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The entrance to 570 Lexington Avenue aka the Gener

The entrance to 570 Lexington Avenue aka the General Electric Building, a masterpiece of a skyscraper erected in 1931 by Cross & Cross for the Radio Corporation of America. The architects ingeniously combined Gothic and Art Deco styles in designing the building to visually represent the excitement of radio communication during the modern age, while the colors took cues from neighboring buildings like Goodhue’s St. Bartholomew’s church. As John Cross said, the one motif that ran through the entire design was vibrant energy. Rising up to a chamfered tower with incredible sculptural forms in the sky, the artfulness of the building starts at the Lexington entrance. Shades of orange, buff and tawny-colored brick laid in sophisticated patterns emerge from a rose-colored granite base, carved pink marble door and window surrounds, aluminum diamond shaped details, stylized faces, Gothic-like tracery above the door, and angularly shaped details are just some of the incredible details which make up every surface of the exterior. | photo: @jon.wallen #crossandcross #rcavictor #570lexington #midtown #skyscraper

The final decade of Warren & Wetmore’s practice

The final decade of Warren & Wetmore’s practice produced many incredible projects, including the Madison-Belmont Building (1924-25) on the southeast corner of Madison and 34th Street. Importantly, Whitney Warren was spending a lot of time in Paris during the 1920s, where new concepts of Art Deco were emerging and taking hold. The exterior design of this building was significant to the firm and to the architectural fabric of the city at the time because it was transitional in style. It combined more conventional, classically themed ornament such as garlands of fruit, putti heads, fleurs-de-lys (albeit in a stylized manner influenced by the growing European modern movement), with striking motifs from the nascent Art Deco style seen in the lower level metalwork by Parisian artist-blacksmith Edgar Brandt (1880-1960), considered the greatest exponent and pioneer of Art Deco metalwork. The Madison-Belmont was one of the first instances of Art Deco architectural design applied to a building to appear in the US with Brandt’s unique black and gold metalwork for the transoms, front doors, and grilles in geometric motifs, natural motifs like leaves, and stylized fountains. The first 3 floors of the building contained the Cheney Silk Company’s showrooms, the first successful silk manufacturer in the US, who had previously worked with Brandt to bring his modern, naturalistic forms to their silk designs. This building is a designated NYC Landmark. #nyc #warrenandwetmore #edgarbrandt #metalwork #artdeco #artdecostyle #historicbuildings

Digging through some archives and came upon severa

Digging through some archives and came upon several images from 1916 of various ornamental lampposts by Grosvenor Atterbury for Forest Hills Gardens, his Tudor-style planned community designed with Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. His characteristic attention to detail can be seen here, just one of many amusing designs in wrought iron, this one a jack rabbit and beneath, a silhouetted sunset scene with what looks like more bunnies dotting a hillside. #grosvenoratterbury #foresthillsgardens #lamppost #streetlight #wroughtiron

The heroic main concourse of @grandcentralnyc by W

The heroic main concourse of @grandcentralnyc by Warren & Wetmore, 120 feet wide, 273 feet long, and 125 feet high, embodies the spirit of a triumphant urban entryway. The barrel-vaulted space remains an inspiring example of the collaboration between architects and artists that was emblematic of the Beaux Arts model. The ceiling in a special shade of cerulean blue loved by Warren, the glimmering celestial mural by Paul Cesar Helleu overhead of gold-leaf constellations and stars illuminated by tiny electric lights, and the sculptural decoration of winged locomotives and globes by Sylvain Salieres in the lunettes combine to make this one of the great public spaces in the city and world. | photo: @jon.wallen #grandcentralterminal #trainstation #landmark #historicbuilding #beauxarts

Black Lives Matter.

Black Lives Matter.

The entrance facade of the Charles Thomas and Char

The entrance facade of the Charles Thomas and Charlotte Church house (1930) by Harrie T. Lindeberg in high summer. The roof is typical Harrie: brooding and steep. The huge bay window contains the main stair and two wings to the east and west (partially cut off in this crop) contain the living room and then kitchen and staff quarters. Decoration is minimal, making the house almost austere. This house’s sister, also by Harrie and once home to C. T. Church’s brother, Frederic and his wife Alice (Charlotte Church’s sister!), sits in a plot next door. | photo: @jon.wallen #harrietlindeberg #millneck #longisland #historichouse

@robertstilin’s post this morning of our project

@robertstilin’s post this morning of our project together out East inspired us to share it, too. We restored a 17th century cottage and connected it to a nearby early 20th century carriage house which we renovated as an attached gymnasium, saving the original wood frame which is now exposed. | photo: @ericpiasecki #outeast #historicpreservation #historichouse #historicbuildings #exposedbeams

Some inspiring spaces from a visit to the Necchi C

Some inspiring spaces from a visit to the Necchi Campiglio house @villanecchicampiglio last summer, a striking modernist villa set within a walled oasis right in the heart of Milan and built between 1932-1935 by Piero Portaluppi and later modernized and decorated by Tomaso Buzzi starting in 1938. The rooms display a variety of sumptuous materials integrated within an architectural language that is restrained, geometric, and stripped to its essential forms but also imbued with personality-rich decorative details, warmth and undulating lines. The first image is the veranda facing onto the garden through two glass walls giving it the feeling of a greenhouse. The room is saturated in green, featuring a travertine and Roja and Patrizia green marble floor in a design of intersecting bands. The second image is a view from the veranda into the rosewood-shelved library through massive German silver sliding gates, and the third is the vaulted bedroom gallery peeking into the master bath, encased in Arabesque marble from the Orobic Alps. #milan #wanderlust #italy #necchicampiglio #fondoitalianoambiente

Summertime wanderlust on the mind....a dark shingl

Summertime wanderlust on the mind....a dark shingled house we designed seen from the water quietly blends in with its landscape, perching on a granite bluff overlooking the Penobscot Bay. | interior design: Alexia Leuschen @tavernoftheheart | photo: @ericpiasecki #moderntraditional #shinglestyle #newoldhouse #maine #penobscotbay

The table set for dinner in the pergola at Peter a

High Lawn’s entrance facade (swipe for garden si

High Lawn’s entrance facade (swipe for garden side), one of Delano & Aldrich’s early projects (1908) and a more robust, muscular reading of Beaux-Arts precedent than their later, more abstracted designs. The house was a wedding present from her parents for William Osgood Field and Lila Sloane Field, the great granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt. Lila had grown up during the summers nearby at her parents’ immense house, Elm Court, by Peabody & Stearns. Her cousin, Gertrude Vanderbilt, created the bas-relief panels on the entrance facade which depict farm scenes. At the time, Lenox was considered the inland Newport with summer “cottages” built in the rolling hills of the Berkshires. The house was carefully integrated into its landscape: gardens, fountains, and pools (swipe) were aligned with axes from the primary rooms. From the garden terrace, there was an unobstructed view over the oversized pool and Delano hid the working fields and paddocks below the parterre balustrade so that the farm animals did not appear to be grazing on the formal lawn...color photo: @jon.wallen; historic photo: Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library #delanoandaldrich #highlawn #highlawnfarm #berkshires #lenoxma #historichouse #brickhouse

For a new house out East, set on the edge of an id

For a new house out East, set on the edge of an idyllic tidal pond, we sought to evoke the simplicity of a beach cottage that has expanded over generations. The interiors are open, informal, and bright, with lots of exterior doors and spaces, such as this screened porch, which invites the outdoors and summer breezes in. | interior decoration: @matthewpatricksmyth | photo: @ericpiasecki #peterpennoyerarchitects #moderntraditional #screenedporch #summerhouse

The west facade of the stucco Clarence F. Alcott h

The west facade of the stucco Clarence F. Alcott house (1914), one of Harrie T. Lindeberg’s four houses clustered together on Lily Pond Lane, at the heart of a burgeoning new enclave in East Hampton. This picturesque house, which alludes to the English vernacular rather than shingle style typical of the area, is dominated by the dramatic sweep of its high-pitched and flared roof. Always trying to connect a house with its landscape, Lindeberg’s sweeping roof originally was laid in variegated moss green tiles that extended down and visually fused with the surrounding greenery. | photo: @jon.wallen #harrietlindeberg #easthampton #hamptons #historichouse

When @classicist_org asked us several days ago to

When @classicist_org asked us several days ago to share a favorite, inspiring place we looked forward to returning to, so many came to mind. Here is another place that we cannot wait to travel to again. When we last visited 16th century @crathes_castle in Scotland, it was a misty, softly raining summer day: perfect to roam the labyrinthine walled garden whose rainbow colors only appeared to deepen in the damp air. The garden, divided into eight different rooms, with pools, themed herbaceous borders, secret fountains and passages, and the ancient, sculptural yew topiary hedges, was largely designed in the early 20th century by Sir James and Lady Sybil Burnett. #icaaeverywhere #crathescastle #crathescastlegardens #scotland #scottishgarden #historicgarden

For a new classical stone house we designed in the

For a new classical stone house we designed in the country, surrounded by rolling fields and cattle pastures, a porch off of the first floor library opens on to @miranda.brooks.gardens lawn flanked by pleached trees. The sleeping porch above faces the same green, symmetrical view. | photo: @ericpiasecki #peterpennoyerarchitects #moderntraditional #classicalarchitecture #pleachedtrees

#ICAAeverywhere...Where are you dreaming of journe

#ICAAeverywhere...Where are you dreaming of journeying to again? In a time when we are feeling isolated and cannot visit our favorite places—those that inspire and anchor us—we can still connect over the shared language of classical beauty, design, history, and a sense of place. Today we celebrate the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art @classicist_org, an extraordinary organization and community that champions this shared language of “place,” a language that crosses all cultures and leads to ever-expanding paths of knowledge about the world, buildings, art, design, history, and people. Visit classicist.org to take a look at and experience the ICAA’s rich array of online resources, classes, and programs, consider becoming a member, or even making a donation to this deeply special organization.
Pictured here is the colossal Hellenistic facade of the Monastery high in the hills of the ancient Jordanian city, Petra. A truly miraculous sight of classical beauty after having climbed steep and rugged terrain in blinding heat for 45 minutes!
We want to see the place you cannot wait to return to with the tag #ICAAEverywhere! Show us!

The dramatic, vaulted double-height library at Gro

The dramatic, vaulted double-height library at Grosvenor Atterbury’s Cobble Court in Indian Hill, a Norman-inspired farmhouse with dark wood details throughout in the ceilings, fixtures, and beams. The enormous stained glass window at the south end of the library featured twenty colorful panels depicting characters and scenes from The Canterbury Tales. | photo: Gottscho-Schleisner Collection, Library of Congress #grosvenoratterbury #indianhill #ohio #cincinatti #cobblecourt #library #vaultedceiling #beamedceiling

A cozy and bright bedroom to curl up in, this corn

A cozy and bright bedroom to curl up in, this corner of our 2019 @kbshowhouse bedroom shows the lemon velvet sofa set against a curving blue documentary wall upholstery fabric. Textures like the bejeweled pillows, sisal and Swedish carpets, and silk bed hangings add to the warm and fanciful atmosphere...we loved collaborating with so many talents on this space! | Schumacher @schumacher1889, Pierre Frey @lamaisonpierrefrey, Beauvais Carpets @beauvaiscarpets, Anthony-Lawrence Belfair @alb_newyork, Leontine Linens @leontinelinens, Samuel & Sons @samuelandsons, Circa Lighting @circalighting, Miriam Ellner @miriamellner, The Shade Store @theshadestore, Christopher Spitzmiller @christopherspitzmiller, Illume @illume_lighting, John Rosselli @johnrosselli, Guy Regal @guyregalnyc, Newel @newelgallery, GoodDesign @gooddesignshop, Gerald Bland @geraldblandinc, Eerdmans Fine Art @emily_evans_eerdmans, Tug Rice @tugrice, Voltz Clarke @voltzclarkegallery, Bernd Goekler @bgantiques, L’Art de Vivre, Seidenberg Antiques @seidenbergantiques, Solomon Treasure @solomontreasure, Kelly Gallery @kellygalleryny, E.R. Butler & Co, Gaspare Asaro @ga_italian_modern, Cynthia Murphy @murphycyn, KRB @krbnyc, William Wayne @williamandwayne, Thornwillow Press @thornwillow, studio four @studiofournyc, Benjamin Moore @benjaminmoore, Lowe @lowehardware, Forbes & Lomax @forbesandlomax, Nazmiyal @nazmiyal, Flower Construction @flowerconstruction, White Glove Transportation @whiteglovenyc, Berwick Edel @berwickedel, Fresco Decorative Painting @frescopainting.decorating, Eli Shade & Interiors @elishadeandinteriors, Park Avenue Art Gallery, Alex Schuchard @alexschuchardstudio, and Flowers by Fleurisa
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Beautiful Drummond Castle gardens @drummondcrieff

Beautiful Drummond Castle gardens @drummondcrieff last fall, the finest example of formal terraced gardens in Scotland. The designed landscape was first laid out in the early 17th c and in the early 19th c the park was extended and the large walled garden laid out by Lewis Kennedy, its colors and textures changing with the seasons, and its picturesque four-arched bridge also from the early-mid 19th c. #scotland #drummondcastle #crieff #drummondcastlegardens

#repost We loved seeing Brooke’s Bank in Essex C

#repost We loved seeing Brooke’s Bank in Essex County, Tappahannock, VA featured on @theralphharvard’s great account a few days ago, including this photo by him. Brooke's Bank, a wonderful 18th c. Virginia state landmark built by Mrs. Sarah Taliaferro Brooke on land she inherited from her late husband, is set back from the Rappahannock River and has two massive end chimneys towering 20 feet above the roof. Their diaper patterns add a decorative note on the otherwise sober Georgian Virginia monument which we renovated and completed new Federal era-style additions for. Scroll for more photos, including interiors, with decoration by @thomasjayne. The amazing interior woodwork is almost completely intact, including the hallway’s elliptical arch with paneled soffit and pilaster supports. The basement is almost totally unaltered and even has its earth floor and storage rooms with large wooden doors. The house was shelled by a Northern gunboat, the USS Pawnee, during the Civil War, but survived and still stands beautiful. Head over to @theralphharvard for more on this house! | photos 1, 5, 6: @theralphharvard | photos 2, 3, 4, 7: Philip Beaurline | Douglas Gilpin: preservation architect | Madison Cox @mcpotsmaroc, landscape design

The entrance to Gray Craig, Harrie T. Lindeberg’

The entrance to Gray Craig, Harrie T. Lindeberg’s Georgian-influenced Middletown, RI masterpiece, reveals the main axis, a series of galleries and halls, combined to form one enfilade running the entire length of the back side of the house with all of the major rooms extending off of it and oriented to the south with water views. Stay tuned for more on this house in our stories! | photo: @jon.wallen #harrietlindeberg #graycraig #middletownri #rhodeisland #enfilade #frontdoor

The entrance facade of a new Czech Cubist-inspired

The entrance facade of a new Czech Cubist-inspired house we designed in Ohio. The house is a celebration of geometry and explores angles, facets, and crystalline shapes. Starting with the Arts and Crafts foundation of white stucco walls and stone trim, the design moves on to feature the energy of prismatic and angular forms which speaks to the sculptural character of Czech Cubism, an obscure style which was practiced around Prague from 1906-14 — a very short but fascinating burst of creativity! We love the curves of our client’s Art Deco and British sports cars set against the angularity of the house. This project was the result of collaborations with so many talented artists, craftspeople, our incredible team at PPA, including Gregory Gilmartin, who designed the house, and of course our inspiring client. | Landscape Architecture: @reedhilderbrand |Thank you @archdigest @amyastley and @samuelcochran | styling: @michaelreynoldsnyc | photography: @williamwaldronphoto #peterpennoyerarchitects #ad100 #archdigest

Throwing open the doors onto nature and the rollin

Throwing open the doors onto nature and the rolling meadows, noble old Locust trees, Green Mountains, and views of Lake Champlain surrounding the Brick House, a charming old farm house that architects Cross & Cross remodeled and added extensive additions to for owners J. Watson and Electra Havemeyer Webb. The rambling exterior and comfortable colonial interiors announced it as a house for family and friends and the architectural testing ground for Electra’s emerging passion for collecting Americana. Stay tuned for more on this house, its owners and the architects in our stories...
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@jon.wallen #brickhouse #shelburnevt #shelburnefarms #electrahavemeyerwebb #americana #frontdoor

Looking up at the stained-glass skylight with mura

Looking up at the stained-glass skylight with mural depicting the arts by Hector d’Espouy which crowns the sweeping marble stair at the James and Florence Burden mansion, 7 East 91st Street, by Warren & Wetmore. | photo: @jon.wallen