The Cotton Sail Hotel: Building the Shot List on River Street
A nineteenth-century cotton warehouse on River Street converted to a hotel, with exposed brick and timber and a rooftop terrace overlooking the Savannah River.
The Lodge at Whitefish Lake: Reading a Mountain Lake Hour by Hour
Timber lodge architecture on the shore of Whitefish Lake, in northwest Montana under the Whitefish Range.
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 Audubon Aquarium: Field Notes on Photographing Through Glass
On the Mississippi riverfront at the edge of the French Quarter, with a walk-through Gulf of Mexico tunnel and large viewing windows.
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 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.
The Maine State Pier: Reading the Light on a Working Waterfront
A working pier on Portland harbour with a large pier shed and open deck, used for events, with Casco Bay and the working waterfront around it.