Lessons from the Heartland

It took the late architect Terry Brown 10 years to tap into his Midwestern roots and create a style focused on materials and the handmade. Jayne Merkel writes of Brown’s Mushroom House in Cincinnati.

The Canadian scholar Sandra Alfoldy, coeditor of a recent book, explores the interrelationship of craft and architectural spaces, particularly as it relates to interior design.

The Canadian scholar Sandra Alfoldy, coeditor of a recent book, explores the interrelationship of craft and architectural spaces, particularly as it relates to interior design.

In 20 years, University Hospitals in Cleveland has assembled a first-rate art and craft collection that contributes to an environment beneficial to patients, medical personnel and visitors. Dorothy Shinn surveys the high points and talks to the collection's curator, Trudy Wiesenberger, about the impetus behind such a collection.

Musée-Atelier du Verre
Cenae 9: L'Alchimie du Verre (The Alchemy of Glass) Joan Crous
Sars-Poteries, France

The Center for Book Arts
Illustrated Fine Printing: Whittington & Matrix in America
New York, New York