J Michael Welton

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FEBRUARY 19, 2015 | THURSDAY
A Suburban House Like You've Never Seen

You wouldn't necessarily expect to find experimental architecture in McAllen, a small city on the southern tip of Texas. But if his own house provides any indication, architect Luis López...

FEBRUARY 18, 2015 | WEDNESDAY
House Tour: A Prototypical Suburban House, Reinvented

In southwestern Texas, a Chicago-trained architect challenged himself to create something new and exciting from an intensely familiar building type—the suburban ranch home. Dubbed Casa We...

DECEMBER 22, 2014 | MONDAY
House Tour: A French Castle Rises from Its Ruins

In 2013, Karina and Craig Waters undertook the project of a lifetime: restoring a centuries-old, long-neglected chateau in the south of France.

DECEMBER 22, 2014 | MONDAY
The Resurrection of a Gloriously Derelict Castle in France

Five years ago, Karina and Craig Waters—a tax accountant and a urologist, respectively, in Perth, Australia—began looking for a vacation home in the south of France. Karina says she envis...

NOVEMBER 28, 2014 | FRIDAY
House Tour: 1969 California A-Frame Updated for Today

As a fully trained and credentialed architect, Curtis Popp could have easily gut-renovated the 1969 A-frame where he and his family spend vacations. But he didn't. Admiring the original d...

NOVEMBER 28, 2014 | FRIDAY
In Lake Tahoe, a 1969 A-Frame Gets a Thoughtful Update

Curtis Popp believes in the power of editing. As partner in Sacramento-based Popp Littrell Architects & Interiors, he knows that some projects require gut renovation and that, in ...

OCTOBER 10, 2014 | FRIDAY
This House in Navajo Nation Wears a Sombrero

Out in the blazing hot, red-tinted desert 15 miles southwest of Bluff, Utah, stands a house inspired by a wide sombrero. Three years ago, Harold Skow, a member of the Navajo Nation, lease...

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 | FRIDAY
House Tour: Trailer Living, Reinvented

Architect Andrew Hinman builds a striking contemporary shelter around his client's prized possession—a 1954 Spartan Imperial Mansion. You've never seen trailer living quite like this before.

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 | FRIDAY
In Texas, A Million-Dollar Home with a Trailer at Its Heart

Flash floods are a reality in Texas, at least near the Nueces River, which runs through the 10,000-acre ranch owned by a global beauty products company founder. In 2012, he reached out to...

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 | FRIDAY
House Tour: Go Inside a 100-Year-Old Craftsman, Recently Restored

In La Verne, CA, architectural preservation and restoration expert Ray Adamyk recently dispatched a half-dozen workers from his "artisan army" of 150 to restore a Craftsman home to its fo...