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A fashion designer asks Wittman Estes to revamp this 1969 Mercer Island home with her Southern California roots in mind.

From refurbished gondolas to off-grid designs, these aren’t your average hotboxes.

Purchased for just $59,000, a decrepit 1860 Lancaster house gets a gut renovation that’s not afraid of pattern or color.

At 23 years old, self-taught designer Mariah Hoffman set out to craft her own 156-square-foot sanctuary.

In designing a family retreat in Araucanía, Aguilo + Pedraza Architects uses form and materiality to weave the home into its wondrous surroundings.

A steep hillside and rushing creek define a family’s prefab retreat in New Hampshire.

Local firm Beebe Skidmore was enlisted to spearhead “Operation...

For these homeowners, a pretty penny was what it took to transform their ho-hum dwellings into dream homes.

Atlas Architects crafts a sanctuary for a librarian and her cat in Melbourne, Australia.

Paring back to just the essentials, Hazelbaker Rush’s treatment of this 1941 dwelling is a lesson in restraint.

An unusual siding material enhances a modernist home with a focus on indoor/outdoor connections.

Built for a scholar, Casa Biblioteca is a sanctuary for reading, stargazing, and enjoying a cigar or two.

A tight budget, a bunch of elbow grease, and a whole lot of love transform these campers, trailers, and buses into incredible homes on wheels.

A thoughtful new floor plan fluidly accommodates a wide range of activities, from the super social to the need to nest, in a 1,500-square-foot space.

Marble is sleek and sophisticated—and adding a slab is one of the easiest ways to elevate your kitchen.

These can-do homeowners rolled up their sleeves and tackled their own renovations.

Carefully placed windows steep this crisp Chicago apartment in the texture of the city.

Three generations live harmoniously in this teensy pad thanks to hardworking storage, flexible furniture, and a zigzagging layout.

A new mezzanine cleverly divides the ground floor of this apartment into a double-height living area and a music studio for less than $40k.

Gustavo Penna Architect & Associates uses reclaimed mining waste to create a minimalist masterpiece on a spectacular site.

These prefab homes and kit dwellings break new ground for affordable housing.

By capturing natural light and adding svelte, custom furniture, JCPCDR rescues a dark, dated apartment in the 4th arrondissement.

Entrepreneur Kristen Lewis found her ideal family vacation home in Borrego Springs, a dark-sky community nestled in a 600,000-acre park.

Hoch Studio turns a dingy, cramped apartment into a sunny sanctuary with a winning personality.

The designers embraced the trailer’s heyday by outfitting it with vintage furniture and decor.

Designed for a quirky wellness professional, the Lovell Health House is an International Style landmark that galvanized Neutra’s career.

There’s a whole spectrum of tiny homes on the market—red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.

Helicoptered to the site in prefab pieces, a holiday retreat springs up on a remote and roadless island.

In Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, a stately home with storybook appeal trades a clunky addition for one that’s open and outdoor-oriented.

Once destined for destruction, the Miles Bates House—better known as the Wave House for its curvy roof—will finally open to the public in Palm Springs this week.