He was a quiet man, so this should be short.  He drove a car faster than anyone else ever could, and he usually built it with his own...

CUBAN REFLECTIONS “Lies are a little fortress; inside them you can feel safe and powerful. Through your little fortress of lies you try...

An old man looks out at an open sea and ninety miles to freedom. His raft, built from salvaged blocks of styrofoam and held together with...

I remember my first day at Gunn Meyerhoff Shay like it was yesterday. It began with my first collaborative effort to scale a map which...

Community, it’s a word that we hear almost daily, whether referring to a local municipality, a church congregation, or a group of blocks...

On the corner of a busy intersection not far from the bay of Havana, a stately historic building crumbles. Large pieces of it fall into...

From its inception, the proposed new Cultural Arts Center for the City of Savannah has been badly misunderstood.  As local...

This weekend we travelled to New York City to visit business friends and to see some great theaters—to see how they compare to the one we...

When traveling to other destinations—usually cities—one of the things I find most revealing are the sounds they make. Go to a public...

At GMShay, we love making good (sometimes great) buildings and places. But in a world-class city like Savannah, just being good is not...

Telling a Story in Stone Motoring down the Canale Grande in Venice one evening on vacation with our sons, David eyed me as I gazed...

You may have already heard this, but America recently voted for change. What kind of change, and how it will be implemented remains to be...

The days after Christmas and before New Year’s Day frequently find us all making resolutions regarding the year ahead.  Two years ago...

For this year’s annual corporate meeting we decided to visit another Southern city that we learned is enjoying a renaissance: Nashville....

Our recent trip to Nashville started me thinking about how some cities are evolving in reaction to the aspirations of citizens for...

Janice and I love our new home.  It is quiet, comfortable and relaxing.  With two full bedrooms upstairs, and a small bedroom for our...

Like a quiet angel, Saad Al-Jassar slips into our design studio every few years. Then, when he feels his work is done, he politely exits...

Jane Jacobs, the greatest planner of our lifetimes, believed that cities were organisms, not machines.  Like all organisms, elements of...

When architects, environmentalists and planners talk about sustainability they usually mean the ability to enjoy the future without...

Visiting Venice is always a journey to a place full of art. This year we see her brimming with expression in La Biennalle and dozens of...