New York natives Jerome and Jamie Pelayo moved west and settled into this 2,000 square-foot Los Angeles home decked out with striking wooden herringbone facade.
At $167 per square foot, this high-design, low-cost barn in rural Wisconsin is an American idyll.
Singapore is a famously expensive place to build, especially in soft-soil areas where pilings must be constructed before driving the first nail. But this 2,965-square-foot house cost a mere $122 per square foot.
Architect Joaquin Castillo blends inexpensive materials, the odd splurge, and a refined modernist sensibility to create an affordable weekend house for brothers Alfredo and Guillermo Oropeza. The facade is a juxtaposition of rough-hewn local stone, smooth concrete, glass, and steel—the material palette used throughout the structure.