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Construction Diary: With $293K, Two Designers Make a Rhode Island Victorian Their Own

Construction Diary: With $293K, Two Designers Make a Rhode Island Victorian Their Own

Striking Ceramic Screens Take a Cramped Madrid Townhouse From Dark to Delightful for $309K

Striking Ceramic Screens Take a Cramped Madrid Townhouse From Dark to Delightful for $309K

Once Made for Mail, It’s Now for Your Golden Years

Once Made for Mail, It’s Now for Your Golden Years

A Restaurateur From Seattle’s “First Family of Phở” Crafts Her Dream Kitchen for Hosting

A Restaurateur From Seattle’s “First Family of Phở” Crafts Her Dream Kitchen for Hosting

How a Colorado Couple Rehabbed an Abandoned Hacienda in the Yucatán Jungle

How a Colorado Couple Rehabbed an Abandoned Hacienda in the Yucatán Jungle

This Multigenerational Home Near Carmel Is a Slice of Prefab Paradise

This Multigenerational Home Near Carmel Is a Slice of Prefab Paradise

A Brutalist Behemoth Left Deserted for Decades Comes Back to Life for €102K

A Brutalist Behemoth Left Deserted for Decades Comes Back to Life for €102K

A Dated Flat in a Building by None Other Than Le Corbusier Gets a Reverent Refresh

A Dated Flat in a Building by None Other Than Le Corbusier Gets a Reverent Refresh

Budget Breakdown: For $31K, a Brooklyn Family Makes Room for All in an 850-Square-Foot Apartment

Budget Breakdown: For $31K, a Brooklyn Family Makes Room for All in an 850-Square-Foot Apartment

Construction Diary: 650 Square Feet Is Perfect for an Italian Couple and Their Three Cats

Construction Diary: 650 Square Feet Is Perfect for an Italian Couple and Their Three Cats

Soak in the Views

Soak in the Views

Pops of Color and a Concrete Cube Make This Argentina Retreat Like “a Ball Pit for Grown-Ups”

Pops of Color and a Concrete Cube Make This Argentina Retreat Like “a Ball Pit for Grown-Ups”

When Life Gave Them an Oddly Shaped Lot, a Young Family Made a Superbly Skinny 868-Square-Foot Home

When Life Gave Them an Oddly Shaped Lot, a Young Family Made a Superbly Skinny 868-Square-Foot Home

Why an Architect Keeps a Tiny Indian Temple Replica on His Desk—and Sometimes Uses It as a Pencil

Why an Architect Keeps a Tiny Indian Temple Replica on His Desk—and Sometimes Uses It as a Pencil

Take a Rare Look Inside an Ahead-of-Its-Time Home by Italian Architect Umberto Riva

Take a Rare Look Inside an Ahead-of-Its-Time Home by Italian Architect Umberto Riva

Nickelodeon’s “Luxury” Resort Courts Millennials With Nostalgia. Is It Working?

Nickelodeon’s “Luxury” Resort Courts Millennials With Nostalgia. Is It Working?

A Prewar Apartment in the “Only Murders in the Building” Building Gets a Screen-Worthy Renovation

A Prewar Apartment in the “Only Murders in the Building” Building Gets a Screen-Worthy Renovation

In Northern Michigan, a Geodesic Dome Offers Visitors an Escape Pod From Daily Life

In Northern Michigan, a Geodesic Dome Offers Visitors an Escape Pod From Daily Life

Budget Breakdown: A Seattle Couple Build Twin Backyard Offices for $51K—No Permit Required

Budget Breakdown: A Seattle Couple Build Twin Backyard Offices for $51K—No Permit Required

Before & After: A 450-Square-Foot Copenhagen Flat Now Hosts DJs, Art Openings, and Plenty of Friends

Before & After: A 450-Square-Foot Copenhagen Flat Now Hosts DJs, Art Openings, and Plenty of Friends

This Floating Sauna Brings a Touch of Scandinavia to Coastal Connecticut

This Floating Sauna Brings a Touch of Scandinavia to Coastal Connecticut

Lauren Halsey Is Building an Ode to South Central Los Angeles

Lauren Halsey Is Building an Ode to South Central Los Angeles

An 11-Year-Old Angeleno Turns His Family’s Yard Into a Graywater Garden

An 11-Year-Old Angeleno Turns His Family’s Yard Into a Graywater Garden

The Stained-Glass Windows of a Dated Brooklyn Brownstone Inspire Its Colorful Renovation

The Stained-Glass Windows of a Dated Brooklyn Brownstone Inspire Its Colorful Renovation

In Santa Cruz, a Site Steeped in Lore Gets a New Neighbor That Incorporates Its Eccentricities

In Santa Cruz, a Site Steeped in Lore Gets a New Neighbor That Incorporates Its Eccentricities

What to Do With a Building That Has a Traumatic Past?

What to Do With a Building That Has a Traumatic Past?

Budget Breakdown: A 1960s A-Frame Gets a $558K Refresh—and Historic Landmark Status

Budget Breakdown: A 1960s A-Frame Gets a $558K Refresh—and Historic Landmark Status

The Transformation of Cheyenne, Wyoming

The Transformation of Cheyenne, Wyoming

Well-Designed Low-Income Housing Is Possible

Well-Designed Low-Income Housing Is Possible

This Polychrome New Orleans Home Expands the Notion of “Family” Living

This Polychrome New Orleans Home Expands the Notion of “Family” Living

The Unusual Antique Shop Object That Inspired a Designer Couple

The Unusual Antique Shop Object That Inspired a Designer Couple

Elevated Style

Elevated Style

Shining Examples

Shining Examples

Lighting the Way

Lighting the Way

Designing Wellness

Designing Wellness

A “Farm-to-Shelter” Home Asks: Why Can’t Architects Make Buildings the Way Chefs Approach Food?

A “Farm-to-Shelter” Home Asks: Why Can’t Architects Make Buildings the Way Chefs Approach Food?

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