Small World: Living Large in 235, 900, or 2,000 Square Feet

Marcel Wilson harnessed an underground water source to create a lush marshland in his garden.

Make way, Arne and Eero. Forward-looking furniture company Muuto turns the spotlight on 21st-century Scandinavian design.

Eight years after construction began, this lakeside getaway 80 miles outside Johannesburg received the long-awaited finishing touch that makes it an eye-catching thermal wonder.

A quirky mountain refuge by the French designer is an ingenious take on small-space living.

To maximize their 1,000-square-foot unit, transatlantic designers Aleksander Novak-Zemplinski and Becky Nix handcrafted a fleet of double-duty furnishings.

Building sustainably was less about high-tech gizmos than learning to truly love the land.

Thanks to designers Nina Tolstrup and Jack Mama, a run-down workshop in East London is reborn as a cheery space.

Working with a limited footprint, a daunting slope, and killer scenery, Bruce Bolander went vertical with a secluded house barely visible from the road below.

On a long and skinny lot in Japan's capital, a clever 44-level house consisting solely of a series of steps and landings fits a family’s “futon lifestyle.”

In California’s wine country, two linked 1,000-square-foot pavilions echo Philip Johnson’s 1949 Glass House.

Faced with the challenge of a renovating a tiny Upper West Side studio unit in desperate need of a refresh, architect Tim Seggerman went straight to his toolbox.

You could call it the next frontier of design, but you have to close your eyes to “see” it. The ear inhabits a space, and captures a place, more acutely than the eye.

San Francisco philanthropist Ann Hatch discusses her latest project, the Workshop Residence, where artisans produce and sell affordable accessories, housewares, and objets d’art.

A five-step program for those suffering from too much stuff and not enough space.

Proving that no place is too obscure to provide storage, architect Kotaro Anzai masterminded a staircase that camouflages drawers and cubbies in its risers and runners.