On Washington's lush Bainbridge Island, one community strives for quality of life as a sustainable initiative.

Amidst the pedestrian-friendly maze of leafy streets in New York City’s West Village, LOT-EK, a firm whose designs focus on the...

Civic leaders in Oakland, California, have been battling hard for decades to make the city as socially and economically healthy...

A “tree house” of clean lines, ample glass, and thoughtful ingenuity lets a Washington, DC–area family and a stream of weekend...

The picks include a chartreuse-yellow woven bench swing by Paola Lenti and an outdoor pouffe by Maria Vinka.

A modern, gabled home in Austin is designed to feel like a "leftover railroad house that had been repurposed."

A family’s house outside the hustle of Amsterdam makes the most of local materials and forms.

A very special little place, all your own...

Summer is coming, and we are more than ready.

A playful renovation in Melbourne creates a series of gabled structures.

Assembled in just two weeks, the idyllic retreat near Woodstock, New York, realizes a couple’s dream of rural living.

We can only imagine all the fun these designers must be having at home.

Being your own client comes with its own challenges and rewards.

Floor-to-ceiling windows wrap the second level, providing a panoramic perspective over rolling green hills.

It can be a challenge to sift through the trendy mattress companies popping up today—luckily for you, we’ve looked into the most...

Local architects from McKinney York explain their schemes for two sustainable models designed to give the formerly homeless a...

Raised on stilts to create a sheltered gathering space, Mountain House in Mist is a public library in China’s Zhejiang Province.

A weekend getaway for a creative couple outside Bratislava is inspired by the nomadic structure.

For this West Hollywood abode, designer Mandy Cheng was directed to create the “luxe version of Leonard Cohen in Greece.”

Stretched along a grassy plateau in Ibiza, Spain, this island home displays Belgian architect Bruno Erpicum’s characteristically...

Set amidst rolling hills in the 900-year old village of Castiglioncello del Trinoro, in the Tuscany’s Val d'Orcia region is a...

On the southern shore of Nova Scotia, near the port town of Lunenburg, architect Brian MacKay-Lyons and his wife Marilyn happened...

Located in a town of 300, Scythe Barn is nothing short of picturesque with stacked stone walls and its own glass greenhouse.

Flexible, durable, and fast-growing—it's no wonder bamboo has been nick-named "the green steel of the 21st century."

In Gaoming, China, the furniture company Timothy Oulton erected eight round houses, including one breathtaking domed structure,...

These unexpected windows featuring unconventional shapes and surprising locations will have you rethinking the possibilities of...

A designer of grand homes packs all the essentials—and more—into a Manhattan studio of his own.

Architecture and interior photographer Marc Gerritsen went back to basics when he designed this minimalist concrete house that...

After a long day at the office together, this pair relaxes in upstate New York.

An architect revamps a pint-sized Manhattan apartment for a couple on the go.

The LumiPod offers an outdoor experience with the comfort of a high-end hotel room.

Perched nearly 300 feet above sea level, Casa Panal braces for high winds while framing riveting views of the Pacific Ocean.

An entrepreneur-turned-DIY builder expands his eco-friendly Yucca Valley property with this translucent desert structure.

It can take as little as two weeks to build one.

Three former animal sheds take on new life as minimalist retreats in the tiny, rural village of Ferraria de São João in Portugal.

Located on a corner lot, this two-bedroom cottage blends old with new in Sydney, Australia.