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  1. Cultural Commod(e)ity
    Design 101

    Cultural Commod(e)ity

    In 1937, as the modern movement in Europe 
faced the stifling rise of fascism, the leftist French 
Union des Artistes Modernes hosted a pavilion at the Paris World’s Fair that presented, among...

    written by: Virginia Gardiner
    02.26.09

  2. Ruin Reborn
    Green

    Ruin Reborn

    In 1981, Londoners Anthony and Gillian Blee purchased the ultimate fixer-upper. The property in southwestern France was idyllic, but its old mill, built in 1822, and three flanking outbuildings had...

    written by: Miyoko Ohtake
    photos by: Sarah Blee
    01.19.11

  3. Sun-Mar

    In 1971, Hardy Sundberg developed the world's first self-contained composting toilet. For the first time a self-contained toilet could be put in a bathroom ...

    01.15.09

  4. Porches Inn, North Adams, Massachusetts
    Hotels

    Porches Inn, North Adams, Massachusetts

    In 1985, the Sprague Electric Mill in North Adams, Massachusetts, closed down. Like many similar western Massachusetts towns supporting heavy industry, North Adams relied on its factories to...

    written by: Laura Feinstein
    07.17.12

  5. Play's the Thing
    My House

    Play's the Thing

    With ingenuity and plenty of elbow grease, architect John Tong turned an old Toronto dairy into the ultimate family clubhouse.

    written by: Alex Bozikovic
    photos by: Christopher Wahl
    07.04.11

  6. Man of Steel
    Profiles

    Man of Steel

    The Seattle prince of architectural gizmos is branching out into a new line of hardware fashioned from bars and pipes.

    written by: J. Michael Welton
    10.02.12

  7. A Little Bit Country
    House Tours

    A Little Bit Country

    Thanks to Matthew Hufft, their envelope-pushing architect and longtime friend, Hannah and Paul Catlett have a new home in southwestern Missouri that’s a fresh, unconventional take on the...

    written by: Georgina Gustin
    photos by: Joe Pugliese
    10.08.12

  8. New Frontiers
    My House

    New Frontiers

    An airy addition on the back of a historic house in Boise is a model of sensitive renovation, seamlessly melding new and old.

    written by: Jaime Gillin
    photos by: Lincoln Barbour
    10.01.12

  9. Case Study Bowls

    Case Study Bowls

    Case Study Bowls with Tri-Stand in White by Modernica, $695 modernica.net

    $695.00