Winifred Bird

The nostalgic shape gets a modern update at a guesthouse in central Ohio.

Architect Stephen Bruns uses a synthetic roofing product to clad the Woven House—named for a vestibule that connects two massive...

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The appeal of a prefab house is clear, but the process of getting one is not.

An artist recasts the home of a Mies van der Rohe student as a minimalist haven.

A couple budgets carefully while renovating a split-level house on Chicago’s Near North Side.

Andreas Kokkino persuades his mom to toss all her old furniture and start fresh.

Can you hear the sound of moo-sic? During summer, the von Trapp family gazes cows and other farm animals on their nordic ski...

Dwelling in a tiny Tokyo apartment for decades, the school teacher had dreamed of a vegetable and flower garden with a little...

As she creates earthy, minimalist tableware, Kelli Cain often muses on the people who will sip from her cups and slurp from her...

A strategic rewire enhances a spec house’s gut renovation.

The 940-square-foot unit makes the most of every inch, taking inspiration from sliding panels that divide spaces in traditional...

A couple embarks on a new life together by establishing a homestead on a dilapidated lot in a buzzworthy corner of San...

An established Japanese architecture firm with a yen for porous, indoor-outdoor living spaces crafts a hilltop perch for a young...

You’ve decided to join the shipping container revolution.

Behind a house in crowded Bangalore, India, two architects carve out a midcity oasis.

A French architect and designer makes her saturated mark on Tokyo’s streetscape.

The Japanese architect—and winner of the 2014 Pritzker Prize—is working with Muji on a new endeavor: using furniture as a module...

A luminescent house brightens a block in Hiroshima, Japan.

A distinctive wooden pattern lines the walls, floors, and ceilings of this compact home in Japan.

If any contemporary designer embodies the stark but somehow perfect use of space and form that characterizes a certain branch of...

Proving that no place is too obscure to provide storage, architect Kotaro Anzai masterminded a staircase that camouflages drawers...

A one-of-a-kind house on a Japanese island blurs the indoor-outdoor divide.

This flower shop, art gallery, and home for two looks like the simplest of cubes.

When Seoul architect Byoung-soo Cho set out to design his urban dream house, he turned to the city’s architectural history for...