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Budget Breakdown: An Aussie Architect Builds a Beach House With Million-Dollar Views for $270K

Budget Breakdown: An Aussie Architect Builds a Beach House With Million-Dollar Views for $270K

Before & After: In Spain, an Architect Restores an Iconic Home Built by His Grandparents

Before & After: In Spain, an Architect Restores an Iconic Home Built by His Grandparents

With $20K, a Chilean Architect Builds His Mom a Low-Maintenance Beach House

With $20K, a Chilean Architect Builds His Mom a Low-Maintenance Beach House

Over a Decade, Two Furniture Designers Reimagine a 300-Year-Old Barn

Over a Decade, Two Furniture Designers Reimagine a 300-Year-Old Barn

A Dusty-Pink Rammed Earth Home Appears to Rise Out of the Baja Desert

A Dusty-Pink Rammed Earth Home Appears to Rise Out of the Baja Desert

A Multigenerational Home in Upstate New York Experiments With Eye-Popping Color

A Multigenerational Home in Upstate New York Experiments With Eye-Popping Color

A Screened Porch Slices Through a Design Duo’s New England Cottage

A Screened Porch Slices Through a Design Duo’s New England Cottage

Three Friends Join Forces to Build a Four-Gable Getaway on Shelter Island

Three Friends Join Forces to Build a Four-Gable Getaway on Shelter Island

This Off-Grid Summer Cabin Is Only Accessible by Boat

This Off-Grid Summer Cabin Is Only Accessible by Boat

A Floating House on Lake Huron Stands Out By Blending In

A Floating House on Lake Huron Stands Out By Blending In

A Hawaiian House Surrounded by Lava Takes Screens to Extremes

A Hawaiian House Surrounded by Lava Takes Screens to Extremes

A Nearly Invisible “Hytte” Rises From a High Plateau in Norway

A Nearly Invisible “Hytte” Rises From a High Plateau in Norway

An Architect’s Weekend Home Balances on a Rocky Slope in the Stockholm Archipelago

An Architect’s Weekend Home Balances on a Rocky Slope in the Stockholm Archipelago

An Architect and His Wife Adjust Their Longtime Norwegian Cottage to Be Livable in Old Age

An Architect and His Wife Adjust Their Longtime Norwegian Cottage to Be Livable in Old Age

Massive Sliding Doors Connect a Hawaii Home to Its Mountainside Setting

Massive Sliding Doors Connect a Hawaii Home to Its Mountainside Setting

Plagued Ash Trees Were Repurposed to Create This Charred Cedar–Clad Home on Lake Michigan

Plagued Ash Trees Were Repurposed to Create This Charred Cedar–Clad Home on Lake Michigan

Before & After: In Albania, Two Sisters Turn a Ruin Into Twin Seaside Apartments

Before & After: In Albania, Two Sisters Turn a Ruin Into Twin Seaside Apartments

A Vacation Retreat Towers Above the Treetops in Northwest Michigan

A Vacation Retreat Towers Above the Treetops in Northwest Michigan

Budget Breakdown: In the Catskills, an Architect Experiments With Passive Design for $515K

Budget Breakdown: In the Catskills, an Architect Experiments With Passive Design for $515K

A Metal Shell Keeps This Australian Retreat Cool—and Fire Safe

A Metal Shell Keeps This Australian Retreat Cool—and Fire Safe

This Tranquil Whidbey Island Cabin Is an “Essay in Wood”

This Tranquil Whidbey Island Cabin Is an “Essay in Wood”

A Couple’s Getaway on a Windswept Island in Quebec Riffs on Tradition

A Couple’s Getaway on a Windswept Island in Quebec Riffs on Tradition

These Twinning Cabins in Poland Have Their Own Personalities

These Twinning Cabins in Poland Have Their Own Personalities

A Hotelier Riffs on a Traditional Barn for His Family’s Retreat in South Africa

A Hotelier Riffs on a Traditional Barn for His Family’s Retreat in South Africa

Before & After: Three Sisters Give an Abandoned Portuguese Farmhouse a Vibrant Revival

Before & After: Three Sisters Give an Abandoned Portuguese Farmhouse a Vibrant Revival

Budget Breakdown: This $558K Texas Home Celebrates the Charm of Simple Sheds

Budget Breakdown: This $558K Texas Home Celebrates the Charm of Simple Sheds

Before & After: In Menorca, a Family’s Crumbling Farmhouse Is Revived With Local Materials

Before & After: In Menorca, a Family’s Crumbling Farmhouse Is Revived With Local Materials

A Lake House in Chilean Patagonia Takes Inspiration from Japanese Pagodas

A Lake House in Chilean Patagonia Takes Inspiration from Japanese Pagodas

Two Architects Create a “Living Example” of Why Prefab Works So Well in the Wild

Two Architects Create a “Living Example” of Why Prefab Works So Well in the Wild

In Mexico, a Circular Home Surrounded by Forest Brings a Family Together

In Mexico, a Circular Home Surrounded by Forest Brings a Family Together

In Brazil, a Rooftop Deck Takes a Mountain Home to New Heights

In Brazil, a Rooftop Deck Takes a Mountain Home to New Heights

Before & After: This 1881 Schoolhouse Conversion Is a Master Class in Adaptive Reuse

Before & After: This 1881 Schoolhouse Conversion Is a Master Class in Adaptive Reuse

When Your Childhood Beach House Is an Architectural Icon

When Your Childhood Beach House Is an Architectural Icon

Two Cottages—Renovated Using Less Than $150K—Embrace Living With Kenya’s Wildlife

Two Cottages—Renovated Using Less Than $150K—Embrace Living With Kenya’s Wildlife

Construction Diary: An Artist Plays Architect to Design a Brutalist-Inspired Family Home in Turkey

Construction Diary: An Artist Plays Architect to Design a Brutalist-Inspired Family Home in Turkey

Before & After: This Accessible Catskills Retreat Brings Together Three Generations of Family

Before & After: This Accessible Catskills Retreat Brings Together Three Generations of Family

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