My House: They Wanted the Perfect Art Gallery, So They Renovated Their Own Home Netherlands couple Robi Reisinger and Christine Mukakas’s white-walled addition is Amstelveen’s newest venue for photography...
My House: A Brooklyn Couple’s 1800s Townhome Melds Eras, Heirlooms, and Artwork Artist Maureen Meyer and photographer Timothy Nazzaro’s lightly updated Cobble Hill home is a charming backdrop for their...
A Sydney Couple Polish Up Their Heirloom Midcentury With Industrial Details Alaina and Geraldine love to hang by the pool, host dinners, and throw dance parties—so they asked Studio Prineas to refine their...
This Surfer Road Tripped to Nicaragua, Built an $8K Tiny Home, and Decided to Never Leave Architect Daniel Serrano headed south from Oregon in search of the perfect wave.
Before & After: A Classic Midcentury by Albert Frey Gets a Reverent Renovation Tantalus Studio coaxes a Palm Springs home into the 21st century with fresh finishes and a sublime palette plucked from the...
My House: A Filmmaker Couple Put a London Shoe Factory Back Into Production as Their Home and Studio The apartment inside was worse for the wear, but local firm Studio McW turned its raw beauty into a camera-ready live/work space.
A Low-Tech Holiday Home in Spain Maximizes Its Energy Efficiency Bizna Estudio combines passive house principles with a few regional materials to keep one family cool while on vacation.
My House: There’s Nothing Complicated About Emma Allen’s Asheville Home With city life in the rearview, the Everyday Oil founder keeps things simple and soothing in her pair of connected cottages.
An Architect Couple Hand Build (and Then Rebuild) a Bahamian Escape Melissa and Jacob Brillhart constructed the home’s frame in their Miami backyard, before disassembling it and shipping it to the...
My House: A Designer Couple Treat Their Eichler to a Refresh With Funky, Vintage Style Greg Ledesma and Paula Ayala display their passion for all things midcentury with their online shop, and through their restored...
A Hut in the Italian Alps That Braced Against the Elements Now Revels in the Dramatic Landscape Luconi Architetti Associati took a boarded-up utilitarian structure and installed large windows with wood coverings that open to...
A Black Cabin Designed Like a Camera Frames the New England Countryside Through a viewfinder-esque front door is a wall of windows that capture wooded Vermont surroundings.
This Tiny Taipei Apartment Feels Like It’s Floating in the Clouds 2Books Design turns a dark two-level residence into an airy home and workspace for a couple and their two cats.
An Improved Veranda and Shades of Green Make This Queenslander Cottage a Subtropical Dream To suit a multigenerational family, Brisbane firm Arcke built an apartment below the residence and connected them with a...
A Tired Townhome Becomes Three Charismatic Flats in Barcelona’s Gràcia Neighborhood At an apartment set above a storefront, Mira Architecture creates an arrangement of three units and peels back layers of ’70s...
This Renovated ’70s Home in Sydney Is a Glowing Backdrop for a Couple’s Art and Furniture Collection Studio Prineas punches up a suburban home with built-ins, skylights, and design moments that frame the owners’ prized possessions.
A Shadowy 17th-Century Canal House Shines After a Daring Renovation The Dutch design firm i29 livens up a historic Amsterdam home with vivid color, secret passageways, and a streamlined layout.
A Creative Couple Build a Sanctuary for Living and Working Outside Montreal The residence by designer Nicholas Francoeur features a mono-pitched roof, soaring, light-filled interiors, and a series of...
A Geometric Montreal Home Creates a Sense of Grandeur With a Small Footprint Designers Nicholas Francoeur and Joel Fontaine Lortie renovate a single-story dwelling, utilizing double-height ceilings to...
An Airy Taipei Apartment Soaks Up Sunlight With Striking Screens Bright-yellow louvers and rattan partitions provide the perfect mix of privacy and daylighting for a high-rise flat in the Neihu...
A Folding Wall Lends Versatility to an Instagram-Ready Apartment in Hong Kong Bean Buro brings Japanese and French influences to a fresh, light-filled home for a lifestyle influencer and her young family.
A Derelict Barn Finds New Life as an Artist’s Studio in Iceland Studio Bua turns a battered 1930s farm building into a 1,959-square-foot live/work space in the remote Breiðafjörður Nature...
A Bare-Bones Hunting Shelter on Mallorca Becomes a Sunny Retreat Mariana de Delás revitalizes an old stone hut, devising a portable “solar wheelbarrow” to recharge its batteries.
An Architect’s Elevated Family Home Channels Mies van der Rohe on a German Lakefront With a heavy dose of inspiration from Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, architect Carlos Zwick designs an art-filled home on...
In Los Angeles, a Midcentury Homage Is Capped With a “Floating Roof” GLUCK+ builds on the language of iconic design with a family home in the Hollywood Hills.
A Renovated Barcelona Flat Glows With All-White Interiors and Restored Brick Ceilings Allaround Lab completely revamps an 800-square-foot apartment, uncovering original barrel-vaulted ceilings and installing custom...
A Shou Sugi Ban Dwelling Blends Seamlessly Into Michigan’s Woodlands A Chicago-based firm known for preserving cultural landmarks builds a refined weekend home on Lake Michigan’s southern shore.
A Shoddy 1920s “Hunting Cabin” Gets a Sea Ranch–Inspired Overhaul in Los Angeles Grey Shaeffer of Willa Work recasts a rough-hewn Mount Washington home as a streamlined, breezy dwelling.
A Queenslander Cottage in Brisbane Is Overhauled to Open to the Elements Shaun Lockyer Architects gives a timber-and-tin cottage a sophisticated mullet renovation that responds to the subtropical...
Before & After: A Honolulu Midcentury Becomes a Designer’s Vivacious Home and Studio Interior designer Ginger Lunt revives a 1954 residence that she fell in love with as a young girl growing up in the tropical...
These Beachy Digs in Melbourne Explore the Yin and Yang of Form, Texture, and Color In a mashup of desert midcentury and industrial chic, Mim Design creates a perfectly balanced home for a design-savvy family.
A Cleaned-Up Cornwall Cottage Maintains Its Funky Maritime Charm A sensitive renovation by Jonathan Tuckey Design celebrates the history, setting, and imperfections of a 400-year-old cottage in...
An Artfully Crafted Boulder Home Glows From Within a Charcoal Exterior Drawing inspiration from artist Robert Kelly, Studio B creates a simple yet bold home that explores ideas of layering and...
A Sleek Addition Hides Behind a Federation-Era Facade in Sydney Heritage details cascade into a minimalist composition of glass and blackened timber in this renovation by Studio Prineas.
Mechanized Shutters Protect This Australian Home From Prying Eyes The timber-batten shell opens to lake views and then closes for privacy.
A Concrete House Is Softened by an Airy Internal Courtyard, Complete With an Olive Grove For an architect’s new build in Melbourne, eco-conscious design techniques help create a minimal-but-warm home.