Architecture Archives - Quintessence

At Home in Los Angeles With David Netto

In the mid twentieth century, modernist architect Richard Neutra built ten houses in the then bohemian enclave of Silver Lake… Read More

The house was a wreck, filled with years of hoarding, one room overflowing with 500 dolls, but Pieter Estersohn was… Read More

Few designers walk the line between pretty and fearless quite as well as Ashley Whittaker. A traditionalist at heart, her… Read More

While acclaimed designer Suzanne Rheinstein’s storied Hancock Park home in Los Angeles is a study in layered neoclassical style, her… Read More

While Susan and Will Brinson have successful day jobs as professional photographers, they don a multitude of hats when returning… Read More

Thank you to those who checked in during my absence here. Delighted to be missed and you will (I hope)… Read More

I’m woefully late for last week’s Friday favorite from here on Nantucket. All I can say is that island time… Read More

In early 20th century New York City, as many affluent residents were gradually abandoning their mansions and townhouses for apartments,… Read More

Since Susanna’s and my video visit with Gil Schafer at his country house, Middlefield, seemed to resonate with so many,… Read More

I first became familiar with architect Gil Schafer when his own country home in upstate New York, Middlefield, was published… Read More

This week felt a bit like the 60s comedy, If It’s Tuesday It Must be Belgium. With a plethora of… Read More

When you grew up, as I did, on the Hudson River, in the vicinity of Pocantico Hills, the Rockefeller name… Read More