Nate Traylor

Los Angeles

Content Strategist at ZondaHome

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Articles

A Client and Architect’s Second Act

1 week ago | architectmagazine.com | Nate Traylor

Few clients commission one award-winning home from Arthur Dyson. Fewer still return decades later for a second. But that’s exactly what Deborah and Greg Lapp did. Deborah and her late husband, Denis, had previously worked with Dyson—an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright and Bruce Goff—on the Lencioni Residence, a.k.a. the Hobbit House, a home that went on to win national awards, grace museum exhibitions, and become a case study in the power of organic design.
5 Courses to Elevate Your Interiors Expertise

1 week ago | architectmagazine.com | Nate Traylor

Interior spaces shape how people feel, work, heal, and connect. For architects looking to sharpen their interiors expertise, these five AIA-approved courses offer practical, high-impact insights into materials, wellness strategies, and safety considerations that define today’s built environments. Ready to elevate your interiors? Start here. 1.
Inside the Eameses’ Last Stand: Rare Designs and Radical Ergonomics Reemerge at the Transamerica Pyramid

1 week ago | architectmagazine.com | Nate Traylor

The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity is launching a landmark exhibition, Past as Prologue: The Last Decade of Furniture Design by Ray and Charles Eames (1968–1978), at San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid Center during San Francisco Design Week. This marks the Institute’s first major public installation outside its archives and forms part of a larger cultural partnership with luxury real estate development and investment firm SHVO and the Pyramid Arts Program.
V&A’s Radical New Wing Reveals What Museums Usually Hide

1 week ago | architectmagazine.com | Nate Traylor

Imagine a cabinet of curiosities, only the cabinet is a 16,000-square-meter facility and the curiosities are artifacts spanning centuries and nearly every conceivable creative medium. That’s the V&A East Storehouse.
Brizo Introduces Frank Lloyd Wright Kitchen Collection

2 weeks ago | architectmagazine.com | Nate Traylor

What if Frank Lloyd Wright designed a faucet? Brizo thinks it would look something like this—bold, geometric, and grounded in natural materials, where every angle and curve serves both form and function. The brand’s new kitchen collection builds on the success of Brizo’s earlier bath line, expanding its collaboration with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation.
Going Once … Going Twice … Sold!: Frank Lloyd Wright Lamp Shatters Record for $7.5M

2 weeks ago | architectmagazine.com | Nate Traylor

Someone is the proud owner of a $7.5 million lamp. Frank Lloyd Wright’s Double-Pedestal Lamp for the Susan Lawrence Dana House ignited a fierce bidding war at Sotheby’s recent Modern Evening Auction. In what a press release describes as an “11-minute battle”—one imagines paddles fluttering and stabbing the air in rapid succession—the sale set a new auction record for a FLW-designed item. The lamp sold for nearly four times the price it commanded when it was on the block in 2002.
Meet the Harvard GSD’s 2026 Loeb Fellows

2 weeks ago | architectmagazine.com | Nate Traylor

The Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design has announced its Class of 2026, a cohort of 10 practitioners whose work spans continents and disciplines—from urban governance to sound art, architecture to activism. Each fellow joins the program with a shared mission: to explore how design can foster equity, resilience, and collective action.
5 Courses to Round Out Your Residential Product Knowledge

3 weeks ago | architectmagazine.com | Nate Traylor

Stay sharp on design trends and material innovations with these five AIA-approved courses. Whether you're refining exterior details or enhancing interior environments, these on-demand sessions offer practical insights to elevate your next project—and your professional credentials. 1. Compliance Testing for Face Brick Delve into what makes face brick a powerhouse for exterior design in this course that covers performance standards, physical testing, and the beauty of natural imperfections.
Coverings 2025: 9 Standout Tile Collections Showcasing This Year’s Biggest Design Trends

3 weeks ago | architectmagazine.com | Nate Traylor

From opulent to understated, tile is more versatile than ever. But look closely at the almost overwhelming variety of products on display at Coverings 2025 and common a theme emerges: a return to nature, where authentic textures, earthy palettes, and sustainable innovations converge to create spaces that are as mindful as they are beautiful.
After Months of Uncertainty, Price Tower is Under New Ownership

1 month ago | architectmagazine.com | Nate Traylor

The iconic Price Tower in Bartlesville, Ok. —Frank Lloyd Wright’s only realized skyscraper—has been sold to McFarlin Building for $1.4 million following a court-supervised bankruptcy process. The sale was finalized on Monday, May 5. McFarlin’s track record in adaptive reuse projects, including the transformation of Tulsa’s Mayo Hotel and the Triangle Building in Pawhuska, bodes well for the tower’s preservation and continued use.