In 1714 a nine-square grid Anglican church with groin-vault and triple-gable roof was built in
Marblehead, Massachusetts, a colony dominated by Puritan and Congregational hegemony (Fig.1).
Founded by Sir Francis Nicholson (1655-1728), British military officer and colonial governor, and
twenty-nine British sea captains, historian Stuart Feld…[Read more]

Ada Louise Huxtable had completed research and had outlined a book entitled “Ranch House” before her untimely passing in January 2013. While not a common scholarly topic or one that fits the template of her incisive architectural critiques, the ranch house may be considered not only an extension of her 2004 book ‘Frank Lloyd Wright’ but also the s…[Read more]

The demolition of the old Kuwait city along the lines of a new master plan for transportation and land use transformed the meaning of urban space in Kuwait between the late 1940s and the 1980s. Much of this transformation was informed through the ideas of important international designers who worked with local firms to produce local examples of…[Read more]