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The Old Hollywood History of St. Croix’s Skyhawk Villa

The Old Hollywood History of St. Croix’s Skyhawk Villa

Phish Bassist Mike Gordon’s Home Studio Is Just as Psychedelic as You’d Expect

Phish Bassist Mike Gordon’s Home Studio Is Just as Psychedelic as You’d Expect

The Case Against Glass Houses

The Case Against Glass Houses

What It’s Like to Live in a Pop Culture Landmark

What It’s Like to Live in a Pop Culture Landmark

One Night in Atlantis, the Resort of Mythical Possibility

One Night in Atlantis, the Resort of Mythical Possibility

Our Favorite House Museums, From Kyoto to Queens

Our Favorite House Museums, From Kyoto to Queens

In Mongolia, a Traditional Housing Type Meets the Changing Realities of Its Residents

In Mongolia, a Traditional Housing Type Meets the Changing Realities of Its Residents

The Dark Underbelly of “the Waterpark Capital of the World”

The Dark Underbelly of “the Waterpark Capital of the World”

How Fascist Italy Used Modernist Design to Spread Its Ideology

How Fascist Italy Used Modernist Design to Spread Its Ideology

The Case for the Scandinavian Sleep Method

The Case for the Scandinavian Sleep Method

The Sharing Economy Has Moved to Backyard Rentals—for Your Dog

The Sharing Economy Has Moved to Backyard Rentals—for Your Dog

Good Riddance to New York City’s Tenant-Paid Broker Fee

Good Riddance to New York City’s Tenant-Paid Broker Fee

The Rise, Fall, and Return of the American Porch

The Rise, Fall, and Return of the American Porch

Designers Are Creating At-Home Pet Spas for Their Dog-Obsessed Clients

Designers Are Creating At-Home Pet Spas for Their Dog-Obsessed Clients

One Night in an Earth Dome Eco-Retreat on a Typhoon Superhighway

One Night in an Earth Dome Eco-Retreat on a Typhoon Superhighway

What Writing a Novel Taught Me About Designing a Home

What Writing a Novel Taught Me About Designing a Home

From the Archive: The Singular Vision of Outlaw Architect Mark Mills

From the Archive: The Singular Vision of Outlaw Architect Mark Mills

Is the Future of the Outdoors...Indoors?

Is the Future of the Outdoors...Indoors?

How Facebook Marketplace Became Ubiquitous, Essential, and Unhelpful

How Facebook Marketplace Became Ubiquitous, Essential, and Unhelpful

From the Archive: The Rise of the “Exurban House”

From the Archive: The Rise of the “Exurban House”

The House Museum of All House Museums Reopens, and It’s Better Than Ever

The House Museum of All House Museums Reopens, and It’s Better Than Ever

How Dansk Pepper Mills Brought Danish Modernism to the American Table

How Dansk Pepper Mills Brought Danish Modernism to the American Table

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Surprising Superfan: The Founder of Domino’s Pizza?

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Surprising Superfan: The Founder of Domino’s Pizza?

What the Roaches in My Rent-Stabilized Apartment Taught Me About the Housing Crisis

What the Roaches in My Rent-Stabilized Apartment Taught Me About the Housing Crisis

From the Archive: How Renegade Architecture Firms Challenged the Status Quo

From the Archive: How Renegade Architecture Firms Challenged the Status Quo

Why “The Studio” Created a Faux Frank Lloyd Wright and Filmed at Multiple Lautners

Why “The Studio” Created a Faux Frank Lloyd Wright and Filmed at Multiple Lautners

They Lived in a “Secret Mall Apartment” for Years. Now, They’re Telling the Story

They Lived in a “Secret Mall Apartment” for Years. Now, They’re Telling the Story

The Hidden Meanings of Different Design Styles in “Severance”

The Hidden Meanings of Different Design Styles in “Severance”

The Grassroots Race to Save Altadena’s Historic Batchelder Tiles—Before the Bulldozers Move In

The Grassroots Race to Save Altadena’s Historic Batchelder Tiles—Before the Bulldozers Move In

The Frankfurt Kitchen Changed How We Think About Housework

The Frankfurt Kitchen Changed How We Think About Housework

How TikTok Is Changing the Building Trades

How TikTok Is Changing the Building Trades

My Family and I Gave Up Furniture, and Haven’t Looked Back

My Family and I Gave Up Furniture, and Haven’t Looked Back

Moshe Safdie’s Son Reflects on Growing Up in His Father’s Visionary Prefab Experiment, Habitat ’67

Moshe Safdie’s Son Reflects on Growing Up in His Father’s Visionary Prefab Experiment, Habitat ’67

My Quest for Energy Independence in a Victorian Fixer-Upper

My Quest for Energy Independence in a Victorian Fixer-Upper

My Dad, Richard Neutra, Through the Lens of a Landmark Psychological Study

My Dad, Richard Neutra, Through the Lens of a Landmark Psychological Study

What 8 Months of Van Life Taught Me About Making a Home You Love

What 8 Months of Van Life Taught Me About Making a Home You Love

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