Surfside condo architect had been suspended for faulty designs in past

William Friedman, the architect who designed the Surfside condo building that partially collapsed in late June, had been suspended by Florida’s board of architecture in 1967 for designing buildings that could not withstand 1965’s Hurricane Betsy. Continue reading

Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara become first all-female pair to win Pritzker Prize

The Dublin architects are also the award’s first Irish recipients. Continue reading

Mad for Midcentury: A Trip to Palm Springs’ Modernism Week

Arguably, midcentury modern’s biggest fans are the second cohort of boomers, those Americans born between 1956 and 1964. There’s more to our obsession with midcentury modern style, however, than a love of sleek, simple design. The allure is nostalgia. … Continue reading

What Gary Vaynerchuk told his sister when she started her real estate career

Agent Liz Novello shares what she learned from real estate coach Tom Ferry and entrepreneurial guru (and her brother) Gary Vaynerchuk in this podcast. Continue reading