Attic Bird Houses in Cloud White, Tomato Red, and Robin’s Egg Blue by Studio Chad Wright, from $350.

This handmade birdhouse can simply be set inside as a conversation piece, or fulfill its duties outside as a home for the local birds.

The Modern Birdhouses honor architectural pioneers J.R. Davidson, Ralph Rapson, and Richard Neutra, who participated in the Case Study Houses Program by turning their ideas—"simple lines, modern detailing, and durable material"—into great accessories for bird-loving homeowners.

The spherical design of the Birdball encourages small garden birds to nest and find protection from the elements.

A Model 78 side chair by Niels Otto Møller tucks into a custom desk in the master bedroom, a home base from which Friedlander works remotely. The brass pendant light is by Allied Maker.

Bell Labs (Holmdel, New Jersey: 1957) History: As Silicon Valley titans like Apple seek to create their own corporate superstructures, it’s instructive to look back at Bell Labs, not merely a birthplace of American ingenuity but also a masterclass in corporate construction by Eero Saarinen. The man behind “the Versailles of Industry,” (the GM Tech Center), Saarinen built this ahead-if-its-time tech incubator with interconnected skyways and a mirrored ball exterior, a 472-acre campus where an impressive number of scientific discoveries took place. Status: Shuttered in 2007, the campus is owned by Somerset Development, which is trying to figure out ways to redevelop the site. Plans that have been floated over the past few years include scenarios that replace this iconic office complex with upscale homes. What You Can Do: Late last fall, Somerset committed to a $100 restoration plan, promising to develop the largest vacant office building in the country with a preservationist mindset, conserving features like the architect’s conversation pits while turning it into a more elaborate live-work space with medial offices, a library, restaurants, offices, and cafes. Looks like now may be the time to invest in your own Saarinen-designed office space. Image Credit: Lee Beaumont, Creative Commons

The Egg Bird House features a 1 1/8" diameter entry hole that attracts chickadees, wrens, and smaller birds and comes in six shiny shades.

The more planning you do and the fewer changes you make, the higher chance you have of staying within your budget. Take the time to figure out what the scope of the project is and get a sense of how much work is needed so that you can make educated decisions when presented with options.

The modern, clean design of this birdhouse provides "simple avian living". The eight color choices give you a chance to draw as much or as little attention to this nest as you like.

One of the fastest growing and richest American cities in the early 20th century, Buffalo’s remaining building stock from its boom times is hard to match. But a lengthy period of economic stagnation and suburbanization since has led to a scant collection of postwar architecture, particularly housing. A hopeful sign of more progressive times exists, however, in what’s called “Birdhouse,” a new residence by local architect Adam Sokol.

The past can be intimidating for architects working in older cities with limited examples of contemporary design, but Adam Sokol has managed to push a new look forward in Buffalo, New York, with his Birdhouse. Completed in 2011, the residence replaces a vacant lot on Bird Avenue—a rare opportunity for new construction in a healthy neighborhood defined by its collection of century-old infrastructure.

Attic-“I named the collection Attic because I've always dreamed of finding myself an attic apartment, somewhere cozy and with a view of my city. Rather than bring the birds to the birdhouse, I wanted to bring the birdhouse to the birds, so I started with a foundation and elongated the archetypal house straight up to the sky,” said Wright.

Birdhouse upon birdhouse upon birdhouse.

This handthrown white stone birdhouse is "the ultimate modernist pad for your friendly neighborhood birds."

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The aluminum housing protects birds year-round and attaches to trees with a fastener and lashing strap that does no damage to the tree.

The BetaBox mobile prototyping lab is outfitted with a 3D printer, a CNC mill, a laser cutter, and other tools for innovating.

The look of the BetaBox was a collaboration between Nicholas Sailer, BetaVersity's director of creative, who studied industrial design at the College of Design in Raleigh, North Carolina; and Michael Hobgood, an architectural designer and the company's director of operations.

For the second year in a row, experts in landscape design offered free consultations as part of “The Landscape Designer Is In” program.

With white-board walls, the BetaBox is set up to encourage creative thinking.

Students at work in the BetaBox on the Duke University campus in 2014.

Sugar cubes “printed” by the Sugar Lab for 3D Systems.

Pousse Creative's design for a birdhouse with a "green roof."

Haptic Lab is a Brooklyn design studio that creates quilts, kites, and other textiles. The Deneb Kite is crafted from screen-printed kite fabric in Brooklyn, and is cut and assembled in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Deneb Kite features Haptic Lab’s signature ten-foot-long patchwork kite tail and includes kite twine and flying instructions.

Antique-looking birdhouses are displayed in a hallway office space upstairs. - North Hatley, Quebec Dwell Magazine : July / August 2017

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Octahedron planters by @etrine in an exclusive hammertone finish for the @dwell_store.

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Hangar Meeting Table for MG LAB – This table premiered in 2012. It was designed with a space underneath the tabletop to stow away electronic devices that need to be close at hand without contributing to tabletop clutter.

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