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    A finish carpenter shares his inspiration and know-how for an elegant transformation of a fireplace opening.

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    Today, as many governments worldwide begin to enact legislation that will phase out incandescent lamps, the Pace Gallery is paying homage to the iconic, endangered form with a show that celebrates the light bulb's role as an artistic muse. "Burning, Bright: A Short History of the Light Bulb," is a...

  • Gift From the Sea

    A remodeler encountering a layer of Cabot's Quilt inside an old building might mistake it for the tattered remnants of a Hawaiian grass skirt -- hastily stuffed into a wall, perhaps, during a police raid of some Prohibition-era costume party.

  • Architects' Perception of Daylighting in Commercial Building Design

    From the Archive presents articles from the past 25 years, with new commentary from members of the lighting community.

  • Keeping Track

    The term “skid row” was first used to describe the makeshift roads found in the 19th-century Pacific Northwest, where loggers would drag trees down from the foothills to a waiting sawmill below.

  • The Sound of the Fury

    New CD presents an aural history of the Bauhaus

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