Amid the tall grasses and open skies of the Great Plains, forward-thinking urban planning ideas take root in North Dakota.

A Marmol Radziner–designed prefab house, trucked onto a remote Northern California site, takes the pain out of the construction...

Craving the conveniences of city life, a couple sidle over to Seattle from the countryside without compromising their love of the...

From the deck of this waterfront house, the scenery is abuzz with Northern California wildlife–but there's not a utility bill in...

Toronto designers Peter Fleming and Debbie Adams found a polluted lot and a run-down building—and saw fertile ground for a...

C-Glass House is a minimal glass house located in Marin, California, designed by Deegan Day Design.

In Tokyo, Japan, where the houses are crammed cheek by jowl, two old friends from architecture school have created a...

Decades after they met as teenagers on a Montauk beach, Manhattanites Victoria and Greg Pryor returned to Long Island to build a...

At the end of 2000, Tryggvi Thorsteinsson and Erla Dögg Ingjaldsdóttir, Icelandic natives and partners in the Santa Monica–based...

Alternative materials help a house in California’s wine country tread lightly on the land.

Inspired by their favorite day of the week, Saturday Green is a female-led collective of textile designers who recently launched...

These prefab, modular, and kit homes in North Carolina show the full potential of eco-friendly, low-impact construction methods.

The Scandinavian-inspired prefab—a minimalist design that starts at $179K—is one family’s happy place by the sea.

Live, work, or vacation in an eco-friendly, mobile cardboard prefab.

Los Angeles is not all mini-malls and highways.

Austin couple Anne Suttles and Sam Shah built a house to last their lifetime—and longer.

At Blue Green Works, creative director Peter B. Staples creates lighting fixtures inspired by film, architecture, and New York...

Experts in the local design scene reveal the quirky Appalachian city’s most inspiring stops.

As a collaboration between designers Benjamin Bloomstein and Aaron Aujla, the Green River Project has created diverse pieces such...

These compact layouts create ideal guesthouses, tiny offices, art studios, and more.

This cypress-clad dwelling nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Appalachia was a family affair.

Not only are these homes located in breathtaking places, but they also champion intriguing, open-floor plans.

This all-white LEED Gold home is undoubtedly modern, but takes cues from the historic precedent of the longhouse to bring the...

Stripped to its basic elements—no walls, only curtains to divide the living spaces—this colorful flat is inspired by Marcel...

From the Hamptons’ first shipping container house to a pop-up cargotecture bar, the innovative projects from these North American...

The fast pace of 21st-century living can sometimes make kicking back and having fun a challenge, even in your own home.

Find the prefab, modular, or kit home that’s right for you in this vibrant southern city.

Check out this list of furnishings and accoutrements for the beach, backyard, campground, and beyond.

A new prefab company represents the future of low-impact affordable housing.

By designing a home with an angled roof covered in sod, architecture firm After Party takes living in the land to the next level.

A sustainable home in Lexington, Massachusetts, brings contemporary design to an unexpected region.

Think outside the rectangle with these space-efficient shipping container designs.

Avocado Day may have already come and gone this year, but this eco-friendly mattress is made to be celebrated all year round.

A teardown renovation in Cambridge, Massachusetts, comes with a mandate for maximum efficiency.

The appropriately named company, Den, gives you everything you need—from detailed drawings to code guidelines—to get started on...

Inspired by a homesteading commune he documented in Western North Carolina, photographer Mike Belleme builds a minimalist retreat...