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Preservation Month Discoveries - Pile the kids in the car and strap the dog to the roof—we have some Olmsted Landscapes to preserve! May is National Preservation Month, and this year's theme is Discover America's Hidden Gems. What can you learn from visiting an Olmsted park? ...

Julian Abele, Out of the Shadows - "The shadows are all mine," proclaimed Julian Francis Abele when discussing the architectural drawings for the new Duke University campus. Construction began in 1930 on the Duke Chapel—a time in the United States when an educated African-American architect stayed in the background of the Philadelphia firm run by Horace Trumbauer. Abele was born on April 30 in 1881. In 1902 he was the first African-American to receive a B.A. in Arch. from the University of Pennsylvania. Today, Duke University is proud to celebrate Abele as the chief designer for many of their campus buildings. And this year Philadelphia itself gives Abele a big birthday present—the Julian Abele Park at 22nd and Carpenter Streets is set to begin construct...

Architecture Updates: April 22 - 28, 2012 - Last week we celebrated the birthdays of three prolific architects—Frederick Law Olmsted, Bertram Goodhue, and I.M. Pei. Their lifespans overlapped and so did their styles. Is it my imagination, or does that pyramid shape used by Pei at the Louvre look a lot like the pyramid top of Goodhue's Public Library in Los Angeles? New and Updated Pages: What Is Smart Growth? ...

Who is Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue? - Anyone who has seen a headline in the The New York Times or bought anything from L.L. Bean has seen a design from this American architect. Born in Connecticut on April 28, 1869, Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue designed the Cheltenham typeface, used for headlines by newspapers like the NYT at the turn of the twentieth century. Even Leon Leonwood Bean set his own name in this typeface when he founded the 1912 mail order business. Goodhue is remembered most, however, for the variety of architecture built during his short lifetime. ...

I.M. Pei's Birthday - Born on April 26, 1917 in Canton, China, modernist architect Ieoh Ming Pei remains a living example of collaboration and cooperation in the competitive profession of architecture and design. When Pei was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1983, the jury cited his "tact and patience" as qualities that "draw together peoples of disparate interests and disciplines to create a harmonious environment." Take a tour of Pei's 1973 museum on the campus of Cornell University. The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art will give you...

Walk the Landscape - April 26 is the birthday of the man most people recognize as the founder of American landscape architecture. Walk the Landscape originally appeared on About.com Architecture on Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 at 10:00:55.Permalink | ...

Loreto Bay Update - Is sustainable development sustainable? The earth-friendly, energy efficient planned community at Loreto Bay broke ground in 2002 and ran out of money by 2009. DPZ urban planners Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, co-authors of Suburban Nation, had designed an eco-friendly Mexican village for retiring baby boomers. Then the economy collapsed. ...

Living on and in Earth - Builders can be engaged in extremely "dirty" jobs. By using Compressed Earth Blocks—CEBs are actually made of "dirt"—builders are creating houses that are energy-efficient, bio-friendly, and amazingly strong. Jim Hallock led us through the process for our photo tour, How to Build an Earth Block Home. Today, April 22, 2012, is International Earth Day, and a good time to remember that dirt isn't a dirty word. Photo ©Jackie Craven ...

Architecture Updates: April 15 - 21, 2012 - This week has been all visual—new videos, new Cape Cod house plans, new looks at performing arts centers, and a peek at a reader's bungalow that is just charming. Good lookin'! New Videos: How to Read Construction Drawings and Floor Plans with Brian Smith Characteristics of a Cotswold Cottage with Fred Abler Characteristics of a Art Moderne Style H...

Cape Cod House Plans - What did home buyers look for in the 1950s? As I collected floor plans for our new gallery of Cape Cod House Plans, I was amused by some of the modern modifications that were marketed in mid-twentieth century America. You can enlarge this picture to better see that the attached garage is almost half the size of the entire house!It was fun to look at these plans from childhood. Hey, maybe these small houses are perfect for the Empty Nesters, too! More about Cape Cod Houses: ...