Logic
A castle-styled inn in the woods of southwest Michigan — a building that quotes an architecture rather than belonging to it.
The Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn: The Problem, and Four Ways Out of It
A museum of American industry under one enormous roof — locomotives, aircraft and automobiles in a hall measured in acres.
The Lake Bluff Inn & Suites, Mackinaw City: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A waterfront inn at the Straits of Mackinac, with a five-mile suspension bridge dominating the view.