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A House Grows in Brooklyn
While most people living in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn didn’t see much to love about an abandoned, weedy lot squeezed between two old town houses, one couple couldn’t help...
written by: Tim McKeoughphotos by: Dean Kaufman01.18.09 -
A Rational Approach
Typography guru Erik Spiekermann and his wife, designer Susanna Dulkinys, hate clutter. That’s why they love the supersleek Berlin domicile they constructed to have just the right lines...
written by: Sally McGranephotos by: Pia Ulin06.28.10 -
Above the Fray
How a Bay Area architect who toggles his time between the coasts found his home away from home in a modern Manhattan high-rise.
written by: Kevin Sintumuangphotos by: Brian Finke08.21.12 -
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 -
Building Community
With a clean-lined new loft building designed by El Dorado Inc., a fleet of hip galleries, and a burgeoning creative class, Wichita is anything but plains.
written by: Georgina Gustinphotos by: Jake Stangel09.16.11 -
Courtyard of Appeal
Like so many L.A. stories, the tale of the Courtyard House begins with a lucky break. One day in 2001, Thomas Robertson got a call from a friend he hadn’t seen in ages. The friend told him that his...
written by: David A. Greenephotos by: Maria Aufmuth01.25.09 -
Creative Re-Use in Oakland
Stephen Shoup is the kind of person to see potential in things that others might miss. In 2005, looking for a property that would house himself and his design/build firm, building Lab inc., he...
written by: Kelly Vencill Sanchez02.28.11 -
Designed for Dialog
Dr. Kenneth Montague’s Toronto loft is both home and art gallery—and the ultimate party house, thanks to two kitchens, a rooftop deck, and no shortage of conversation pieces.
written by: Alex Bozikovicphotos by: Naomi Finlay08.09.12 -
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 -
Flower Box
This flower shop, art gallery, and home for two looks like the simplest of cubes. Fitting it all into 1,115 square feet, however, prompted Japanese architect Makoto Tanijiri to think outside the box.
written by: Winifred Birdphotos by: Takashi Homma11.01.10 -
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 -
In the Loop
Adrian Jones lived in his top-floor loft in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood for nine years before renovating. For a bachelor set designer, the 2,500-square-foot space was perfect: plenty...
written by: Mimi Zeigerphotos by: Kevin Cooley02.10.11 -
Keep Your Eye on the Balto
Coffee shop and bakery owner Greg Martin kept baker’s hours to whip this chimerical Minneapolis building into a modern confection.
written by: Georgina Gustinphotos by: Cameron Wittig01.16.09 -
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 -
Knotty by Nature
In snowy Sweden, where pine planks and the democratic design incubator Ikea reign supreme, a local architect pays homage to his patrimony, making a small, slatty home feel like a rather big deal....
written by: Grant Gibsonphotos by: Pia Ulin04.03.10 -
Like a Kid in a Candy Store
For Parisian gallery director Didier Krzentowski, the art of collecting has become a career by design.
written by: Sam Grawephotos by: Philippe Munda07.01.09 -
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 -
Mid-Century Mash-Up
Although postwar California modernism is generally associated with Southern California, the Bay Area’s own tradition has begun in recent years to be more widely acknowledged, and its surviving...
written by: Sam Grawephotos by: Misha Gravenor01.16.09 -
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 -
New Orleans, LA
As New Orleans struggles to get back on its feet, one architect learns from the past while building for the future.
written by: Andrew Wagnerphotos by: Catherine Ledner01.18.09







