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Coast Docs
Law professor Carole Goldberg and sociology professor Duane Champagne both teach at the University of California, Los Angeles. Both have a love of books and cooking, and since marrying in 2003,...
written by: Emily Youngphotos by: Shawn Records06.30.10 -
Test-Case Scenario
Beating out a host of competitors, one Danish family left their home behind (it’s just down the road, really) to camp out for a year in an Active House, a green-home prototype with all the...
written by: Cathy Strongmanphotos by: Jens Passoth06.15.10 -
Singapore Fling
In December 2007, Nicolette de Waart, her husband, Joost Dop, and their four children moved from Heemstede, the Netherlands, to Singapore. While Dop began his new job, De Waart set out to find...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Jasper James06.02.10 -
Mind the Gap
On an eight-foot-wide site in London, architect Luke Tozer cleverly squeezed in a four-story home equipped with rain-water-harvesting and geothermal systems.
written by: Dominic Bradburyphotos by: Charlie Crane06.01.10 -
Sky Small
Building a small home doesn’t equate to easy lifting. Before Tom Bayley could call in a crane to lift the materials for his 800-square-foot house to the roof of the building on which it&rsquo...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: John Clark04.14.10 -
The Great Compression
In Auckland, New Zealand, architect Michael O’Sullivan and his partner Melissa Schollum braved a miniscule budget, withering looks from friends, and nasty nail-gun injuries to design and...
written by: Jeremy Hansenphotos by: Patrick Reynolds04.13.10 -
Pedro E. Guerrero
In 1939, Frank Lloyd Wright hired 22-year-old Pedro Guerrero to be Taliesin West’s resident photographer, the start of a collaborative bond that would last until Wright’s death in 1959....
written by: Christene Barberichphotos by: Pedro E. Guerrero03.16.10 -
Plan of Steel
The Blue Sky prototype home tiptoes gracefully across the desert landscape just north of Joshua Tree National Park. Nestled amid piñon and juniper trees and outcroppings of boulders, the...
written by: Brendan Newnamphotos by: Misha Gravenor03.07.10 -
Young Turks
Istanbul modern? In a word, it’s Autoban. With their east-meets-west twist on mid-century classics, this young duo has jump-started their hometown’s design scene.
written by: Virginia Gardiner03.04.10 -
Bringing It All Back Home
Relying on local materials, local craftsmen, and the land her family has farmed for over two centuries, a New Yorker rediscovers her Midwestern roots.
written by: William Lambphotos by: Kyoko Hamada02.08.10 -
Surfer's Turf
It was the surf and the artsy vibe that attracted Eric Grunbaum to Venice Beach, California, 18 years ago. An avid surfer and creative director for an advertising agency, he thrives on lively...
written by: Paul Youngphotos by: Ye Rin Mok02.08.10 -
Campbells' Coup
Modernist furniture may signal worldly tastes, but its American origins lie in Michigan’s humble reaches. It’s here that Keith and Mary Campbell renovated a lakeside cottage into a...
written by: James Griffioenphotos by: Raimund Koch01.25.10 -
Mod Men
Todd Goddard and Andrew Mandolene have a spring in their step since completing their restoration of the near-derelict 1957 home of architect Arthur Witthoefft, who says, “I can’t get...
written by: Marc Kristalphotos by: Jason Schmidt01.20.10 -
Eero Dynamic
Eero Aarnio’s persistent quest for functional forms and manufacturing processes has been at the center of his iconic and prolific career.
written by: Asko Ahokasphotos by: Joanna Moorhouse01.12.10 -
Opdahl Remastered
Case Study architect Edward Killingsworth’s masterpiece, the 1957 Opdahl House, fell into ruin, but thanks to a musician with a passion for modernism, it is celebrating its 50th anniversary...
written by: Sam Grawephotos by: Catherine Ledner01.12.10 -
Shelf Life
Though he appears to live alone, this graphically inclined Parisian commissioned an apartment that deftly houses his many roommates—scores of beloved comics—as well.
written by: Virginia Gardinerphotos by: Céline Clanet01.04.10 -
Best in Snow
Most homeowners would avoid living within striking distance of an avalanche, but Marcell Strolz and Uli Alber embrace Alpine extremes. They built a house that could weather even the fiercest storm....
written by: Dominic Bradburyphotos by: Richard Powers12.30.09 -
Tightly Knit
Drawing on an inherited plot of land, his father’s steel company, and his brother-in-law’s architectural know-how, Motoshi Yatabe’s new house is all in the family.
written by: Mimi Zeigerphotos by: Dean Kaufman12.07.09 -
Ed Mazria
"This isn’t a question of cost: It’s a question of design. Design is how you solve the climate-change problem."
written by: Geoff Manaugh11.24.09 -
Greener Pasture
Like a little chapel on the prairie, architect Jean-Baptiste Barache’s simply elegant retreat in the tiny Normandy town of Auvillier is a modern play on centuries-old forms and technology.
written by: Michelle Hoffmanphotos by: Céline Clanet11.10.09
