Michael C. Brown / Architect

05/28/2026

Update on the Arcadia Project.

04/24/2026

Things are moving!

04/24/2026

Facelift for a home in Lexington. It was an unusual situation with a pool in front and a bridge over it. The pool was usually fairly gnarly at the bottom. We replaced it with a new precast conc. porch and re-vamped the roof and supports, giving it some kinetic energy. The angles were taken from the existing house.

03/05/2026

“We were puzzled this morning when the US Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) approved the concept plans for the proposed White House ballroom, and then, in a second vote—without any advance public notice—also approved the final plans, which had neither been presented nor reviewed.”

The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts approved the plan for President Trump’s White House ballroom with a unanimous vote of 6-0.

02/25/2026

Fantastic day at the Arcadia Project Ground Breaking yesterday.

02/10/2026

Sawtooth House, 2025-2026, Staunton, VA

01/12/2026

Burns Court, Sarasota. Historic small houses; 1926.

01/07/2026

Excellent work. Great news on preservation! https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/a-googie-icon-was-supposed-to-die-instead-it-became-a-chick-fil-a?utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=AN_010626&

A 1958 Googie landmark by Helen Liu Fong is meticulously restored in Los Angeles. Discover how preservation and adaptive reuse aligned.

12/12/2025

The destroyer.

Four historic Washington, D.C. buildings may be demolished by the Trump administration, per a court declaration filed yesterday, December 9.

12/12/2025

https://www.archpaper.com/2025/12/call-shalom-baranes-associates-east-wing-ballroom/

The 29 signatories of a letter addressed to architect Shalom Baranes, urge the architect to decline Trump’s commission to work on the White House East Wing ballroom project.