The Eldorado Hotel: Working a Large Pueblo Revival Hotel
A large Pueblo Revival hotel two blocks from the Plaza, with ballrooms, an atrium-style lobby and a rooftop terrace looking toward the Sangre de Cristos.
The Gateway Arch: Field Notes on Photographing 630 Feet of Steel
Eero Saarinen's catenary arch, completed 1965, standing 630 feet above the Mississippi riverfront in a national park with redesigned grounds.
The Saint Louis Zoo: A Photographer Answers Your Questions
In Forest Park, with the 1904 World's Fair Flight Cage among its structures. Free to enter, heavily visited, and unlike any other kind of venue.
The Summit Club: Working a Private Club at the Top of a Tower
A private club occupying upper floors of a downtown Tulsa tower, with floor-to-ceiling windows and panoramic views across the city and beyond.
New Belgium Brewing Asheville: Building the Shot List
New Belgium's Asheville brewery on the French Broad River in the River Arts District, with modern industrial architecture and river frontage.
Rosalie Mansion: Reading the Light on a West-Facing Bluff
An 1820s brick mansion on the bluff above the Mississippi River at Natchez, with lawns facing the water.
The ICA Boston: Harbour Light and How to Time It
A 2006 Diller Scofidio + Renfro building on the Seaport waterfront, cantilevered over the harbour with full-height glass and a grandstand facing the water.
The American Visionary Art Museum: Who This Venue Suits
Founded 1995 at the foot of Federal Hill on the Inner Harbor, covered in mirror mosaic with a sculpture barn and giant whirligig. Joyful, chaotic and entirely un-neutral.
The Santa Fe Railyard: Field Notes on an Industrial District
A redeveloped rail district south of the Plaza, with converted warehouses, a public plaza, galleries and the working Rail Runner line and historic depot.
The Pitot House: A Walk-Through of a West Indies Colonial on Bayou St. John
A circa-1799 West Indies colonial plantation-style house on Bayou St. John, with wraparound galleries, raised construction and mature grounds.