Built for a daughter returning to her old neighborhood, this 640-square-foot dwelling feels surprisingly roomy.

Design collective Creative Union recasts a decades-old structure as a minimalist pied-a-terre for a graphic designer.

Following a new policy change that allows housing units in Toronto’s back lanes, LGA Architectural Partners builds a crisp,...

Billed as an "urban cabin," the laneway housing concept is a smart, affordable way to add density and preserve historic sites.

Shaving down time and cost, two scrappy Canadians gave themselves a crash course in construction.

A Vancouver garden blossoms alongside fresh development.

No opera house. No Bondi Beach. No sunning celebs. This is Melbourne, home of Australia’s most thriving design scene.

The pair behind Studio Junction Inc.

Generations come together in a pair of homes on a single property in Vancouver.

Herschel Supply Co.'s modern office in Shanghai looks to the city’s fast-disappearing architectural heritage for inspiration and...

When it comes to creating that dream home, there are those things you can live with, and others you just can’t live without.

In Melbourne, a dark and narrow single-story terrace home gets treated to a delightful renovation with surprising features.

Austin Maynard Architects renovates and expands on a lot in the Fitzroy neighborhood to create a salubrious city retreat for a...

Plaster and tile play nicely with brick and steel in this Bondi beach home defined by sharp contrast.

A modern addition to an old London home offers ample space for a growing family, as well as a floor-to-ceiling bookshelf situated...

On budget and on trend, these small, affordable prefab homes fill a huge hole in the housing marketplace.

You may recognize an Accessory Dwelling Unit (or ADU) by one of its many other names, including in-law unit, granny flat, laneway...

Set on a forested Vancouver Island lot nestled between mountains and ocean, this sculptural house follows the contour of the land.

Architecture studio DREAMER revives a century-old dwelling with an addition that optimizes indoor/outdoor flow.

Leonora Mahle gives her midcentury home a fresh new look with a pool-inspired color palette.

CplusC Architectural Workshop’s Clinton Cole has equipped his Darlington address with a solar-panel facade, rainwater harvesting,...

Shaun Lockyer Architects gives a timber-and-tin cottage a sophisticated mullet renovation that responds to the subtropical...

A Sydney architect’s family home is an icon of environmentally focused design.

Whether your budget is $10,000 or $200,000, this roundup of modular home prices in your area puts prefab within reach.

A surprisingly modern addition transforms an 1880 bungalow in Adelaide, Australia, into a spacious and sensuous abode.

In Vancouver, an innovative approach to urban infill brings new life to a community.

This family home in British Columbia is the total opposite of a clinical white box.

The family of five’s laneway house has a mesmerizing facade that distinguishes it from neighbors and minimizes solar gain.

The Burley Friedman Laneway House by LGA Architectural Partners follows a growing trend to bring life back to alleyways...

The timber-and-steel addition’s landscaped roof hides it from sight while tying it into the sloping backyard of the primary...

Design firm UOAI uses metal panels and beams to give definition to a once-open plan inside a 19th-century laneway building.

After untold hours in the air, and an unexpected 4AM stop in New Caladonia, I finally arrived in Melbourne, Australia, to...

Architecture firm Retallack Thompson expanded the 1830s rock dwelling and added a two-bed unit made of plate metal at the rear of...

An adaptive reuse project transforms a derelict Australian streetscape into a vibrant public space—and picks up two 2016 Good...

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