Summer 2008
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The Not-So-Amazing Criswell
Jeron Criswell King was wrong. A lot. Better known as “The Amazing Criswell,” he began making off-the-wall predictions to fill airtime.
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Tour of Beauty
Detroit had yet to become “The Motor City” when Indian Village’s first homes began construction in 1895.
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Michael Thonet
After countless reproductions and knockoffs, it’s likely everyone, at one time or another, has sat on or owned a copy of Michael Thonet’s chair design.
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Bond & Bowery
These days, you can buy a wide-collared polyester shirt from a former disco devotee in San Bernardino with nothing more than a quick click of the mouse.
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Georgian
As Colonial America’s population swelled and became more prosperous, people developed a taste for more fashionable homes.
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Five Questions with … Scotty James
Scotty James knows a thing or two about making what’s old new again. General manager of Materials Unlimited — a 15,000-square-foot architectural salvage showroom in Ypsilanti — James has a degree in historic preservation and two major home renovations under his belt. We asked him five questions to help separate the treasure from the trash. […]
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10x10_2
If writing about music is like dancing about architecture, what is writing about architecture like? Phaidon’s 10x10_2 does nothing to answer that question.
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Getting the Goods
Thanks to School-house Electric, the schoolhouse finally does rock. They produce retro light fixtures using century-old designs and production methods.
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Personal Shopper – Stephen Knollenberg
If you were an interior designer, you’d likely know where to go for the finest fabrics, furniture, and art. But you’re not. So shopping for home décor is probably more of a hit-or-miss proposition.
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Interiors Designed
Even as a child, Jeanine White-Haith had an eye for interiors. When her grade school unveiled a new playhouse, she was disappointed it didn’t have curtains.
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Yes Sir, That’s My Burro
Right now, the majority of the world’s 44 million donkeys are doing the same type of work they’ve been doing for the past 6,000…
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Farming It Out
Built in 1855 by Squire and Dolly Rowe, their fieldstone farmhouse came with six acres and a spot on the state’s list of registered historic sites. When Brigid first heard the Rowe house was for sale, she immediately called her Realtor and told her they wanted it.
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Living Outside the Painted Box
It’s no surprise that the Forrests eat their morning toast and read the paper sitting on Le Corbusier Club Chairs in the living room.
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The Garden State
The celebrated 18-century English landscaper Lancelot Brown earned his nickname, “Capability,” for often proclaiming his clients’ estates capable of great improvement. But we shan’t…
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Brush Park
Detroit’s population swelled after the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825. So entrepreneur Edmund Busch -— recognizing the rising value of his family’s plot just north of downtown — began developing the area as a neighborhood for the city’s emerging elite.
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Where There’s a Grill, There’s a Way
Big Rock Chophouse executive chef Jeff Rose shares the menu, recipes, and secrets to a perfect summer steakout.
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Lap of Luxury
Inspired by an east-Asian island resort, this three-sided, negative edge pool by DesRosiers Architects has a spa built flush to the water.
