The idea develops further...

Some initial sketches, to develop the idea.

Some of the sustainist symbols the authors developed for the book.

From Adrienne Adams’ What Makes A Shadow, 1960.

A unit facing Natoma Street looks on to what was once housing for the area's factory workers.

Here's what the kitchen looked like before.

Pepa gets a better view of what Gorman is explaining in the girls’ bathroom from her stump stool.

The Salt Tasting Room is the perfect place for a nightcap after a long day of seeing the sights.

Little confusion over what this flipper is meant for.

Here's what the living room looked like before.

In the entryway, what at first appears to be a rug is actually cut blue glass terazzo designed by Marwan Al-Sayed.

The neighbors get a glimpse of what goes on in the Blauvelt-Winters courtyard.

“We wanted something cozy with nooks, where you can be aware of what’s going on elsewhere,” says Isabel of the floor-to-ceiling shelving units. “They separate the environment, and cut the light a bit, but you can still see what’s happening in other spaces,” adds Matías.

"It’s like a puzzle that you slowly piece together," says Danielle. "You don’t know what will work or won’t work, but it’s fun seeing your ideas come to life. We’re located in a beautiful area of the world; we wanted our house to reflect that."

Here, the sign as the descriptor—though the diner has developed its own building typology.

The header imagery gives a glimpse of what's to come at Hyperbole and a Half.

Here's what the glass bottle looks like sans covering.

What would you call this teardrop shaped wall hook?

“For this project, [design director] Kyle [Blue] already had the architectural references for me, so to start, I asked an array of questions: What type of feel do you want? What’s the most important message to convey? What do we need to tell readers with the picture?” Gardner says. “He explained that the illustration needed to bring the structure into the environment and we kicked around ideas about putting a courtyard underneath and having people milling around. We went through two or three different variations.”

One Wilshire is what’s called a telco hotel: The majority of its rooms are full of hard drives and cables, hosting information for global businesses.

And what is indoor/outdoor living without a handsome portal to the outside world?

Constructed using ETF-developed technology, the Lightweight Translucent Facade is a thin, double-curved system with highly effective insulation made of aerogel granules inserted and stabilized between specially developed membrane panels.

At Alex Strohl and Andrea Dabene’s Nooq House in the Rocky Mountains of northwest Montana, highlights include a suspended fireplace, cathedral ceilings, and expansive windows. "The windows are my favorite feature. I've loved seeing the colors change in the fall, snow in the winter, and bears in the spring," says Andrea.

To stay within budget, Han and Mihalyo spent seven months and all of their free time building the house. As a result, the couple is well- acquainted with every square inch of their home. As Han says, “If there’s a nail in the wall, we know exactly what’s behind it.”

Here's what the site looked like before Bernstein arrived on the scene.

These sketches are the endpaper to her 2001 children's book, What Pete Ate.

“Materials and details were chosen and developed for what they can offer: solar heat radiating from walls, natural ventilation to feel the breeze, timber posts you can lean against, and benches you can jump on,” said Welsch.

This light in an upstairs bedroom (A703) was originally developed in 1929. This is a later version sold through Artek.

Custom millwork of oak and walnut were developed throughout the spaces.

Here's another view of the dancers in the ground-floor studio. Cavagnero told me that he very much liked the performance, particularly seeing it less "at the scale of architecture, but at the scale of dancers. I liked seeing the building in use as it's meant to be, shot through with life, energy, dance, and movement." Photo by Margo Moritz.

Here's a closer look at what we might be seeing from Niche soon. Pyles told me, "Studio Nouvel is a design paradise. What we can design and prototype here in Mexico City is so much more than we can back in New York. If my team could see this place they'd fall in love."

The cabin is clad in untreated, locally sourced pine that will develop a silvery-gray patina over time.

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