Nate Traylor

Los Angeles

Content Strategist at ZondaHome

Swimming pool journalist. Yes, there is such a thing.

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Foster + Partners’ Riviera Tower Exemplifies Biophilic High-Rise Design on the Athenian Riviera

2 weeks ago | architectmagazine.com | Nate Traylor

Rising from the sun-soaked grounds of Athens’ former international airport, Riviera Tower combines biophilic principles, advanced engineering, and a distinct Mediterranean sensibility. Designed by Foster + Partners, the 656-foot tower is a focal point of The Ellinikon, a smart city being built along the Athenian Riviera.
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3 weeks ago | architectmagazine.com | Nate Traylor

Staying current with your continuing education has never been easier. The ARCHITECT U newsletter delivers the latest AIA-approved CEU courses straight to your inbox—no searching, no guesswork, just timely opportunities to expand your expertise and meet your credits. Subscribe today to receive:Newly released, on-demand CEU coursesExpert insights on sustainability, wellness, and materialsSign up for the newsletter.
A Client and Architect’s Second Act

4 weeks 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

4 weeks 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.
Ready to Renovate? Demand for Pool Makeovers Surge, Bringing Risks and Rewards

4 weeks ago | poolspanews.com | Nate Traylor

For many homeowners, moving is no longer an option—remodeling is—and the shift is creating a surge in demand for pool renovations. Pool contractors are responding with upgraded designs, smarter systems, and a few words of caution for those rushing into the high-reward, high-risk world of remodels. Renovations Rev Up“Renovations are our biggest growth market—more than new pool builds,” says Mike Church, CEO of Cody Pools, headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Inside the Eameses’ Last Stand: Rare Designs and Radical Ergonomics Reemerge at the Transamerica Pyramid

4 weeks 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

4 weeks 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

1 month 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

1 month 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

1 month 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.