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Villa Almerico-Capra by Andrea Palladio Photo (c) Giorgio Magini/iStockPhoto.com

Andrea Palladio lived nearly 500 years ago, yet his works inspire the way we build today. Is your house Palladian?

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Happy Birthday, Marion Mahony

Tuesday February 14, 2012
You have to love Marion Mahony Griffin. Born on Valentine's Day in 1871, she became the first woman to be officially licensed as an architect. Marion Mahony was also the first employee hired by Frank Lloyd Wright. She then married fellow-architect Walter Burley Griffin and formed a creative partnership that lasted 28 years.


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Tragic Beauty

Monday February 13, 2012
Some of the most beautiful houses have the saddest stories. From a heart-shaped island in upstate New York to a glass house in Illinois, wonderful and extraordinary architectural events do not always have happy endings. Here's the heartbreaking story of Five Heartbreak Houses...

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Lincoln's Log Cabins

Sunday February 12, 2012
From the PBS television series The Frontier House, the interior of the Brooks cabin The spacious log "cabins" we build today are likely to include skylights, whirlpool tubs, and other luxuries. But, in the age of Abraham Lincoln, log cabins fulfilled more basic needs. The great American president was born on February 12, 1809 in a house that was sturdy but primitive.

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Photo: Cabin interior, from the PBS television series The Frontier House, © Audrey Hall/Thirteen/WNET New York


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Architecture Updates: Feb 5 - 11, 2012

Saturday February 11, 2012
I love it when readers send photos and ideas for home building and home restoration projects. Check out this week's submissions.

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