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On the arc of one cul-de-sac a quietly elegant home with an earthy feel almost fades into its wooded landscape on the west bank of the Milwaukee River. This is the house that well-known MIlwaukee architect Elmer A. Johnson designed and had built for his family in the 1950s.

This months issue looks towards the future of sustainable design, and making it an integral part of practice.

Rick Cook of COOKFOX Architects and Herzog & de Meuron’s Philip Schmerbeck presented a trio of ‘industrial strength’ adaptive reuse projects to a packed house at Brickworks Design Studio in Manhattan. 

This summer, make entertaining as fuss-free as it is elegant with Aerin Lauder’s new line of alfresco pretties.

Having worked with Le Corbusier, Swiss architect Albert Frey moved to the US at a time when it was lacking in Modernist architecture and went on to design much of the desert city of Palm Springs, where a new exhibition celebrates his work

Albert Frey's Aluminaire House built in 1931 finds its way to the Palm Springs Art Museum following uncertainty about its future.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist is seeking $7 million for his funky architectural compound home in the foothills of La Crescenta.

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As the lines between where we work, play, host, and live have blurred, theres something about the conversation pit that feels thrillingly specific.

Suzanne Stephens, a deputy editor of Architectural Record, has been a writer, editor, and critic in the field of architecture for several decades. She has Ph.D. in architectural history from Cornell University, and teaches a seminar in the history of architectural criticism in the architecture program of Barnard and Columbia colleges. In addition, Stephens is the architectural advisor to Checkerboard Film Foundation, which produced the film series, “Landmarks in 21st Century American Architect...