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Before & After: In Madrid, a Family of Architects Turn a “Cave” Into a Light-Filled Apartment
Before & After: In Madrid, a Family of Architects Turn a “Cave” Into a Light-Filled Apartment
Two generations team up to bring sunshine to every corner of their 650-square-foot flat.
By isabelle kliger
A Couple Spent Almost Two Decades Renovating a Silver Lake Home. It Finally Feels Like Theirs.
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Whether you’re landscaping your front or back yard with flowers, grasses, shrubs or trees, choosing native plants can have a positive impact on the ecosystem.
Campus Protests Are Revealing the Precarity of Student Housing
Threatened with disciplinary action, Israel-Hamas war demonstrators face the loss of a place to live—and the grown-up reality of a tough market.
How Will the Next President Fix the Housing Crisis?
The candidates aren’t totally clear on their plans, but we’ve deduced that they range from “a wish list” to a “quantum leap.”
A Mother and Daughter Share an Expanded Weatherboard Cottage That’s Still Just 807 Square Feet
A trapezoid-shaped addition has terrazzo floors, built-ins, and shades of green and pink that match the original home.
B-52s Singer Kate Pierson Is Selling Her Groovy Airstream Park for $450K
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Now’s the Perfect Time to Do a Temperature Check on Your HVAC
These simple tips will keep your home’s HVAC running like clockwork all year long.
Glazing Is the Name of the Game in This ’70s Illinois Home, Now Seeking $750K
Designed by local architect John Replinger, the remodeled four-bedroom is wrapped in sliding glass doors that open to a central courtyard and backyard garden.

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