The Blog
200 Years of Brick, a Mockumentary & a New Name on the Door
On the Boards
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Every historic project starts with listening to the building. At Woodland Plantation, where I’m serving as historic preservation consultant, that means getting under the porches, up into the attic, and eye-level with two hundred years of brick. Measuring, documenting, diagnosing, before a single recommendation gets made.
From the rafters to the brick piers, every inch of a property like this has a story to tell. Right now, our job is just to read it carefully.
On the Web
Surviving the McMansion
Our top video this month was the “Surviving the McMansion” mockumentary bit, a dead-on parody of every streaming-service architecture takedown, aimed at the style everyone loves to hate. It’s a bit, but the craft complaints underneath it are real.
Around Town
French Antiques and Louisiana Architecture in Dialogue
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This fall I’m sitting down with Laura Roland of Fireside Antiques for an evening on French antiques and Louisiana architecture, how proportion, scale, and craftsmanship show up whether you’re looking at a piece of furniture or a building, and how European traditions got adapted to Louisiana’s climate and culture along the way.
October 8, 5–7pm at Fireside Antiques. Register here.
Around the Studio
Employee of the Month
Our LSU interns, Isabella and Grace, ambushed me at my desk to announce I’d been voted Employee of the Month. Filmed by our other intern, Vanessa, who apparently knew exactly what was coming.
I’ll take it.
A New Name on the Door
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Bienvenue Hakan! New name on the door: Hakan Sevinç has joined us part-time while he finishes his Master of Architecture at LSU.
Coming Up
Barnes & Noble — Harvey
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Next stop on the book tour: Barnes & Noble in Harvey. I’ll be reading for storytime at 11am, then sticking around at a table out front to sign books and say hello.
August 29, 11am–1pm. 1601B Westbank Expy, Harvey, LA.
More Story
Many Waters, Hays Town's Colors & the Book Tour
On the Boards Many Waters — Wallace, Louisiana Nick Dubuc, AIA, with the team behind The Descendants...
