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.

Lights, fixtures, action!

Little conveniences create optimal bathroom experience

Dec 3

4 tips for a better bathroom

Usable space trumps 'wow' space

Nov 19

A window into 'glass box' flaws

For occupants, form fails function test

Nov 8

Ancient China did home design right

Modern workmanship is shadow of nation's rich past

Oct 22

Being 'green' is all a show

Shanghai Expo reveals which nations take event most seriously

Oct 8

China rises, quality lags

Manufacturing flaws a weakness for emerging superpower

Sep 24

Race to be greenest: U.S. vs. China

Asian giant comes out ahead in 3 key areas

Sep 10

China's skyscraper plan: 'pie in the sky'?

Utopian visions miss the mark

Aug 27

China's construction scale follows in U.S. footsteps

Developing nation cuts through red tape

Aug 13

Machismo and architecture

Admit it: Men do care about aesthetics

Jul 30

Blandville, U.S.A.: An endless landscape of corporate chains

How our built environment was homogenized

Jul 19

How to speak 'door'

There's more to it than knobs and hinges

Jul 2

Remodeling strips art from architecture

Arbitrary alterations can lead to lower resale

Jun 18

Better, cheaper solutions for traffic control

Urban planning's black eye

Jun 4

Seeing red over unnecessary traffic signals

Urban planning's black eye

May 21

Getting the wrong signal on traffic improvements

Part 1: Urban planning's black eye

May 7

Revisit the house of the future

Yesterday's far-out visions for real estate

Apr 23

Home remodel: vandalizing a 'Rembrandt'

When modernization goes too far

Apr 9

Why we love big houses

Can Americans break free from 'Big Marketing Lie'?

Mar 26

Imitation building materials don't flatter

Do fake construction products justify the discount?

Mar 12

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