A striking example of adaptive reuse, the three-bedroom home designed by local firm C2 Architecture comes with 15-foot-tall...

Located in a horseshoe-shaped fortress from the 17th century, the Long Story Short Hostel offers modern accommodations in a...

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A 2012 biography highlights the rich, black-and-white photography of Balthazar Korab, whose sharp imagery helped give a face to...

Designed by architect Jan Lippert, the midcentury bungalow in Germany is a cultural monument.

A humble composition of two-by-fours, plywood, and polycarbonate, the Uphill Utilitarian is a flexible storage space and studio.

These days, a growing number of gizmos contain both a cell phone and a PDA.

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Shipping containers make sturdy shells for these ready-to-buy, prefabricated homes.

Customize your fireplace or mantel with these modern designs that combine style and utility.

Built for a scholar, Casa Biblioteca is a sanctuary for reading, stargazing, and enjoying a cigar or two.

Charlie Low and Dale Comley spend a year converting a sunny, yellow Mercedes-Benz Sprinter for an epic rock climbing trip.

Set on a landscaped 1.56-acre lot, the 9,400-square-foot house dates back to 1886.

The revitalized residence has period-appropriate cabinetry, colors, and cork floors, and it’s located in a landmark community...

An ambitious, year-long civic engagement project wants Angelenos to play along their waterway.

Maria Bottero has lived in an avant-garde Milan apartment designed by her former husband since 1969.

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Take in daily sunset views over the lake and golf course.

William Krisel knows architecture. The 84-year old architect has been licensed for a remarkable 59 years.

Gon Architects went big with the better things in life in the remaking of their client’s compact Madrid apartment.

In 2007, we wrote about the icon reopening to the public—and to public scrutiny.

RJ Guillermo and Francis Aquino outfit their 1951 L.A. home with a backyard oasis—and roughly 350 potted plants.

The dark-green outpost in Landers, California, is now on the market at $1.4M, objets d’art and high desert views included.

Enjoy the salty air and coastal views—without having to invest your nest egg in a ground-up build.

Architect Ken Meffan’s 10-years-in-the-making home is in the tiny Northern California town of Rough and Ready—a term that might...

The $107K Ecocapsule is equipped for the top of a mountain or your backyard.

Now that gas prices in the U.S. are hovering around two dollars a gallon, what's happened to green driving?

The Los Angeles wildfires emphasized an important new function for the fundraising platform: stepping in to help homeowners...

“Basically everything had asbestos in it,” says architect Aleksandra Popovska—but that was the first of many pricey surprises as...

A resourceful resident finds two designers whose work suits his three requirements for a new home: concrete, sustainability, and...

While living in a yurt on their rental property's backyard, Margaret Tucker and Steph Steele decided it was time to bring in Side...

The legendary men’s lifestyle magazine endorsed radical designs of the time, and another type of voyeurism: the domestic kind.

Color and vintage furnishings make this 1977 gem “feel like a hug.”

Our editors sorted through thousands of chairs and countless other objects during Milan’s design week to spot the trends and...

Empty units could mean more affordable rents in the near future, but the long-term picture is more complicated.