Hybridization is hit or miss (i.e., the jackalope).

Atlanta-based ceramicist Aleisha Ellis’s utilitarian style is inspired by contemporary Japanese work.

With sensitivity to local building typologies, fresh construction finds a place in Amsterdam.

We asked five households that recently switched Los Angeles neighborhoods what they had in mind when picking a new place to live.

A budget home embraces custom details fit for a family of five.

ZeroCabin offers DIY kits for building off-grid dwellings that run entirely on sunshine and rainwater.

Watch us try out an old-school plastic toy that's been reinvented in tactile wood.

Designer Jens Risom returns to his 1967 prefab off the coast of Rhode Island, readying it for his family's next generation.

A Seattle engineer builds an energy-efficient house with an assist from a prototype smart-home system.

Your garage, laundry room, basement, and other nonglam support areas: These are the silent killers of energy-efficiency in your...

Glass blocks—the old-school square blocks of translucent glass found in many buildings constructed from the 1940s through the...

Coexist Build launches a DIY tiny home that’s designed to be built in just a week.

The industrial-modern Metamorphosis House is now a showcase for art.

Families seeking seclusion in the city and ample space to grow and entertain will appreciate this five-bedroom, six-bath home in...

The 750-square-foot home, aptly named Stop Making Sense, recalls the chunky proportions of David Byrne’s iconic gray suit.

Melding corrugated metal with Douglas Fir wood, a sustainable home in Seattle brings nature inside while preserving a couple’s...

Breeze-blocks, perforated concrete blocks, cinder blocks, cobogó, or even decorative terra-cotta bricks: call them what you will,...

The front door of this São Paulo apartment is a wooden board once used to cut slabs of marble.

While some of Joe Columbo’s designs have proven the test of time (Alitalia still uses his plastic flatware), others were simply...