The Visual Arts Building (VAB) at the University of Iowa is a marvel of both aesthetic design and mechanical engineering. Six years in the making and completed in October 2016, the award-winning, ...

Traditionally, architecture's role has been to create a barrier between inhabitants and the elements, providing protection and security. Even with material and technological advances over time, this ...

One of my first questions to you is about the craft of writing: How did you manage to squish so many nuance stories and complex ideas into a mere 160 pages? I started out marking passages or making ...