Experience the Magic of Easter Island While Staying in a Modern Eco-Cabana
Located against the beautiful and mysterious backdrop of Easter Island in Chile, the Morerava Cabins boast a sleek,...
Nearly Half of All New Cars Sold in Norway Are Electric Vehicles
And the country is gearing up to end sales of gas-powered vehicles completely.
10 Mind-Blowing Textile Artists You Should Follow on Instagram Right Now
These fiercely talented and visionary artists will have you rethinking fiber art.
Here’s Why Midcentury America’s Most Popular Resort Town Might Ban Short-Term Home Rentals
Palm Springs thrives as a getaway, but lately an influx of people visiting through home-sharing services has some people...
Design Cities: Quito, Ecuador
Architects Daniel Moreno Flores and Marie Combette describe how the city’s young designers use traditional knowledge and regional...
This Beach House in Mexico Frames the Landscape With an Orderly Concrete Grid
On a rustic strip of coastline near Puerto Escondido, a couple give their designers permission to do less.
As Housing Costs Soar, Two Homes Multiply to Seven
In Vancouver, an innovative approach to urban infill brings new life to a community.
An Abandoned Stone Quarry in Spain Becomes a Sublimely Minimalist Home
With the help of 3D laser scanning, Ensamble Studio excavates a quarry on the island of Menorca to create an experimental retreat.
Alaska: The Final (Architectural) Frontier
“I always wanted to live in a glass house,” explains Valerie Phelps, as she stands surrounded by the 40 feet of floor-to-ceiling...
Shelter in Place: How Our Readers Are Adjusting to the New Normal
Dining rooms everywhere are working overtime as offices, yoga studios, and game zones—and weekend warriors are camping out on the...
Journey by Design: Austin, Texas
Boasting the best in art, design, food, and music, the quirky state capital of Austin is a delightful destination.
Data Dishware
Via one of my favorite websites, a project that puts personal behavior data into beautifully-designed dishware: Israeli designer...
Living in Laos
In August 2008 I moved with my family to Laos for a year.
An Off-Grid Tiny Home Experiment Puts a Group of Students to the Test
A class at the University of Coburg tries out a pint-size solution to the building sector’s big carbon emissions problem.
Architecture Off the Grid: Quirky Ice Huts Dot Canada's Frozen Lakes
These dwellings may be small, but they pack a lot of personality.
Future Building
Resembling in form and function ancestors such as Jean Prouvé’s prefab Tropical House, Architect Fred Friedmeyer’s prefab...
Somerville Library Design Lectures
A night out at the local library, especially for a Friends of the Library talk, never sounded so good as when James Fox took over...
The Central Mexican Hot Springs Site That’s Run Like a Local Co-Op
A photojournalist visits Grutas Tolantongo, a thermal pool complex that operates under a communal ownership system established to...
Heima Brings Rainbow-Bright Design to the Philippines
Heima is a Philippines-based design brand founded by Bong Rojales and Rossy Anne Yabut-Rojales.
Zurich, Switzerland
Industrial designer Alfredo Häberli shows us how to pass the hours in Zurich, Switzerland, a city with no shortage of timekeepers.
Is There a Way Out of Hawaii’s Housing Crisis?
The Aloha State is drowning in a flood of the same factors creating a housing crisis all over America.