A few months back I featured a blog where I accented photos of architecture with the careful placement of exotic cars: Styling with Cars. Cars are one of my passions, and aircraft is another. As early as seven years old I could watch the planes landing at the Seattle...
The impacts of climate change are seemingly inescapable as demonstrated by the recent tragic fires in California and the devastation by hurricane Michael in the Florida panhandle and Mexico Beach. I found myself wondering about how this will affect the built environment in terms of where we build homes,...
With modernism, the role art plays in a home moves from luxury to a necessity. Modern homes have less ornamentation, and draw life and character from the selected art pieces.
Art guides your eye. An example is the above sleek black and white kitchen by Bridgwater Consulting with carefully...
A hilltop home in the Promontory development of Park City reminded me of how Prairie style architecture roots to the land. By combining modern steel and glass with mountain wood and stone, the design resonates current tastes but becomes earthbound with the horizontal elements (used in Prairie style architecture)...
In today’s housing market, people are looking for affordable solutions. Whatever term you call it—family pod, permitted second residence, mother-in-law apartment, supplementary residence, secondary suite, or guesthouse—these thoughtful additions are in the news as possible solutions to housing issues and shortages. Some metropolitan areas have approved or are currently...
The higher you go up the Wasatch, the steeper the slope and better views both to the valley and the mountainside. The challenge, of course, is building on a lot with a slope that great.
Homebuilder John Ford, John Ford Construction, and architect Jeff Schindewolf, JSARC Architects, built this...
Recently I shared some initial photos of the expansion and renovation of the Park City Christian Center (PCCC) designed by Park City architects, the Elliott Work Group, and I promised to share more photos after the furniture was delivered and in place. As I explained before, a non-profit, non-denominational...
We have a new grand dog, a black and white, floppy-eared rescue puppy named Franklin. Perhaps that’s why my thoughts this week turned to pets and the clever ways people use to make pets comfortable in their homes.
Like Franklin, many dogs are trained to sleep in kennels at...
A home in Victory Ranch caught my eye a month ago, and I was lucky to get a photo assignment for a closer look last week. Landmarks West (also known as iBuild Utah) demonstrated their ability to artfully build these traditional forms and work with the different expressions of...
This is the second Promontory home I have photographed for the same family. The first was a remodel that provided the right spaces for them and their art collection. This most recent home was custom designed and built for them by the talented team of Marian Rockwood, interior designer;...