Writer & Journalist
Stories rooted in place
X Marks the Spot: Two architects went searching for their hearts desire, and found it in a friend’s backyard.
Sometimes architecture starts with a material. Sometimes it starts with a landscape. And sometimes it starts with a paddle stroke.
Latest Work
Sunday Dinner at the Diago’s—Chronogram July 26
Cabin Flush: Designer Daniela Araya’s Colorful Delaware County Cabin-Chronogram, June 2026
Inside Ivy Dane's Pattern-Filled Life in Hudson — Chronogram, May 2026
Karen Rinaldi’s Cocteau-Inspired Copake Home Is a Refuge After Divorce- Chronogram April, 2026
A Rhinebeck House Built for Entertaining—and a Life Together- Chronogram December, 2025
Plum Design Group Revives a Beloved Shawangunk Ridge Home- Upstate House, Winter 2025
A Storied Lake Compound in Esopus Gets an Eco-Conscious Uplift— Upstate House, Fall 2025
Mary Angeles Armstrong is a writer and journalist covering architecture, sustainable design, and historic preservation. Based in New York’s Hudson Valley, her in-depth profiles explore people and the places they call home. Her work appears in Chronogram, Upstate House, and Mansion Global.