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Small Amidst Sprawl
Rising out of the Texas bayou, Houston is both a sprawling metropolis and the largest city in the United States without zoning regulations. This cause-and-effect relationship has, over time,...
written by: Amos Klausnerphotos by: Misty Keasler01.18.09 -
A House Grows in Brooklyn
While most people living in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn didn’t see much to love about an abandoned, weedy lot squeezed between two old town houses, one couple couldn’t help...
written by: Tim McKeoughphotos by: Dean Kaufman01.18.09 -
Kansas City, MO
Kansas City is a sprawling 318 square miles. With the help of creative developers and architects, the three square miles that make up downtown are finally growing up.
written by: Sam Grawephotos by: Daniel Hennessy01.18.09 -
Architectural Adventure
When people ask architects Apurva Pande and Chinmaya Misra where they live, they never get a straightforward answer. The couple's home lies at the end of a cul-de-sac somewhere between Culver City...
written by: Chloe Veltmanphotos by: Bryce Duffy01.18.09 -
New Orleans, LA
As New Orleans struggles to get back on its feet, one architect learns from the past while building for the future.
written by: Andrew Wagnerphotos by: Catherine Ledner01.18.09 -
Garage Brand
With no space to waste, London-based designers Kim Colin and Sam Hecht turned a 1924 garage into the perfect home product.
written by: Amelia Thorpephotos by: Ben Anders01.18.09 -
Cooler Ranch
After searching in vain for an empty lot to build on, architect Brian White settled for a nondescript 1960s ranch that nobody else wanted—and proved that building from the ground up doesn’t always...
written by: Sam Grawephotos by: John Clark01.18.09 -
Halving It All
David Sarti's little red house in Seattle's sleepy Central District proves that a bit of land, ambition, and carpentry know-how can go a long way.
written by: James Nestorphotos by: Misha Gravenor01.19.09 -
Venetian Vicissitude
Shedding a past filled with farmhouses and ornamentation, Dawn Farmer and Pierre Kozely decided to embrace simplicity— and architect Michael Sant designed them a home to match.
written by: Frances Andertonphotos by: Gregg Segal01.19.09 -
Big City, Little Loft
New York City is the nation’s capital of cramped quarters. But for a select lucky few, scant square footage adds up to a cozy home to call one’s own.
written by: Marc Kristalphotos by: Adam Friedberg01.19.09 -
Marcel Wanders
“It’s a mess up here.” Marcel Wanders is talking about his brain, and the necessary disorder of an open mind in design. “Philosophy is not one truth, but thousands of truths...
written by: Jane Szitaphotos by: Adam Broomberg01.19.09 -
Row House Revival
Following the interventions of architect Matthew Baird and interior designer Janet Liles, Mo Ogrodnik’s apartment, which she shares with her husband and two children, is a resonant...
written by: Marc Kristalphotos by: Craig Cutler01.19.09 -
Taking Liberties
Designed and built in 1878 for Judge John Murphy, a 4,400-square-foot white structure has, from the outside, the undeniable characteristics of a classic San Francisco Victorian. Stepped back from...
written by: Andrew Wagnerphotos by: Dave Lauridsen01.19.09 -
Victorian Secrets
Have you ever walked past a house on your way to work and thought, Wouldn’t it be nice to live there. Artist Judith Brenner did. But unlike most of us, Judith loved the house so much that, in July...
written by: Amanda Talbotphotos by: Richard Powers01.19.09 -
Solar Inspiration
A husband-and-wife architect team proves a house can be good for the environment—and look great too.
written by: Sydney LeBlancphotos by: Marvin Rand01.19.09 -
Green Acres
Design pared to the bone is a high-risk strategy, but as this Australian home illustrates, it can also produce a sublime environmental connection.
written by: Peter Hyattphotos by: Peter Hyatt01.19.09 -
It Takes a Villa
Enric Ruiz-Geli’s firm Cloud9 designed the suburban house of the future—it also happens to be sustainable.
written by: Karim Massoteauphotos by: Gunnar Knechtel01.19.09 -
Emerald in the Rough
An architect and artist flee Dublin for the countryside to build a biodegradable house and raise their children.
written by: Virginia Gardinerphotos by: Cornelius Scriba01.19.09 -
Phoenix, Arizona
01.19.09 -
Xeros Effect
Matthew Trzebiatowski matched an extreme aesthetic to an extreme climate, but his sustainable moves took a gentler approach.
written by: Chris Rubinphotos by: Gregg Segal01.19.09 -
Opened House
A few years after moving into their stocky, cavelike 1970s bi-level 20 miles southeast of Milwaukee, JJ and Eric Edstrom decided it was time to renovate. New to the world of architecture and...
written by: Brendan Crainphotos by: Cameron Wittig01.20.09 -
A Lot for a Little
Regina and Andy Rihn weren’t exactly modernists when they first began their frustrating, unproductive slog through the pricey Austin, Texas, real estate market. “We just liked things...
written by: Georgina Gustinphotos by: Misty Keasler01.20.09 -
Sustainability in Stages
"Personally, I’d rather be living outside,” says architect David Hertz. As a young man surfing in Bali, he was impressed by tropical village compounds where indoors and out flow into each other. ...
written by: Sydney LeBlancphotos by: Misha Gravenor01.20.09 -
Santiago, Chile
01.20.09
