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The Women Who Changed Architecture is an ambitious attempt to document the triumphs, challenges, and impact of female architects. It features essays and biographies by Jan Cigliano Hartman, Beverly Willis, and Amale Andraos, and is published by Princeton Architectural Press.

You can buy just about anything on Amazon these days, from mundane household necessities to garish novelty items—and now, there are even DIY kits to help you construct your own tiny guest house, shed, office, or lounge. Take a look at the prefabricated units Amazon has to offer, and get ready to upgrade your backyard.

Before: The newest owners of this 1885 Prospect Heights brownstone wanted to convert it into a duplex in a remodel that finished in 2020. “This neighborhood has extra deep lots that allow you to do amazing things with extensions,” says Kaplan.

Floor plan of Estúdio Lapinha by Plano Livre

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The kitchen-and-dining space is open to the living area, where Habitat Staging arranged a marble-topped coffee table, a leather-wrapped ottoman, and a compact sofa.

“The details in some of the woodwork gets into the realm of cabinetmaking—which, in retrospect, might have been taking things a bit far, but it was well worth the effort,” Jack says.

HiveHaus, a UK–based company, designs modern prefab living spaces for a variety of applications. Their prefabricated modules come in the shape of hexagons, and are adaptable, affordable, sustainable, flexible, and easy to construct. These designs consist of a standardized set of components that can be connected together to create interconnecting clusters. The modules are prefabricated offsite, and can be installed in as little as two days, depending on the number of modules, access to the site, and site conditions.

Wheelhaus founder and CEO Jamie Mackay creates prefabs with the same quality and durability of the log cabins he grew up with, while also incorporating his values of green production and modern design. Although it takes about four months to construct his prefabricated properties, it takes about a week for the home to be delivered, and then three to five days for the house to be set up on site.

The mudroom offers plenty of built-in storage, which was essential for the family with young children. The bold panoramic wallpaper is Forêt Noire by Nathalie Lété for Moustache.

The pair’s art covers a cork wall where Eva Luna reads in a vintage Danish lounge chair.

A Kibbo Sprinter van parked near Wild Willy’s Hot Springs in California.

Rediscover your living room’s potential with our coffee table picks that’ll get you back to spending some quality time in your common areas.

Keyan Mizani and Alexia Zerbinis work from a ground-floor storefront studio that could be converted to either a garage or a leasable accessory dwelling unit.

Avant Garde Aleworks provides a “unique old world experience”. Enjoy European-style ales and a view of the Lumpy Ridge mountain range from their courtyard.