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Before & After: How a Retired Couple Adapted Their Forever Home for Aging in Place
Almost 50 years after building their Bay Area home, Larry and Pearl Toy call on Blue Truck Studio to make it more comfortable and...
This Culinary Couple’s Minimalist Kitchen Is Designed Around One Essential Gadget
A pint-size “garage” keeps Aya Amornpan and Note Mansawataphaiboon’s rice cooker at the ready, but out of sight.
An Architect Builds a Svelte Backyard Tiny Home for His Mom
Architect Peter Liang’s 265-square-foot ADU sits in his sister’s backyard in Oakland, California, balancing privacy and...
A Southern California Beach House Gets a Sea Ranch–Inspired Makeover
Clad in Alaskan yellow cedar that will weather over time, this renovated summer home in Manhattan Beach is made for relaxing...
Way Out West
Leaving the bustle of Washington, D.C., architect Joe Day and his wife return to California and discover that life in a...
In California’s High Desert, the Off-Grid iT House Takes Advantage of the Sun
Linda Taalman and Alan Koch’s glass-box prefab brings together raw industrial aesthetics with the influence of California...