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Explore - My House
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The Pace of Portland
When creative director Ben Watson and his partner, painter Claudio Tschopp, relocated from Basel, Switzerland, to Portland, Oregon, three years ago, they had been told about Portland’s Pearl...
written by: Brian Libbyphotos by: John Clark01.01.09 -
Take Me Home
A “tree house” of clean lines, ample glass, and thoughtful ingenuity lets a Washington, DC–area family and a stream of weekend guests enjoy prefab living in an unlikely locale:...
written by: Jeremy Berlinphotos by: Chris Mueller01.08.09 -
Abiquiu Debut
Abiquiu, New Mexico, owes this rugged new house to a plucky pair of residents, two talented architects and one long-sighted and very gracious loan officer.
written by: Chelsea Holden Bakerphotos by: João Canziani01.14.09 -
Salvage Love
The first year out of college is a wildcard for most people. Whether spent bumming around Europe with a backpack or slogging through a suffocating desk job, it’s often a year with little...
written by: Sarah Richphotos by: Misty Keasler01.14.09 -
Bay Wash
With a presence in three centuries, Christi Azevedo’s Victorian survived the quake of 1906 and served as a laundry before its rebirth as a well-lit hybrid of old and new.
written by: Deborah Bishopphotos by: Dave Lauridsen01.14.09 -
Hive Minded
Openshop|Studio’s design for a hivelike structure in the middle of a Brooklyn loft creates a chrysalis of comfort for a couple and their baby.
written by: Eviana Hartmanphotos by: Jesse Chehak01.14.09 -
Twice as Nice
Within the mix of warehouses, detached brick bungalows, and dusty pubs of the Sydney, Australia, suburb of Alexandria, local architect David Langston-Jones has built an intricate and finely...
written by: Marcus Trimblephotos by: Nick Bowers01.14.09 -
Slanted and Enchanted
Taking inspiration from barns, warehouses, Case Study Houses, and Japanese residential architecture, architect Marcus Lee and his wife, Rachel Hart—–an architectural model maker—...
written by: Dominic Bradburyphotos by: Jeremy Murch01.14.09 -
Double Time
The last time Blake Trabulsi and Allison Orr had a party at their house in Austin, Texas, it lasted until 5 a.m. Observes Trabulsi: “People are so comfortable here, they never want to leave.”
written by: Fred A. Bernsteinphotos by: Jack Thompson01.14.09 -
Lucky's Break
With a very limited budget and no construction experience, Lucky and Kim Diaz overhauled a wreck of a house into a sweet, 1,100-square-foot Los Angeles home with just $55,000 and a whole lot of...
written by: Amara Holsteinphotos by: João Canziani01.14.09 -
Industrial Revolution
Maria Cook and Lance Compa were only looking to kill a sleepy Sunday afternoon when they drove 20 minutes south of their home in Ithaca, New York, to see a house that a real estate circular had...
written by: William Lambphotos by: Adam Friedberg01.15.09 -
Light Box
For Tad Beck, making a home out of a stolid, windowless warehouse meant opening it up from the inside out.
written by: Fred A. Bernsteinphotos by: Dave Lauridsen01.15.09 -
Top Notch
Tom Hanks is not known for horror films, but his 1986 flop, The Money Pit, has a terrifying premise: A seemingly small renovation consumes a couple’s life, devouring their reserves of time,...
written by: Reyhan Harmanciphotos by: Doug Adesko01.15.09 -
Pittsburgh Steeler
With a nod to the Burgh’s industrial heritage, and an eye toward the new, Jeff Walz replaced an aging farmhouse with a chic steel cube.
written by: Deborah Bishopphotos by: Livia Corona01.15.09 -
Lost and Foundation
Tony and Rachel Sherman were simply trying to buy a house, but what they found instead was a foundation—a discovery that transformed them from home buyers to home builders virtually overnight.
written by: Sydney LeBlancphotos by: Noah Webb01.15.09 -
Ski Lift
This New York turned ski bum took a little piece of the city to the mountains, and never looked back.
written by: Heather Wagnerphotos by: Bjorn Wallander01.15.09 -
Boom Box
Londoner Dave Clayden has gradually adjusted to life in the subtropics, where, as he puts it, “toweling yourself down after a shower is enough to make you start sweating again.” He no longer...
written by: Karen Pakulaphotos by: Richard Powers01.15.09 -
The Raiser's Edge
Mike McDonald, an Oakland, California–based builder, faced a common problem for Bay Area homeowners: an aesthetically pleasing, historically significant, but structurally shaky Victorian.
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Jason Madara01.15.09 -
Universal Appeal
When David Carmel decided to propose to Kirsten Axelsen, he was at home in Manhattan and she was in Ethiopia, working to eliminate trachoma (the world’s leading cause of preventable blindness). No...
written by: Fred A. Bernsteinphotos by: Raimund Koch01.15.09 -
An Inno-native Approach
Joe Osae-Addo, a highly gregarious, Ghanaian-born architect, was living in Los Angeles, designing buildings and acting as the unofficial social coordinator of the local architecture scene. But on a...
written by: Frances Andertonphotos by: Dook01.15.09
