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  Diamond in the Rough (and Ready)

  Architect Ken Meffan's ten-years-in-the-making home is in the tiny Northern California town of Rough and Ready—a term that might as aptly refer to the house itself.

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  Living Las Vegas

  They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but once you leave, you may have trouble banishing Sin City from your mind.

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  Two Houses Are Better Than One

  Or is one house better than two? For Santa Monica–based architect Jesse Bornstein and his family, both are true.

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  Domestic Democracy

  In a code-happy L.A. suburb, how do you break the mold without breaking the law? Architects Alice Fung and Michael Blatt steer clear of anarchy with a little democratic design.

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  Invincible Cities

  The exhibition "Harlem 1970-2009: Photographs by Camilo José Vergara," opens at the New-York Historical Society on April 30, but you can see Vergara's photos anytime at his…

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  This Place Matters

  May is National Preservation Month at the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and to celebrate, they've rolled out a new online project called "This Place Matters." The idea is to…

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  Urban PUMA

  One of the wonderful things about living in an unhinged time is that no one has any clue what's cool anymore. When we're all trying to keep our heads above water, any idea for making life better is…

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  Sea Ranch in the Suburbs

  Whether you consider it democracy at work or architectural sacrilege, the online retailer houseplans.com has begun selling blueprints for homes in The Sea Ranch, the legendary planned community…

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  A Tale of Two Tiny Cars

  Now that gas prices in the U.S. are hovering around two dollars a gallon, what's happened to green driving?

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  Designing Detroit

  If the Great Recession has an unofficial mascot, it's Detroit. Even though the once-mighty Motown has been in a slow-motion death-spin since the days of the K-car, the city's abandoned factories…