Next time you visit Wales, be sure to stroll by Hay Castle, the one-time home of Richard Booth (1938-2019), self-proclaimed King of Hay-on-Wye. His title was well-earned.
Photo: Hay Castle, Wales. Crown Copyright, VisitWales.com
Author: Jackie Craven
Whirlwind Tourists Do Japan
One summer, before the earthquake-tsunami-nuclear crisis, I think I saw Japan. I traveled the country on a motorcoach with 30 other Americans, mostly art students and their spouses and children. We were an odd mix…
PHOTO: Japanese Sculptures / Pzhere, CC 2.0.
Bruce Goff and Organic Architecture
Sharing a June 8 birthday with Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Goff never strayed far from the American Midwest. His architecture, however, moved well beyond convention. Born in 1904, 37 years after Wright, Goff took Wright’s influential organic designs to new levels of modernity.
Learn more > Organic Architecture as a Design Tool
Why Everyone Talks About Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright, the iconic American architect, was born June 8, 1867 — making him exactly a year older than Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Why is Wright so famous?
The Influential Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Although born on June 7, 1868, architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh may have influenced the style of your own home. He’s even been called “the European counterpart of Frank Lloyd Wright.”
Like Wright, Mackintosh designed more than houses. He’s especially known for his furniture.
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Architecture of Triumph and Victory
Triumphal arches are one of the oldest forms of architecture, thought to be from Roman times. Let’s look at some arches around the world > Famous Arches
Houses You Can Hardly See
Oh, to live in a house made of glass, floating above field and marsh. In the mid-twentieth century, architects Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson dazzled the world with their crystal creations, and contemporary architects have built upon the idea. Read more
When LAX Just Isn’t Big Enough – The First Commercial Space Terminal
Today’s mega-sized airports handle air travel but not space travel. Famous for his “high tech” buildings, architect Norman Foster designed a special spaceport to solve this problem. The New Mexico Spaceport Authority Building, “Spaceport America,” sprawls across desert landscape in New Mexico.