Sitting at the south end of Escondido Beach, the 1950s cottage returned to market earlier this year with plans for an ultramodern residence designed by Meis Architects, designer of the Staples Center, among other venues.
She is happy that the commission has protected such gems as Sailors' Snug Harbor, a cluster of mid-19th-century Greek Revival buildings that once housed retired seamen; a home that once belonged to Frederick Law Olmsted, Central Park's designer, and the Cass House, the city's only residence designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
The new residence hall, designed by Karl Fischer Architect of Montreal, will have student rooms on 20 floors and an activity floor.
Fallingwater, near Uniontown, originally a private residence designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, is now open for tours.
Commanding the 78th Street corner of the block is the residence designed by Horace Trumbauer for James B. Duke, now the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.
The $14 million assisted living residence, designed by Perkins Eastman Architects, based in Manhattan, will have pitched roofs, dormers and porches.
These paintings depict scenes that the artist orchestrated in the museum, formerly a residence, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1928.
Haus Esters, a former private residence designed by Mies van der Rohe, served as a Modernist foil to Ms. Smith's historical interests.
Harlem Renaissance House 237 West 139 Street (212) 226-1590 harlemrenaissancehouse.com WHAT'S GAY ABOUT IT This 1891 town house on Strivers' Row is a private residence designed by Stanford White.
We had been striding purposefully toward the imposing red-tile-roofed Beaux Arts mansion, once the Huntingtons' residence, designed by the Los Angeles architects Myron Hunt and Elmer Grey, and now the main gallery.
