The renovation’s spheres of influence include Denmark, Japan, and the Bauhaus movement, an overlap that makes for a well-mannered...

Following a diagram of the sun's path during the summer solstice, this three-story extension is the star of restaurateur and chef...

This minimalist Montreal pad relies on exposed brick and glass partitions to create continuity between spaces.

A modern construction in the historic context of the Kew Green Conservation Area in southwest London, the award-winning Kew House...

A 10-year project on the island of Milos culminates in a sunken residence shaped by a 19th-century math formula.

Brigitte Schuster captures Switzerland’s charming cat architecture trend in her upcoming book Swiss Cat Ladders.

Kedem Shinar Design & Architecture borrows from the world of graphic design to update this 1960s unit.

Woods + Dangaran’s exacting restoration of the Moore House captures the spirit of California modernism.

In this modern Midwest home, art and architecture blend as one to create a gallery-like residence for two prominent contemporary...

Taking cues from his illustrious friend and neighbor Marcel Breuer, engineer Paul Weidlinger designed a summer house on the edge...

In Berlin, architect Itay Friedman thinks inside of the box to create a flexible flat optimized for privacy.

The ancient Japanese technique of shou sugi ban was traditionally used to protect wood by charring it and leaving behind a thick...

In designing a getaway for her own family, architect Hannah Tribe created a sustainable kit home that’s as breezy as it looks.

Tom Givone reworked a rare 19th-century row house in upper Manhattan on his own and found a new career along the way.

The flat-pack furniture giant is encouraging people to repurpose old purchases—think birdhouses from salad bowls, and hanging...

Designed for a young family, this home in Boulder, Colorado, draws inspiration from art galleries and the great outdoors.

DAAM streamlines the sinuous kitchen of Shell House, a quirky upstate retreat that also hosts an artist residency.

Nine corrugated steel boxes form the basis for a multigenerational prefab house near Denver.

An architect-author gives us the inside track on one of his favorite subjects: contractors.

A quirky multilevel home in Chicago’s Old Town by pioneering architect Walter Netsch has been sympathetically restored by its new...

Minute details and judiciously applied materials create a refined home in San Francisco.

After converting a van to drive Australia’s “Big Lap,” two Americans create a thorough how-to guide.

“Knoll Celebrates Bauhaus” explores the link between the company and the legendary school—and their joint impact on the course of...

Leaving the bustle of Washington, D.C., architect Joe Day and his wife return to California and discover that life in a...

A husband-and-wife architect team proves a house can be good for the environment—and look great too.

When the Fisher family’s 1960s Long Island beach bungalow started to crumble, they sought an architect who’d preserve the home’s...

In this episode of Predicting Our Future, I’ll take you along as I explore the future of homebuilding, speaking with founders of...

This brilliant new table, called A New Perspective, by James Tooze of England's Batch, combines graphic design and carpentry to...

This Tuesday, we hopped a train for Brooklyn Heights.

The Urban Housing Handbook from Wiley Publications, a new tome from Paris-based architects Caroline Stahl and Eric Firley, is a...

When FOBA introduced a design-conscious alternative to the widely used “housemaker” market, they made a strong case for...

Rounding up a few remarkable renovation and preservation architecture projects in the Bay Area, courtesy of SPUR and San...

Coralie Gourguechon's paper objects will make you see technology in a whole new way.

The architect and academic has maintained a ledger full of ephemera that details memories of every get-together she’s hosted for...

In the architect’s words, the residence is designed for “family, foster dogs, well-curated music, and Aggie game days.”

Arm yourself with the vocabulary needed to navigate the world of building codes.