The owners of a beloved housewares boutique upsize and remodel their home in Venice.

The founder of the natural bed-and-bath brand built her washroom herself.

More Japanese minka than Sears, Roebuck & Co., a kit home in the Bay Area—complete with a meditation room—provides the right...

Set across the street from Great Stoneface Park, the updated 1953 home is surrounded by serene landscaping and bay views.

Japanese-style joinery means that The Bed by Thuma can be set up in a flash.

George Nakashima’s sublime Japanese-style bathroom endures at his rural estate.

Once tied to a rice plantation, the renovated Shimotoyama House in Japan becomes a bright family home thanks to ALTS Design...

A couple creates a striking modern home designed around an ancient Japanese principle.

Let these airy oases across the globe spur some ideas for creating your own refuge.

In order to save a Meiji-period machiya in Kyoto's Higashiyama District, four friends pooled together their resources and had the...

A simple floor plan emphasizes the rugged materiality of this elongated, cabin-style home in Valle de Bravo.

The 1949 home in Kensington, California, offers window-lined living spaces and serene courtyard gardens thanks to a careful...

Set on the Pacific Coast Highway, a midcentury beach motel is now an exclusive, Japanese-style hideaway with meals delivered from...

Boasting a private beach on Virgin Gorda, Villa Katsura brings Japanese sensibilities to the Caribbean.

Overlooking the Wissahickon Valley of Philly’s famed Fairmount Park, just 20 minutes from Center City, this custom residence...

Just like that, your kids’ LEGOs are out of the picture.

Two artists transform a 19th-century carriage house into a home where they can both live and create.

The Japanese “no-brand” masters of minimalism unveil the first single-story design in their line of prefab homes.

Taken from the traditional engawa, the covered porch extends the living room toward the surrounding mandarin plantations.

New Zealand–based tiny house company Build Tiny used clever storage solutions to maximize space in this 183-square-foot home.

Your white subway tiles were outré by the end of the aughts.

New York–based fashion designer Marc Jacobs snaps up one of Frank Lloyd Wright's last homes, built in the exclusive coastal...

Arbol Design creates a tiny house in Osaka with a cantilevered front facade that appears to float above a garden floor.

Perched on a ledge of glacial rock in Westchester County, New York, this exposed-timber residence elegantly incorporates...

Nestled in the Santa Cruz mountains, surrounded by old-growth redwoods, this dreamy home is a spiritual sanctuary for a creative...

This backyard is its own modern retreat in the Berkeley Hills.

These luxe designs are the definition of bathing beauties.

From a souped-up Airstream to an experimental cabin in the woods, these creations benefited from some paternal wisdom.

Infused with traditional materials and aesthetics, this open-plan home in Japan strengthens the bond a young family has to nature...

Architect TaeByoung Yim designs a 570-square-foot home with private space for studying and room to entertain.

In housing-strapped Los Angeles, a designer couple take on their own backyard build—and create a new rental in the process.

Amanda Gunawan of OWIU Design turns a cookie-cutter space into an Asian-inflected haven with an industrial edge.

A soothing landscaped garden acts as the centerpiece at this Los Angeles residence that shuns all unnecessary elements.

By straightening angles, installing windows, and adding vertical accents, architect Aaron Ritenour brought light and order to an...

eMZed Architecture construct a sustainable, durable, high-performance residence and office in Portland, Oregon, for $950,000—an...

With neighboring duplexes supplying rental income, two Knoxville architects patiently—and affordably—craft their dream home.