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Explore - House Tours
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Butterfly Roof Meditation Hut
Illinois resident Mary Kalanzis rises every morning with a view worthy of the next world. "I wake up to the vision of the hut everyday," she says. "There's something about the...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake02.11.11 -
All Together Now
When Svetlin Krastev and Dessi Nikolova had their second child, they saw two options: Go broke buying a bigger apartment, or renovate their existing 620-square-foot home.
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: David Allee02.06.11 -
A House Grows in Brooklyn
For most homeowners, the goal of renovating is to transform an existing space into an idealized domicile. Few couples, however, include both the architect whose training can precipitate a vision...
written by: Alan Rappphotos by: Matthew Williams01.28.11 -
Portland's Cape Cod Remodel
With its slim profile and sleek gray exterior, Lola Oyibo and Eric Boardman’s home in Portland, Oregon bears little resemblance to the house it used to be. Unable to afford the 40% down...
written by: Amara Holstein01.24.11 -
Just Redo It
What do you get when you give a couple of designers unlimited creative license on a very limited budget? For Andrew Dunbar and Zoee Astrakhan, the possibilities were limitless.
written by: Zahid Sardarphotos by: Justin Fantl01.24.11 -
2011 AIA Institute Honor Awards
Each January, the American Institute of Architects awards its annual Honor Awards to the top designs in architecture, interior architecture, and regional and urban design. Here we feature the 2011...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake01.22.11 -
Harvest Boon
In the eastern Netherlands, resourceful recyclers 2012Architects have built a house almost entirely out of locally sourced scrap, from old billboards to broken umbrellas.
written by: Jane Szitaphotos by: Mark Seelen01.17.11 -
Modernism for an Ancient Pastime
One of Boston's newest additions is the Kollel of Greater Boston—a post-graduate Talmudic research institute that trains future Rabbis—built in the city's historic Brighton district.
written by: Diana Buddsphotos by: Josh Kuchinsky01.15.11 -
An Attic Studio in Stockholm
In a 495-square-foot attic in the Söder neighborhood of Stockholm, interior designer Jimmy Schonning—a local celebrity for his role in the Swedish TV shows "Finally at Home"...
written by: Jaime Gillin01.13.11 -
Kind of New
For Brussels-based furniture designer Christiane Högner, inspiration comes less from glossy design mags than the castoffs she finds on the streets of Belgium.
written by: Sally McGranephotos by: Céline Clanet01.12.11 -
Small Wonder
On a quaint, tree-lined street in Berkeley, California, architect Sarah Deeds of Deeds Design and carpenter John McBride placed a 120-square-foot office/art studio near their main house, a...
written by: Erika Heet01.05.11 -
Capital Gains: Sacramento Remodel
Sacramento architectural designer Curtis Popp bought and renovated, in three months, a five-bedroom, three-bath, 2,900-square-foot house that had, over the years, succumbed to a growing...
written by: Erika Heet01.01.11 -
Academy Rewards
A pair of photographers employed a pair of architects (they're all buddies) to transform an aging schoolhouse into a modern marvel.
written by: David Hay12.23.10 -
Home to Tea House Transformation
In Eugene, Oregon, designer Ben Waechter turned a residential home into a tea house and sampling room by borrowing ideas from another building typology: the theater.
written by: Miyoko Ohtake12.21.10 -
Garden Statement
On a once-vacant corner lot in a transitional Jersey City neighborhood, a pair of local architects devised a clever prefab for a resourceful client.
written by: William Lambphotos by: Samantha Contis12.19.10 -
Craig Newick's Chanukah Houses
Earlier today architect Craig Newick sent me a note with a little one-off Chanukah project he did for his wife and I couldn't resist sharing it. He made a menorah of houses, eight small models...
written by: Aaron Britt12.08.10 -
Techbuilt House
The first residence built in Tuxedo Park, New York, after World War II wasn’t one of the Shingle-style mansions that proliferated there after the tycoon Pierre Lorillard IV developed the...
written by: Marc Kristalphotos by: Carl Bellavia12.08.10 -
Update on the Crocker Art Museum
My colleague Aaron Britt posted a great interview with the director of the Crocker Art Museum this past summer, and I'm here with a quick update: the museum opened in October, and it looks...
written by: Jaime Gillin12.07.10 -
Adventures in Oz
Having admired a project by Shane Blue of Bourne + Blue Architecture in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, James and Sue O’Sullivan asked the architect to help them create a beachside...
written by: Erika Heetphotos by: Simon Whitbread12.06.10 -
House, Rotated: Prototype 180
On November 11, 2010, New York artist Mary Ellen Carroll rotated a single-family home in Houston’s aging first-ring suburb, Sharpstown, a neighborhood characterized by rows of post-WWII...
written by: Michelle Whitephotos by: Kenny Trice12.02.10
