'Designing the 21st Century' comes to illuminate the value of understanding design and architecture through the most fascinating stories told by the leading figures in the world of design. When we cherish the built fabric and the things around us, our world becomes more enriched, more interesting, more beautiful. By Daniella Ohad, Daniella on Design.
Robert A.M. Stern, the architect who became synonymous with the affluent architecture of New York City and that of the seaside villages of the Hamptons, passed away on Thanksgiving. To remember him and to illuminatehis contribution to the story of architecture, I have invited renowned architecture critic and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Paul Goldberger. His tribute to Stern published in the New York Times shortly after his death is titled: "The Architect Who Designed New York City Like a 1930s Movie."
To remember Robert A.M. Stern is to illuminatehis contribution to the story of architecture, I have invited renownedarchitecture critic and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Paul Goldberger. Histribute to Stern published in the New York Times shortly after his death istitled The Architect Who Designed New York City Like a 1930s Movie.
To remember Robert A.M. Stern is to illuminatehis contribution to the story of architecture, I have invited renownedarchitecture critic and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Paul Goldberger. Histribute to Stern published in the New York Times shortly after his death istitled The Architect Who Designed New York City Like a 1930s Movie.
To remember Robert A.M. Stern is to illuminatehis contribution to the story of architecture, I have invited renownedarchitecture critic and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize, Paul Goldberger. Histribute to Stern published in the New York Times shortly after his death istitled The Architect Who Designed New York City Like a 1930s Movie.
16 Dec 2025
Mira Nakashima: Home Restoration
The Nakashima Foundation for Peace maintains the architecture and furniture collection which American-Japanese woodworker and architect George Nakashima created and built in New Hope, Pennsylvania. It is one of the most personal and memorable places I have ever visited: apowerful representation of Nakashima’s personal and design vision and of his life story.
Now that the foundation has a special mission—to preserve the family home, a National Historic Landmark recognizedfor its innovative design and craftsmanship—I have invited Nakashima’s daughter Mira, now the creative director of the George Nakashima Woodworker, to learn about the legacy of her father, about the greatness of his design, and about theplan to restore the house. Nakashima built it in the 1940s, and it reflects his philosophy about integrating modernism with traditional Japanese principles, and his vision regarding woodworking and craftsmanship. Today, the Family Houseurgently needs help.
Thanks to grants from the National Trust for Historic Preservation (https://savingplaces.org/stories/national-trust-awards-223500-in-grant-funding-to-organizations-nationwide) and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (https://www.pa.gov/agencies/phmc/newsroom/pennsylvania-historical--museum-commission-awards-48-keystone-historic-preservation-grants), the Foundation has a comprehensive preservation plan that outlines the work needed to stabilize this important historical House.
13 Dec 2025
Tom Kundig: Complete Houses
My guest today has created some of the most beautiful houses in America. Perhaps I am biased, because if I ever build my own house, I know that Tom Kundig will design it. If he agrees Over the course of his four-decade career, he has built museums, wineries, universities, foundations, retail andcommercial buildings. But the touchstone of his work, and for what he became known, is the single-family house. His houses reflect his passion for the mountains, for the natural world, and for fine art. The private house to him, reflectthe sense of humanity in architecture.
If to Le Corbusier the house was a machine to live in, toTom Kundig the house is a sculpture to live in and a place to experiment. His houses are also strongly connected to the landscape and to the surrounding nature in the most organic way, whether it is in an urban fabric or a house in the countryside. Urban or rural, his houses are a reflection of their place.
Now that his new and comprehensive monograph—the definitive collection of his 462 residential works —has been published, it is time to explore what makes Tom Kundig’s houses so magical, memorable, and beautiful.
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