Estate at Florentine Gardens, River Vale: What It Suits and What It Does Not
A large banquet estate with landscaped grounds in northern New Jersey — built for scale and turnover, which suits some weddings much better than others.
The Brownstone, Paterson: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A large urban banquet venue in northern New Jersey — theatrical, warm and elaborate, which is a choice rather than a constraint.
Crystal Plaza, Livingston: One Frame, and How It Is Made
A grand banquet estate in northern New Jersey, and the one frame a chandeliered room gives if it is exposed correctly.
Olde Mill Inn, Basking Ridge: One Frame, and How It Is Made
A country inn in northern New Jersey, and the one frame a low old room gives that no modern space can.
Madison Hotel, Morristown: The Building’s Own Logic
A hotel that grew outward from a historic house — two buildings in one, with different light in each and a seam where they meet.
Morven Museum, Princeton: A Walk Through the Site
A Georgian brick house and its garden in central New Jersey — symmetrical, domestic in scale, and warmer in colour than it looks.
Newark Museum of Art: A Walk Through the Site
A city art museum with a skylit court, galleries, a historic house and a garden — four environments in one building, each lit differently.
New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark: The Building’s Own Logic
A performing arts centre in Newark — built to direct attention at a stage, which changes every lighting decision in the building.
Laurita Winery, New Egypt: Field Notes
A vineyard on the edge of the Pine Barrens in central New Jersey — sandy soil, pitch pine, and a flat landscape with a very big sky.
Pleasantdale Chateau, West Orange: The Light Through the Day
A stone country estate on the wooded Watchung slopes — a dark house, formal grounds, and a day that ends earlier than the table says.