03 Nov

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The MIT Chapel (Building W15) is a mid-century architectural landmark on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Commissioned by MIT and designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen beginning in 1953, it was built and completed in 1955 and dedicated that May alongside the...

29 Oct

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fall 2026 exterior detail photographic survey of the ames free library located in north easton, massachusetts. commissioned in 1877 after a $50,000 bequest from industrialist oliver ames jr., it was designed by henry hobson richardson and built by the norcross brothers between 1877 and 1879. the...

29 Oct

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fall 2026 exterior photographic survey of henry hobson richardson’s ames gate lodge (1880–81) at 135 elm street, north easton, massachusetts. henry hobson richardson designed the lodge in 1880–1881, and the norcross brothers built it as the grand northern entrance to frederick lothrop ames’s langwater estate. its walls...

28 Oct

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fall 2026 exterior photographic survey of h. h. richardson's north easton train station (1881), located at 80 mechanic street, north easton, mass. Easton Branch rail service began on May 16, 1855, running from Stoughton to North Easton. The route started under the Boston and Providence Railroad...

26 Oct

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fall 2026 detail photographic survey of william robert ware and henry van brunt's high victorian gothic style memorial hall (1870-78), located at 45 quincy street in cambridge, massachusetts. distinguished by towers, turrets, gargoyles, mansard roofs, patterned shingles, multicolored masonry, and elaborate brickwork, the building is among...

15 Oct

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exterior photographic survey of otto strack’s william o. and marie goodrich house (1894), at 2234 north terrace avenue in milwaukee, wisconsin. designed by pabst’s corporate architect, otto strack, and built by august holstein, the french victorian gothic–influenced mansion was commissioned by beer baron frederick pabst as...

14 Oct

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designed by frank lloyd wright for frederick c. bogk, the frederick c. bogk house is a single-family residence in milwaukee, wisconsin. bogk was an alderman and secretary-treasurer of ricketson paint works. completed in 1917 for $15,000, the house pairs prairie-style features with a solid, fortress-like massing....

13 Oct

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detailed exterior photographic survey of walter holbrook’s williams free library (1890-91) located at 105 park avenue, beaver dam, wisconsin. designed by walter holbrook of the milwaukee firm edward townsend mix & co., the williams free library is a prominent richardsonian romanesque landmark in beaver dam, wisconsin....

12 Oct

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recent photographic survey of the burnham block in milwaukee, wisconsin, which features a collection of six homes designed by frank lloyd wright between 1915 and 1917. these buildings are premier examples of his american system-built homes, an ambitious, early 20th-century initiative to create small-scale, affordable...

06 Oct

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Designed in 1914 by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the A.D. German Warehouse stands in his birthplace, Richland Center, Wisconsin. The building marks a pivotal point in Wright’s career and foreshadows his later large-scale concrete and Mayan-influenced works. Architectural History and Construction Materials: The four-story warehouse combines...

30 Sep

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recent photographic survey of frank lloyd wright's taliesin spring green (1911-1959), located at 5607 county road c, spring green, wi. taliesin is frank lloyd wright’s historic 800-acre estate, home, and studio near spring green, wisconsin. its name—a welsh term meaning “shining brow”—reflects its setting along a...

03 Sep

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newman’s gothic-style sandstone summer cottage, built in 1855, was carefully dismantled, moved to nearby wisconsin dells, and rebuilt at 413 south burritt avenue as a restaurant, bar, and speakeasy. the reconstructed cottage was also reunited with salvaged ornament from william boyington’s granite-clad board of trade building...

01 Sep

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built by benjamin healey between 1872 and 1878, the brick commercial block at 200–212 main street in la crosse, wisconsin, is one of the city’s two finest surviving examples of late-19th-century victorian commercial italianatestyle. its red-brick facade features ornate metal cornices with bracket and dentil...

25 Aug

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the florida tropical house is a historic art deco beach house designed by miami architect robert law weed. built in chicago for the 1933 century of progress world’s fair, it was featured in the “homes of tomorrow” exhibition. after the fair, real estate developer robert bartlett...

24 Aug

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recent photographs of george fred keck’s “america’s first glass house” during restoration as it appears in august of 2026.the house of tomorrow is located at 214 lake front drive in beverly shores, indiana. images taken during the winters of 2025 and 2026 are included. the house of...

15 Aug

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elmer f. behrns, the theatre’s original architect, was an avid student of egyptology. built between 1928 and 1929, the theatre reflected the nationwide “egypt-mania” inspired by the 1922 discovery of king tutankhamun’s tomb, with a design motif drawn from ramses ii. led by project architect...

12 Aug

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"in memoriam to ida balaban katz." recent exterior photographs of rapp and rapp’s 1922 egyptian revival balaban mausoleum located at waldheim jewish cemetery in forest park, illinois. designed by cornelius and george rapp of rapp and rapp—the celebrated architects of the historic chicago theatre and many balaban...

11 Aug

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UPDATE AS OF 8-8-2026: george kingsley and barry byrne’s historically important jackson storage warehouse building in la grange has been emptied, and scaffolding erected in preparation for demolition. handed a death sentence last night (1-12-2026). exterior photographic survey, taken in january and august 2026, documents george kingsley’s four-story...

05 Aug

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interior photographic survey of solon spencer beman's richardsonian romanesque style northwestern mutual life insurance company building (1886), located at 605–623 north broadway, milwaukee, wisc. the landmark northwestern mutual life insurance company home office, built in 1886 at 605–623 north broadway in milwaukee, wisconsin, was designed by...

04 Aug

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like cass gilbert’s woolworth building (1912), burnham and dinkelberg’s flatiron building is being converted to residential use. partial exterior detail photographic survey of d.h. burnham and company's terra cotta-clad 22-story flat iron building (1902), located at 175 fifth avenue, new york city, ny. the cream-colored terra cottta...

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