Wanda Lau

Chicago

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Editorial director @ledsmagazine, @smartbldgstech, @archsslonline, former executive editor @architectmag, past Folio: Top Women in Media, she/her

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Articles

Case Study: Cove House by Marcus Gleysteen Architects

Feb 27, 2025 | residentialdesignmagazine.com | Caroline Hetzel |Wanda Lau

The Lakes Region of New Hampshire has long drawn vacationers and even film studios, serving as the idyllic backdrop to motion pictures such as “On Golden Pond.” For one couple who has summered there with their family for more than two decades, the time had come to turn their lake house into their retirement home.
Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s Shenzhen Energy Ring Redefines Industrial Architecture in China

Feb 7, 2025 | architecturalrecord.com | Wanda Lau

Like the United States, China holds an unenviable position as a leading producer of trash, a fact that has not gone unnoticed by the Shenzhen Energy Environmental Company (SEE). The waste-management company has commissioned dozens of waste-to-energy (WtE) plants across China to put garbage to productive use. The Energy Ring, in northeastern Shenzhen, takes a noticeable design departure from the boxy and stolid form typical of SEE’s WtE plants.
Case Study: House on the Park by Studio Dwell

Jan 29, 2025 | residentialdesignmagazine.com | Caroline Hetzel |Wanda Lau

On the outside, the restored Italianate house in the Chicago neighborhood of Wicker Park looks as it did in 1885, when it was originally completed. Its red brickwork, limestone moldings, and intricate metal cornice are vibrant and pristine. A black metal staircase, newly built with historically accurate hand railings, leads visitors to an elevated porch and the original front door, flanked by lanterns and topped by a transom of original stained glass.
How National Trust Grantees in Chicago, New Hampshire, and New Jersey Are Tackling Today's Needs

Jan 29, 2025 | savingplaces.org | Amy Bizzarri |Wanda Lau |Meghan Drueding

photo by: Ian MacLellan More: Preservation Magazine By: Amy Bizzarri, Wanda Lau, and Meghan Drueding For most of the National Trust’s existence, its grantsprograms have provided a crucial lifeline to America’s historic places. To markthe organization’s 75th anniversary year, we explore three sites where National Trust grants have made a difference and learn how they’re taking on thechallenges of the moment.
Pro-File Design: Risa Boyer Architecture

Nov 6, 2024 | residentialdesignmagazine.com | Caroline Hetzel |Wanda Lau

Creative Collaborations | Risa Boyer Architecture, Portland, OregonThe projects of Risa Boyer Architecture are distinct in their siting, massing, design, and materiality, but they share a similar scale—one that is approachable and unassuming. Not surprisingly, firm founder and principal architect Risa Boyer Leritz, AIA, was drawn to the design profession after attending an exhibition of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian houses at the Marin County Civic Center, also designed by Wright, in California.
SOM Designs an Innovative Double-Skin Facade for MIT's Forward-Looking Computing College

Nov 5, 2024 | architecturalrecord.com | Wanda Lau

Artificial intelligence continues to advance at a rapid pace, leading to calls to ensure that its capabilities and influence do not grow unchecked. In 2018, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology established the Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing (SCC) as part of a $1 billion commitment to address the “opportunities and challenges presented by the prevalence of computing and the rise of artificial intelligence.”This investment included creating a home for the SCC.
Case Study: Wallingford by Prentiss + Balance + Wickline

Sep 25, 2024 | residentialdesignmagazine.com | Caroline Hetzel |Wanda Lau

Although the Seattle family with three young children loved life on the water in their lake house, they longed to develop strong ties with a community. They found a 50-foot-wide by 120-foot-deep infill lot in Wallingford, a tight-knit neighborhood in north central Seattle, and reached out to local firm Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects to create a home that would engage with the street front and neighborhood greenway running through their backyard.
The Newly Restored Waterford Mill Provides a Look Into an Industrial Past

Jul 31, 2024 | savingplaces.org | Wanda Lau

photo by: Virginia Hamrick Photography The Waterford Mill has hosted part of its namesake Virginia village’s annual crafts fair since the 1940s. But the 3-and-a-half-story brick structure first became a hub of economic activity around 1819 as a merchant-milling operation that used water-powered stone grinding to process wheat and other grains. When the nonprofit Waterford Foundation acquired the mill in 1944, it had ceased functioning, and little original infrastructure remained.
Case Study: Tribeca Penthouse by Min Design

May 7, 2024 | residentialdesignmagazine.com | S. Claire Conroy |Wanda Lau

The penthouse apartment in the converted 1874 warehouse in New York had soaring ceiling heights, an abundance of daylight, and a serviceable layout, but something was missing for its owners. “They didn’t like the finishes and the look of the apartment,” says E.B. Min, AIA, principal and founder of San Francisco‑based architecture firm Min Design, which had worked previously with the family with two young children. Originally renovated on spec, the residence had a generic quality.
A Luminous Lab at Ohio State Models Renewable Energy Strategies

Mar 31, 2024 | architecturalrecord.com | Wanda Lau

Standing at the gateway to the Ohio State University’s (OSU) nascent Carmenton campus, the 64,000-square-foot Energy Advancement and Innovation Center (EAIC) is about one-fifth the size of a neighboring research building, but “it can hold its own on the site,” says Brendan Flaherty, a senior project manager with the institution’s facilities, design, and construction group.