10 Buildings We Love by Piers Taylor
Known for his stripped-back approach to home design, RIBA award-winning architect Piers Taylor focuses more on light and space...
A Seaside Villa in Stockholm With a Private Pier and Helicopter Pad Asks $17.5M
This architectural masterpiece comes with custom-designed furnishings and an impressive wine collection.
The Floating Piers
Have you ever wanted to walk on water? Well, now you can.
Taylor Made
Architect Piers Taylor's renovation of an old gameskeeper's cottage, complete with a castellated roof and sweeping meadow below,...
Two Connected Cabins Make Up This Spectacular Retreat in Colorado
A clever, grated metal deck serves as a "snow strainer" at this eco-conscious mountain home.
A Winding Boardwalk Grounds This Hovering Cabin Along the Edge of a Remote Pond
The northern Maine hideaway rests on piers above the forest floor and employs broad windows to frame the homeowner’s most prized...
These 20 Fanciful Furnishings From Industry West Will Turn Your Space Into a Modern Dreamscape
Transform your living room into a dreamy assortment of plush chairs, shimmery light fixtures, and pastel colorways with these...
Picture Yourself in This Clifftop Swedish Retreat Asking $1.08M
Designed by Trigueiros Architecture, this lovely minimalist retreat appears to float above the rocky cliff upon which it is...
How to Build an Off-the-Grid Cabin in Arkansas for just over $118,000
Stocked with green features, an inexpensive off-the-grid retreat in Arkansas provides its owner peace of mind through its...
This Waterfront Residence in Finland Is More Boutique Hotel Than House
Asking $3.8 million, this residence in Uusimaa set on five lush acres features a private beach, a sauna, and a gym, making for an...
A Sculptural Steel Abode on Lake Geneva Is Up For Auction
Near Evian, France, this gorgeous, waterfront hideaway of larch, steel, and concrete will be sold—without reserve—to the highest...
Like a Loft on Water
Anchored in a small canal, this floating house is all about space and light.
A Lake Tahoe Mansion Where Frank Sinatra Used to Hang Out Asks $25.75M
The Rat Pack partied here.
On the Coast of Massachusetts, a Prefab Ranch Is Totally Overhauled for a Wheelchair User
A home on Cape Ann’s rocky shore becomes a refuge that offers resilience in the face of an unpredictable future.
This Surprisingly Roomy Double-Decker Houseboat Can Be Yours for £400K
Currently moored in Gosport in Southern England, the former coal barge has been totally transformed for waterfront living.
When Prefab Is Painless
An easy construction process reduces any drama for a couple in California.
A Chilean Cabin Rises Amidst Ancient Trees in the Andes Mountains
Returning to its roots, local firm Iragüen Viñuela Arquitectos creates a gable-roofed vacation home while preserving the...
A Glass Addition Unveils Treetop Views For This Texan Home
In Austin, Texas, a 1955 ranch house receives a major renovation, adding a new second level that cantilevers over its existing...
4 Companies to Consider When Building a Prefab Home in Minnesota
These four Minnesota–based companies are raising the bar with their prefab home designs and systems.
A Melbourne Couple Escape City Living in This Tasmanian Retreat
Despite its dark facade to visually recede into the bush, this countryside home boasts bright, light, and cozy interiors.
A Simple Plan
A Marmol Radziner–designed prefab house, trucked onto a remote Northern California site, takes the pain out of the construction...
Camp in Style at This Trio of Cedar-Clad Cabins in Minnesota
Available for $85 a night, these sleek, award-winning cabins are part of the first phase of the 456-acre Whitetail Woods Regional...
The Parabolic Glass House in Northern California Is One Architect’s Utopia in the Redwoods
In the ’60s, using only materials found on their 400-acre plot of forest in Mendocino County, Charles Bello and his wife built a...
A Corrugated Steel Prefab in Australia Throws a Curve
Transported in a single shipping container and raised in two weeks, this clam-shaped cabin nestles against a rocky outcrop...
Whatever Happened to the Ecohouse?
First profiled a decade ago, we checked back in with the adventurous architect of Biosphere 2 and his plans for his massive,...
An Architect and His Preteen Daughter Built This Tiny Backyard Retreat Together
On Bainbridge Island, Jim and Hannah Cutler create a cabin for reading and working.
10 Modernist Masterpieces Get a New Lease on Life
The Getty Foundation continues its mission to preserve icons of the 20th century.
A Stellar Sustainable Home Is Built on a Surprisingly Low Budget
Stylish, spacious, and self-sustaining, the Hill Country House ticks all the right boxes for progressive modern living.
An Inventive Melbourne Remodel Greets the Street With a New Garden
Originally built in the 1850s, King Bill by Austin Maynard Architects gains a pocket park and a playful expansion.
Grab Your Friends and Escape to a Remote Cabin Cluster on a Norwegian Island
Weary city dwellers can find serenity in this array of cabins on the Norwegian archipelago of Fleinvær, where the Northern Lights...
An Architect Crafts an Off-Grid Cabin on His Family Farm in Ohio
The Hut by Midland Architecture is a Scandinavian-inspired example of “country minimalism” on a cattle farm.
An Acclaimed Architect’s Former Home—in All Its 1980s Splendor—Seeks $1.9M Near L.A.
Built into a steep and forested hillside, the striking residence designed by Harold J. Bissner Jr. features dramatic cathedral...
An Architect Sculpts Out a Tadao Ando-Inspired Backyard
This backyard is its own modern retreat in the Berkeley Hills.
Top 5 Homes of the Week With Cozy, Modern Fireplaces
Sparks are flying in these modern fireplace designs.
A Net-Zero Home in Canada Boasts a Striking Saw-Toothed Roof
Comprised of two perpendicular forms that gently navigate a lakeside site, Sky House runs off of solar energy.
A Rustic-Modern Cabin Inspired by Japanese Bungalows and Shou Sugi Ban
This mountain retreat’s design is Appalachian by way of Japan.

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