Plains Gold
For a scant $134 per square foot, the Darnells of Kansas City, Missouri, have a copper-clad modernist's dream. Getting it built, however–their two daughters entered the picture halfway through–was another story altogether....
Salvage Love
Making use of a small loan, some serious sweat equity, and the unswerving help of his father, recent college grad Blake Dollahite makes the leap from musty dorms to modern domicile....
Plains Gold
Lone Star
After losing his studio to a fire, artist Kyle Farley teamed up with architect M.J. Neal to build a rugged house south of Fort Worth, Texas, that's anything but paint-by-numbers....
Magic Mountain
Inspired by the arresting grandeur of Mount Ranier, Ko Wibowo overcame a tight budget and a nest of NIMBY neighbors to realize his dream home: a corrugated-metal manse whose debt is greater to the mountain that to the bank....
San Francisco Is for Louvers
Seventeen units of modern spatial bliss, connected by outdoor corridors, light up an industrial street in San Francisco. With gigantic louvers, Stanley Saitowitz gives his adopted hometown a knowing wink. ...
Double the Pleasure
Twin houses face off in La Jolla across wide-open walls and decking. The design held such appeal that the architect claimed one 2inn for himself. ...
Ship Shape
It’s not the Fantasy Island of TV, but Amsterdam’s Steigereiland is charmed by the whalelike structure floating in Pieter Weijnen’s fanciful Blue House....
London Cooling
Though its name might sound more Disney than design, the windcatcher featured in architectural firm Sheppard Robson's Lighthouse has made it a beacon of British sustainable design....
Twice as Nice
Sydney architect and homeowner David Langston-Jones describes how a mix of space-saving tricks and clear illusions make his duplex feel twice its size....
Straw Tech
We huffed and puffed, but we couldn't blow off the compressed straw bale panels of the supersustainable Swiss Strohhaus....
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