Bright Ideas: The Latest in Lighting

Interior and furniture designer Nick Dine—son of pop artist Jim Dine—has a love-hate relationship with his 2,000-square-foot Hudson Square condo loft.

Whether wrought from molded aluminum or the latest techno-mesh, few seats work harder than the sturdy desk chair. We worked a few over.

In Portland, Oregon, two adjoining six-story homes on a formerly run-down urban lot add to the neighborhood’s density and its green cred.

Suzanne Shelton’s life work is making sustainable lifestyles attractive and accessible.

A sleepy capital perched by the sea, Oslo is in the midst of an architectural surge.

With their light, white house that owes equal debts to its Nordic surroundings and to the Japanese provenance of its architects, a pair of design-minded art lovers are boldly...

On a shady street just off the main drag of Melbourne, Australia’s hippest inner suburb, a pair of creative types and their two kids have made a bright, cheery home by renovating...

What happens when the guesthouse becomes home? Retired couple Suzanne and Brooks Kelley found out when a pair of brainy New Haven architects breathed new architectural life into...

One of the oldest proclamations in Western literature—maybe the very oldest, depending on how you see things—is “Let there be light.” And for most of human history, whether we...

Fiber-optic cables can be used to pipe and enhance sunlight into homes. Money is saved. The English rejoice.

Waste extends far beyond what winds up in the landfill. The International Dark-Sky Association leads the charge against light pollution.

So you’ve finally made the move from incandescent to CFLs only to learn that you’re well behind the LED wave. Get ready to switch again.

There’s a light at the end of the tunnel; this trio of design luminaries tells us precisely how it will work.

Retirement often offers couples more time together, but when René Menten and Mikey Bienkens left the working world, they built a house that emphasized their individual activities.