Architecture

Editing in its purest form is meant to improve a piece, whether a piece of writing or a piece of visual art. But at what point does modification become manipulation? While this is rarely an issue in most art mediums, since photographs are…

In a fascinating conversation, Toon Dreessen, principal at Architects DCA in Ottawa and past president of the Ontario Association of Architects speaks about his upbringing in the Netherlands, his early life and how that influenced his very…

Designer and architect Jan Lorenc, principal of Atlanta-based Lorenc + Yoo, a leading experiential design firm, speaks about his upbringing in Communist Poland and his subsequent move to the U.S. at age eight, when the weight of communist…

Architect and internet entrepreneur Nic Granleese talks about his shoeless upbringing in rural Australia and how during a sabbatical early on in his career he decided to hop on his motorcycle, quit architecture and become a photographer.…

Frances Anderton, host of the NPR radio show Design and Architecture on the Los Angeles radio station KCRW, talks about her upbringing in the U.K., her early aspirations to be an architect, how she fell in love with broadcasting and Los…

An L.A.-based creative, Paul Petrunia talks about his upbringing on the Canadian prairies; how Arthur Erickson influenced him to be an architect; his ill-fated career as a teen ballet dancer; his cultural confusion as an expat torn between…

Dan Brunn’s early life in Tel Aviv, subsequent move with his family to Southern California at age 7 and his later nomadic lifestyle as an adult certainly did not make things easy. But it set the stage for a highly creative and driven…