As young ones, we all dreamed of turning our rooms into the most epic pillow forts, tree houses, or any number of far-fetched...

Tucked away in the western fringes of San Francisco, where the city meets the sea, you’ll find the headquarters of Iris...

The Los Angeles–based architect and designer traces his current work back to his high school pastime.

Who knew the sport of skateboarding owed so much to Alvar Aalto?

Bryggeriets Gymnasium offers courses in kickflips and bluntslides as part of its curriculum.

Cincinnati-born designer Alex Brokamp has come along way from making skateboard ramps in his parents’ driveway.

Architects Maddie and Ryan Chandler pulled together their 500-square-foot backyard home using a (mostly) upcycled palette.

She curates, he builds.

The industrial designer’s red vise has journeyed with him from his childhood basement to the world stage.

Decked out with multifunctional modules, Canoo’s latest electric vehicle toes the line between work and play.

The coronavirus and social upheaval are creating a new breeding ground for hostile design that’s even more insidious than the...

For a client who shreds, designer Macu Bulgubure created the ultimate escape by merging a half-pipe with a home.

The former clothes workshop now hosts an eccentric three-bedroom, complete with splashes of color, a large private garden, and a...

The backyard dwelling by OKB Architecture packs a large program into a narrow lot, allowing a family to spread outward from their...

Keep up with the design world: Yayoi Kusama redirects her dot obsession to flowers, a powerful memorial in Alabama honors victims...

The Bjarke Ingels Group–designed MÉCA opens in Bordeaux, France, with toasts, a grand tour, and a rooftop party.

When it comes to material originality, this former tavern in Chicago’s trendy Bucktown neighborhood pulls out all the stops.

From revamped midcenturies to coastal cabins inspired by sand and sea, these places in the sun will make you want one of your own.

The Chicago-based designer is using his Japanese heritage to reimagine hammers and mallets.

The Vancouver-based designer is gaining attention with his folded aluminum light fixtures.

Using multifunctional furniture, an apartment in Warsaw rearranges at a moment's notice.

Designer Barbara Hill transformed the derelict building into a sophisticated and slightly rough-around-the-edges retreat.

Set in a grove of coastal oaks, this art-filled home by TOLO Architecture has survived fire and flood.

Colin Tunstall is a busy guy.

These days, a growing number of gizmos contain both a cell phone and a PDA.

These pearls of wisdom are lessons for life and design.

We've reported on modern skate parks before, but rarely have we seen such a perfect marriage of skating and landscape design as...

At the symbolic heart of Philadelphia lies John F. Kennedy (JFK) Plaza, more commonly called Love Park after a Robert Indiana...

One plan to safeguard New York City from future damage.

A verdant plaza below a cantilevered structure serves as a natural acoustic insulator.

In 1980 a five-year-old George Rocha bombed the hill behind his grandparents’ house in Pawtucket Rhode Island on a green plastic...

When David Alhadeff opened The Future Perfect in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in 2003, he made it his mission to showcase new and...

Gina Reichert, an architectural designer, and her husband, artist Mitch Cope, are the duo behind Design 99, an organization in...

For years, pro skateboarder Rob Dyrdek ranted about wanting to build a “skate plaza”: a landscaped, multiuse urban area that...

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