I’ve been wrestling for some time with what makes a home Mid-Century vs. Modern vs. Ranch-Style, other than the timeline,” says Craig McMahon, principal at Craig McMahon Architects. “It was a very unique time where everything seemed to be changing culturally, including architecture. I can’t...
When you visualize the city of Los Angeles, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Gleaming skyscrapers, maybe. Gridlocked traffic on endless highways, perhaps, or sandy beaches and abundant sunshine. What you probably don’t think about is the Los Angeles River. But it’s there, all...
Adrienne Stein was under pressure. The atelier-trained painter had for years successfully put herself through every artistic rigor: studying and executing drawing for an entire year before approaching oil paint; copying works by Old Masters; studying the ages of art and exposing herself to great paintings...
When Lynn Gray needs to place an object in her Santa Fe home, she makes use of her own internal Geiger counter, understanding intuitively where a thing belongs. She used that talent as a highly sought after interior designer for clients in various cities before...
Joan Benson and Stephen Kent created their first piece of shed antler decor for a client who’d hired them to renovate her three-story, 5,000-square-foot condo in Snowmass, Colorado. Kent had been making furniture and doing design/build in the Aspen area, and Benson was working in...
In the spring of 1998, a handful of the country’s finest Western craftsmen — a group that was, itself, not much larger than a handful — gathered to talk about heritage. And about legacy. They gathered in recognition that their specialized art forms — saddlemaking,...
On a warm day in San Francisco, September 22, 1959, Senator John F. Kennedy delivered a convincing campaign speech to some 1,500 supporters at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel. Standing in the Grand Ballroom beneath Austrian crystal chandeliers, he spoke of a new frontier and the urgent...
Santa Fe, New Mexico, has long been called “The City Different.” But for really different, take the Turquoise Trail, a National Scenic Byway (54 miles on State Road 14) that starts at the intersection of Interstate 25 south of town and roams southwest to Tijeras....
Jemez Solid Wood Bench by Pfeifer Studio From Pfeifer Studio in New Mexico, this sleek, contemporary sculptural bench is built from a solid log of sustainable Ponderosa pine from the Jemez Mountains and the Santa Fe National Forest. Knots, cracks, coloration and grain pattern will vary...
Michael Hennessey, the founder of San Francisco-based Hennessey Architecture, is known as a minimalist, but his aims are far from minimal. “Even though our work is very measured and composed,” Hennessey says of his firm, “my hope is that it elicits an emotional response. That’s the...