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Stories that explore how good design touches every part of the culture in our lives, from movies, television, books, and more.

The Rise, Fall, and Return of the American Porch

The Rise, Fall, and Return of the American Porch

Designers Are Creating At-Home Pet Spas for Their Dog-Obsessed Clients

Designers Are Creating At-Home Pet Spas for Their Dog-Obsessed Clients

One Night in an Earth Dome Eco-Retreat on a Typhoon Superhighway

One Night in an Earth Dome Eco-Retreat on a Typhoon Superhighway

What Writing a Novel Taught Me About Designing a Home

What Writing a Novel Taught Me About Designing a Home

From the Archive: The Singular Vision of Outlaw Architect Mark Mills

From the Archive: The Singular Vision of Outlaw Architect Mark Mills

Is the Future of the Outdoors...Indoors?

Is the Future of the Outdoors...Indoors?

How Facebook Marketplace Became Ubiquitous, Essential, and Unhelpful

How Facebook Marketplace Became Ubiquitous, Essential, and Unhelpful

From the Archive: The Rise of the “Exurban House”

From the Archive: The Rise of the “Exurban House”

The House Museum of All House Museums Reopens, and It’s Better Than Ever

The House Museum of All House Museums Reopens, and It’s Better Than Ever

How Dansk Pepper Mills Brought Danish Modernism to the American Table

How Dansk Pepper Mills Brought Danish Modernism to the American Table

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Surprising Superfan: The Founder of Domino’s Pizza?

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Surprising Superfan: The Founder of Domino’s Pizza?

What the Roaches in My Rent-Stabilized Apartment Taught Me About the Housing Crisis

What the Roaches in My Rent-Stabilized Apartment Taught Me About the Housing Crisis

From the Archive: How Renegade Architecture Firms Challenged the Status Quo

From the Archive: How Renegade Architecture Firms Challenged the Status Quo

Why “The Studio” Created a Faux Frank Lloyd Wright and Filmed at Multiple Lautners

Why “The Studio” Created a Faux Frank Lloyd Wright and Filmed at Multiple Lautners

They Lived in a “Secret Mall Apartment” for Years. Now, They’re Telling the Story

They Lived in a “Secret Mall Apartment” for Years. Now, They’re Telling the Story

The Hidden Meanings of Different Design Styles in “Severance”

The Hidden Meanings of Different Design Styles in “Severance”

The Grassroots Race to Save Altadena’s Historic Batchelder Tiles—Before the Bulldozers Move In

The Grassroots Race to Save Altadena’s Historic Batchelder Tiles—Before the Bulldozers Move In

The Frankfurt Kitchen Changed How We Think About Housework

The Frankfurt Kitchen Changed How We Think About Housework

How TikTok Is Changing the Building Trades

How TikTok Is Changing the Building Trades

My Family and I Gave Up Furniture, and Haven’t Looked Back

My Family and I Gave Up Furniture, and Haven’t Looked Back

Moshe Safdie’s Son Reflects on Growing Up in His Father’s Visionary Prefab Experiment, Habitat ’67

Moshe Safdie’s Son Reflects on Growing Up in His Father’s Visionary Prefab Experiment, Habitat ’67

My Quest for Energy Independence in a Victorian Fixer-Upper

My Quest for Energy Independence in a Victorian Fixer-Upper

My Dad, Richard Neutra, Through the Lens of a Landmark Psychological Study

My Dad, Richard Neutra, Through the Lens of a Landmark Psychological Study

What 8 Months of Van Life Taught Me About Making a Home You Love

What 8 Months of Van Life Taught Me About Making a Home You Love

The Unfulfilled Promise of the Nagakin Capsule Tower

The Unfulfilled Promise of the Nagakin Capsule Tower

When We Talk About Good Design

When We Talk About Good Design

How Extreme Climate Helped Shape Palm Springs Modernism

How Extreme Climate Helped Shape Palm Springs Modernism

“Castlecore” Has Come Back Before. So What’s Driving the Latest Renaissance?

“Castlecore” Has Come Back Before. So What’s Driving the Latest Renaissance?

The Brief Era of the Modernist Playground

The Brief Era of the Modernist Playground

Inside Ricardo Bofill’s Walden 7, an Epic Social Housing Project Inspired by a Utopian Sci-Fi Novel

Inside Ricardo Bofill’s Walden 7, an Epic Social Housing Project Inspired by a Utopian Sci-Fi Novel

A Love Letter to the “She-Devil” Mansion, a Barbie Dreamhouse Turned Villain’s Lair

A Love Letter to the “She-Devil” Mansion, a Barbie Dreamhouse Turned Villain’s Lair

The Legacy of the First Licensed Black Architect in Texas Lives Here

The Legacy of the First Licensed Black Architect in Texas Lives Here

A New Generation of Earthship Owners Looks for Climate Solutions in the Past

A New Generation of Earthship Owners Looks for Climate Solutions in the Past

When Disaster Called, L.A.’s Realtor-Influencers Were Ready

When Disaster Called, L.A.’s Realtor-Influencers Were Ready

Diary of an Accidental Transatlantic Cruiser

Diary of an Accidental Transatlantic Cruiser

“Murder She Wrote” Was Actually All About Real Estate

“Murder She Wrote” Was Actually All About Real Estate

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