Kyle and Katina Connaughton, co-owners of SingleThread, a three- Michelin-starred restaurant and inn in Healdsburg, are expanding their hospitality enterprise. The couple is underway with a complete renovation of the former River Belle Inn, a 10-guestroom property that will become a bed-and-breakfast, according to a recent announcement. The Selvedge, A SingleThread Inn, is set to open late next year. The Selvedge is the latest hospitality concept for SingleThread and Vertice Hospitality Management, led by co-owner and CEO Tony Greenberg, and the Connaughtons.
Frankfurt is often recognised for its distinctive skyline, a rare feature in European cities. Towering glass skyscrapers mark its role as a global financial hub, yet beneath this vertical image lies a city layered with centuries of history, destruction, and reconstruction. From medieval timber-framed houses to post-war modernism and contemporary high-rises, Frankfurt has consistently reinvented itself through architecture, producing a built environment where different periods coexist in dialogue.
By now you've probably heard about the Passive House movement. Essentially, it's a design standard focused on maximizing the energy-saving capacity of your home through a series of interventions. Some of these strategies aren't overly expensive, but others, such as adding thick insulation to your building's walls, require a deep retrofit-which gets pricey. And there can be drawbacks, especially if your older home has details like decorative molding that you want to preserve. But you can benefit from green technology without going full Passive House.
We may think of the San Francisco Victorian as pure Americanathe city's postcard-perfect Painted Ladies stand as the embodiment of the spirit of Californian optimism. (For a certain generation, that colorful row meant a new Full House was about to begin. Also purely American.) But we sometimes forget that these buildings have decidedly English DNA. That worked in designer Hana Mattingly's favor when asked to make over a Lower Pacific Heights town house for a family of British transplants.
No Gut Reno for Iconic Brooklyn Heights Mid Century Modern Townhouse A sharp-eyed tipster noticed what appeared to be rooftop mockups for the Landmarks Preservation Commission happening at 48 Willow Place, the iconic modern townhouse designed by architects Mary and Joe Merz for their own residence. Also visible through a third-story window was what looked to be a gut renovation in progress.
The Center at West Park, a theater and arts organization evicted from the church on July 7, is doing a temporary residency at the St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church, a few blocks away. To demolish the more-than-a-century-old structure, the church must show the New York City Landmarks Commission, which rarely approves such demolitions, that it meets hardship requirements.
It is the nephew who bought the estate and had the current manor house rebuilt (or, rather, paid others to do the work) on the site of an older manor house. In 1869, the estate was purchased by the local government and is now owned by Havering Council, which has since redeveloped it as a recreation centre, known as the Bretons Outdoor Recreation Centre.
In 2004, the city adopted a historic preservation ordinance with the intent of preserving historically and culturally significant buildings, as well as maintaining the look and feel of certain neighborhoods. The ordinance stipulates particular procedures that owners must follow when they want to make modifications or improvements to historically designated buildings. It also provides access to incentives, like property tax reductions, to encourage owners to maintain their properties.
The resplendence of the Boston Public Library's McKim Building unfolds with each step up the grand staircase. Past the imposing stone lions, the golden-hued stairwell gives way to an airy gallery of murals, a millennium-spanning celebration of the muses. Nearby, a narrower stairway leads to the hushed third floor, where people wander the opulent gallery to untangle John Singer Sargent's "Triumph of Religion," a monumental cycle of murals the artist left unfinished despite nearly three decades of work.
As the society's website explains, since its founding in the 1970s, it's been able to get the remaining stretch of track on Oahu on the State and National Registers of Historic Sites and has restored a remarkable 6.5 miles of the track. (And it is working to restore even more.) It has preserved three vintage diesel locomotives that are fully operational, and while it's also restored several more steam locomotives that may not be operational, visitors can still check them out in the train depot.
The world-famous Wonder Wheel, the centerpiece of the park, was built in 1920. Standing 15 stories tall and weighing 200 tons, its owners say it has given more than 35 million rides in its lifetime while maintaining a perfect safety record. The Wonder Wheel was designated a New York City landmark in 1989. The Vourderis family purchased it in 1983 after years of operating food stands along the boardwalk.
Architecture lovers hoping to boost their knowledge base and share their love of community and the built environment can find a weekend full of walking tours, workshops, and more at Archtober Newburgh. The month-long Archtober celebration, organized by the Center for Architecture, has a busy calendar within the five boroughs, but for the third year a full slate of events is being offered to celebrate and raise awareness of Newburgh's heritage.
As San Francisco leaders finalize their plan to make way for thousands of new homes, they have heard the same criticism: New construction could dramatically change the quaint and quirky character of San Francisco neighborhoods. On Wednesday, the Planning Department and Supervisor Connie Chan will host a community forum to discuss designating 10 neighborhood buildings as historic landmarks there. The event will inform Mayor Daniel Luries Family Zoning Plan, which includes a landmark designation program.
Kingston, New York's Four Corners is celebrated for its craggy stone structures: it's the only crossroad in the country in which all of the buildings date to pre-Revolutionary War days. They're well-preserved, zoned for residential and commercial use, and not entirely time warps: Number 45 Crown Street is the new headquarters of Sawkille, Jonah Meyer and Tara DeLisio's artisanal furniture company, a longstanding Remodelista favorite.
Although I'm an architect with a care for historic fabric, the function just didn't work for us. We're tall people, and the sink was so low and had a small leaking issue. The toilet, while amazing in its pink glory, used so much water. And the shower head was at about shoulder height on my husband - not a desirable shower experience.
