Hybridization is hit or miss (i.e., the jackalope).

Atlanta-based ceramicist Aleisha Ellis’s utilitarian style is inspired by contemporary Japanese work.

With sensitivity to local building typologies, fresh construction finds a place in Amsterdam.

We asked five households that recently switched Los Angeles neighborhoods what they had in mind when picking a new place to live.

A budget home embraces custom details fit for a family of five.

ZeroCabin offers DIY kits for building off-grid dwellings that run entirely on sunshine and rainwater.

Watch us try out an old-school plastic toy that's been reinvented in tactile wood.

Designer Jens Risom returns to his 1967 prefab off the coast of Rhode Island, readying it for his family's next generation.

A Seattle engineer builds an energy-efficient house with an assist from a prototype smart-home system.

Glass blocks—the old-school square blocks of translucent glass found in many buildings constructed from the 1940s through the...

Your garage, laundry room, basement, and other nonglam support areas: These are the silent killers of energy-efficiency in your...

Coexist Build launches a DIY tiny home that’s designed to be built in just a week.

The industrial-modern Metamorphosis House is now a showcase for art.

Families seeking seclusion in the city and ample space to grow and entertain will appreciate this five-bedroom, six-bath home in...

The 750-square-foot home, aptly named Stop Making Sense, recalls the chunky proportions of David Byrne’s iconic gray suit.

Melding corrugated metal with Douglas Fir wood, a sustainable home in Seattle brings nature inside while preserving a couple’s...

Breeze-blocks, perforated concrete blocks, cinder blocks, cobogó, or even decorative terra-cotta bricks: call them what you will,...

The front door of this São Paulo apartment is a wooden board once used to cut slabs of marble.

Built to Passive House standards, the New England home of Tom Risom and Pamela Austen is a trove of modernist design.

Hopie and Lily Stockman, the two sisters behind Block Shop, celebrate handmade artistry by launching their first collection of...

While some of Joe Columbo’s designs have proven the test of time (Alitalia still uses his plastic flatware), others were simply...

The city's new green building legislation will result in the equivalent of taking more than one million cars off the road by 2030.

From the deck of this waterfront house, the scenery is abuzz with Northern California wildlife–but there's not a utility bill in...

Make of it what you will: Welton Becket's "House of Tomorrow" is in foreclosure.

A creative California couple turn a 1958 residence into a beautiful and practical modern home.

Sibling Architecture transforms a Federation-style home in Sydney into a sunny space for reading.

Thankfully, Buffalo Bill’s lair from the 1991 flick is not so creepy in person.

The Harpel Residence II is one of a select few homes the master architect designed outside of California.

A Marmol Radziner–designed prefab house, trucked onto a remote Northern California site, takes the pain out of the construction...

Mushrooms aren't just for eating anymore.

Customize your fireplace or mantel with these modern designs that combine style and utility.

A father-son architectural duo experiment with a compact, modular home with flexible furniture arrangements.

Designed by his son and daughter-in-law, and largely built by his family and a host of neighborly helpers, Bill Weber’s new home...

Tech breakthroughs are bringing solar power to the people, and upsetting electric utilities’ business models.

An L-shaped prefab in New South Wales draws in light from the north and captures views of the surf.

Block out noise and distraction by soundproofing your home office.