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Explore - Homes
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10 Amazing Examples of Shipping Container Architecture
If you caught our recent round up of shipping container homes, you know there's no shortage of innovative adaptations to the boxy cargo pieces. We can't get enough of them, either, and here we...
written by: Diana Budds11.30.12 -
Winter Wonderlands
The chill of winter is soon to set in. Thinking toward blustery days ahead, we've corralled a series of modern homes set amid snowy surroundings and with cozy interiors, ranging from a cabin built...
written by: Diana Budds11.29.12 -
Pole Position
To maximize their small Warsaw loft, transatlantic designers Aleksander Novak-Zemplinski and Becky Nix handcrafted a fleet of double-duty furnishings.
written by: Sally McGranephotos by: Andreas Meichsner11.20.12 -
Those in Glass Houses
Two linked 1,000-square-foot pavilions are greater than a sum of their parts.
written by: Zahid Sardarphotos by: Matthew Millman11.19.12 -
Building the Pentimento House
David Barragan and Jose Maria Saez call their Pentimento House "an architecture to be naked to connect with its surroundings." Built using a new, Lego-like modular prefab system the two architects...
written by: Diana Budds11.16.12 -
Philippe Starck in the Philippines
What do you get when you take a French designer and a British real estate guru and give them a piece of land in a booming residential pocket of Manila, the Philippines? A glassy, 56-story...
written by: Emily Nonko11.16.12 -
Visiting the Parrish Art Museum
In our October Modern Across America issue, we previewed the Hamptons' Parrish Art Museum, designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron with interiors by Konstantin Grcic. Last week, we had...
written by: Maggie Nolin11.15.12 -
All Wrapped Up
How is a 921-square-foot, 44-level house possible? Witness Tokyo architect Akihisa Hirata’s mind-bending, shape-shifting solution to small-space living.
written by: Naomi Pollockphotos by: Koichi Torimura11.12.12 -
Railroad Revival
It isn't often that your eight-year-old son helps you decide on an architect, but that is how homeowners Connie DeWitt and Kam Kasravi became well-acquainted with architect David Fenster of Modulus...
written by: Olivia Martin11.07.12 -
EastEnders
Thanks to designers Nina Tolstrup and Jack Mama, an aging workshop in London’s once-gritty Bethnal Green is reborn as a colorful, custom-built guesthouse.
written by: Iain Aitchphotos by: Ben Anders11.05.12 -
More Modern on the Inside: Slab Apartment, Athens
Athens, Greece, the cradle of classical architecture, is home to this modern renovation of an 810-square-foot apartment. The pied-à-terre's location in Plaka, the historic neighborhood at...
written by: Diana Budds11.05.12 -
NHR Apartment by Gut Gut
In our March 2012 issue we toured this small Bratislava, Slovak Republic, apartment in the story True Value. Now we're having a look at another hip flat by the same firm, Gut Gut. This time the...
written by: Aaron Britt10.30.12 -
Up and Away
Working with a limited footprint, a daunting slope, and killer views, architect Bruce Bolander went vertical with a secluded canyon house in Malibu.
written by: Erika Heetphotos by: J Bennett Fitts10.29.12 -
The Windows Have It
From classic, cool glass swaths to a glowing semi-opaque wall to a crowning oculus of light, we've rounded up a selection of some of the most distinctive and diverse windows from homes featured in...
written by: Sara Ost10.24.12 -
Mini Apartments and Next-Wave Prefab, Part 3
This blog series profiles a new prefab development in San Francisco's SOMA neighborhood—a LEED Platinum-targeted building containing 23 "micro-studios." Built in a California factory in a...
written by: Jaime Gillin10.24.12 -
Cabin Fever
Built-ins abound in this renovation of a 1970s lodge perched high in the French Alps. H2O Architectes devised a plan to increase livable space while leaving the structure intact. What results is a...
written by: Diana Budds10.22.12 -
Romancing the Stone
From the warm tone of travertine to the pitch black of Indian granite to the industrial edge of gabions, natural stone products lend a lot to the tactility and mood of a structure.
written by: Diana Budds10.19.12 -
Lands End Lookout
Locals headed for a trek on the Lands End trail are stumbling upon the newest marvel within Golden Gate National Park while Bay Area architects and conservationists have eagerly anticipated its...
written by: Luanne Bradley10.18.12 -
A Rare Glimpse of Google's Data Centers
Information giant Google has centers all over the world that drive everything you see on the web. These recently released photos show the poetry that goes into organizing the sheer amount of data...
written by: Skylar Bergl10.17.12 -
Ai Weiwei’s Washington Moment
He’s been jailed, beaten, and most recently, had his design firm, Fake Cultural Development, shut down by Chinese authorities. Now famed Beijing artist and Twitter hero Ai Weiwei is currently...
written by: Sommer Mathis10.17.12
