Arrol Gellner

Contributor

Arrol Gellner is a practicing architect with 30 years' experience in residential and commercial architecture. He is a graduate of the College of Environmental Design at the University of California at Berkeley. Gellner's column, Architext, appears in newspapers nationwide, include the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle. Gellner is the author of several books on historic architecture. He is also a frequent speaker on design subjects, and has served on panels with some of California's most distinguished architects. Gellner works in a renovated turn-of-the-century fire hose factory near San Francisco. He also maintains an office and a home in Suzhou, China, where he spends his summers. His other interests include classic cars and music recording.

A brief history of 'High-Tech' architecture

Finding remnants of the past in today's style

Apr 14

Four wheels good, two legs bad

Why do American city planners favor cars over pedestrians?

Mar 31

Victorian architecture: the good, the bad, the ugly

Applying the 19th-century style to today's homes

Mar 17

Conservation of building materials played key role in early architecture

How did modern society become tainted by tear-down, rebuild mindset?

Mar 3