In the Texas capital's transit-oriented Mueller development, architect Michael Hsu proposes a modern take on row house living.

A 1,600-square-foot home in Costa Rica takes advantage of passive cooling techniques to tread lightly on the land it sits on.

Studio eM Design’s rammed-earth home in Corrales, New Mexico, updates the regional adobe archetype into a hallmark of sustainable...

"Personally, I’d rather be living outside,” says architect David Hertz.

The energy-efficient Silicon Valley home that architect Dan Spiegel designs for his parents responds to their lifestyles, the...

Covering a wide range of iconic homes from Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye to Shigeru Ban’s Curtain Wall House, Phaidon's recently...

Part history book, part design bible, “Inside Utopia” captures the midcentury modernist psyche and beyond.

In a modernist seaside enclave, a couple calls in a pioneering architecture firm to build a new house rooted in midcentury style.

From the use of structural insulated panels to achieving net-zero energy capability, these New England firms are paving the way...

In Melbourne’s Northcote neighborhood, Studio Bright reincarnates a declining Edwardian into a civic-minded family home with...

In rural North Yorkshire, a simple agricultural shed becomes a bright and energy-efficient home for a couple and their art...

Decades after they met as teenagers on a Montauk beach, Manhattanites Victoria and Greg Pryor returned to Long Island to build a...

Seeking simplicity and open space, a Boulder-area couple settled on a wooded hilltop with views of the mountains and the city.

A green roof cools your home in the summer, insulates in the winter, and has far-reaching benefits for the community, but keeping...

In Seattle, where others saw only a severe slope and lack of municipal hookups, one couple spotted their ticket to their dream...

A Brooklyn architect shows what a little elbow grease, a healthy dose of naïveté, and a decade can accomplish.

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