Lowering the shutters on this small writer’s retreat completely exposes the interior to the site’s impressive island views.

On an island 20 miles off the coast of Maine, a writer, with the help of his daughter, built not only a room but an entire green...

Architect Ling Hao allows the pad’s vintage details to sing.

The Louisiana native explains how cities can heal the wounds of racist development—without accelerating gentrification.

Creativity stems from a balance of work and life, connectivity and retreat, conversation and solitude.

A 484-square-foot metal-and-concrete home is woven into its parkland environs.

Making the long journey from Scotland to the island of Crete, this eco-friendly tiny home serves as a summer retreat.

At the iconic Louveira Complex, an exemplar of Brazilian modernism, local architect Ana Sawaia bravely plays with space, color,...

When a West Vancouver couple called on an architect to build their family home, he delivered—he just had to change the roof first.

Thoughtfully inserted into the desert landscape, a low-impact, two-bedroom Cover prefab embraces the outdoors in minimalist style.

Danish architecture firm SLETH designs a flexible office and home where a nonfiction writer can get creative surrounded by...

Available for the first time in nearly 60 years, the home offers a glass-fronted living room with views of the San Francisco Bay.

From the softest, most luxurious sheet set to a versatile picnic blanket, top designers, architects, and makers give us their...

Alessandro Mendini, a key figure in Italian postmodernism and co-founder of​ Studio Alchimia, died February 18, 2018, at the age...

Robert Hutchison Architecture expands a 1967 residence near Seattle to facilitate larger classes and a better relationship with...

On Austin’s outskirts, an author's bunker-style home redefines modern city living.

Today’s top black designers and architects tell us about their design philosophies—and speak about diversity in the field—for...

Orla Kiely furnishes her renovated Victorian house with her signature prints.

Right now, the logistics of “going back to normal” are a mystery.

George Smart, executive director of Triangle Modernist Archive, is a modern-day Lorax for modern-designed houses.

We take a look back at Salone del Mobile's 2014 special exhibition—Where Architects Live—with a sneak peek into the personal...

Josh Hissong takes on the mantle of one of Washington’s most noted architects with a reverent renovation.