With a novel use for an ultra-lightweight material, two academics build their ideal home—then ship it overseas for assembly.

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

With 3.8 million square miles, America is packed to the brim with architectural gems.

Architect Robert Swinburne deploys a collaborative building approach and hyperlocal materials to craft a home that celebrates the...

With a client wish list including ample natural light, high ceilings, outdoor connection, and peak energy efficiency, Mowery...

London firm McLean Quinlan built out from a dilapidated brick wall that once enclosed a garden, creating an energy-efficient home...

A Kansas architect unlocks the potential in an outdated 1950s home.

Barcelona-based Slow Studio builds a bioclimatic home for a couple who work with the United Nations.

It seems that everyone is vying for a bit of exposed brickwork.

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

Our annual look at the latest U.S.-made objects for your home features everything from dinner plates to windows—and the people...

Throughout U.S. history, the row house has endured and adapted as an underappreciated model for accessible urban housing.

This green-roofed home by Snegiri Architects bows in deference to the enveloping woodlands.

This Park City Passive House offers both stunning design and stellar energy efficiency.

Take a tour through Chicago’s first passive house, built by Brandon Weiss of Weiss Building and Development LLC with the help of...

A Ukranian company has recently launched the world's first autonomous mobile prefabricated homes.

Shannon Maldonado’s Philadelphia boutique aims to democratize design.

Helmed by Jared Blake and Ed Be, the East Williamsburg storefront is stocked with vintage and contemporary designs—and acts as an...

Independent design shops are hubs for creative communities. Here, we celebrate some of our favorites across the United States.

In New York, architecture and interiors firm BarlisWedlick creates an eclectic compound designed to suit a client with an...

Their barrel-vaulted dwelling is so efficient that they didn’t have to turn on the heater last winter.

The showroom and gallery in Portland, Oregon, has emerged from the pandemic with a new vision.

An engineer hires BattersbyHowat Architects to design the perfect Passive House on a hillside overlooking English Bay.

The design shop-cum-cafe in Baltimore, Maryland, draws inspiration the owners' Indian and Egyptian heritages.

Community-focused and constructed with cross-laminated timber, Gillies Hall at Monash University perfectly marries student life...

There are as many solutions to the country’s housing crisis as there are causes. We need them all.

The most important houses being built in America right now are affordable houses.

Wayne Turett of The Turett Collaborative designs his own energy-efficient holiday home in Greenport, New York, as an exercise in...

High-rise superblocks and identical clusters of row houses set apart from the urban grid have been much maligned as some of the...

Whether you’re taking on a renovation or just tired of the same old walls, U.S.-made window systems, shades, and wallpaper will...

Plant Prefab raises the bar for green building with three Richard Pedranti Architect–designed dwellings that meet rigorous...

This uber-green dwelling not only walks the walk, it talks the talk.

Drawing on a simple material palette of plywood and corrugated metal, architect Rafe Maclean designs a certified Passive House on...

For her store in Edina, Minnesota, founder Maura Doyle seeks out brands led by women and people of color, immigrants, and...

A new generation of companies has turned direct-to-consumer furniture into an outlet for well-made original design.

This 2,500-square-foot Passive House was built using a panelized system—meaning the parts of the house were delivered from the...