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• A City Home Grows Without Gobbling Up Its Garden

  

  Determined not to destroy the home's limited connection to nature, Microclimat extended the addition only as far as a mature poplar tree in the rear garden.... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Retirement Never Looked Better and More Sustainable

  

  "Pulling the buildings apart allows what is not a big house to feel really big," says architect Jonathan Feldman of the sustainable retirement home he built... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• A Design Exhibition That Begs to Be Touched

  

  For the exhibition Touching Tales, Alcantara reached out to two emerging design studios to reinterpret their material.  Log in or register to post Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• This Family Never Has to Fight About Where Their Next Trip Will Be

  

  The black-lacquered aluminum panels and double-height volumes of this home in southern Quebec, designed by Les Architectes FABG, abstract its scale from the... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• The Lakeside Getaway That Entertains All Ages

  

  In a family’s pint-size lake retreat in Austin, Texas, ipe siding and decking meet concrete floors and steeland-glass windows. Stained cyprus was used for the... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• One Family Looks to the Stars Every Night

  

  Architect Janna Levitt devised a creative emellishment for a residence in Canada. Photo by: Philip Cheung Project Don River House Architect LGA Architectural... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• This Home Achieves Blissful Living in the Hills

  

  Rookie firm Patch Work Architecture used locally sourced Lawson cypress to clad the exterior of a 970-square-foot house in New Zealand. Vibrant painted accents... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• This is How You Combine Modern Architecture, Flea Market Finds, and Art All...

  

  Originally an 1880s horse stable, Studio Gang wrapped the home in an airy brick screen.  The house continues to make quite the impression. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• This Modular Compound Accommodates the Whole Family

  

  Scott Wallace and Tara Coco turned to Lake|Flato Architects and its modular Porch House system for a family compound on the banks of the Blanco River in... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• This Glass House Conquers the Coast

  

  Boora Architects designed a house for Ryan and Mary Finley near Cannon Beach, Oregon, that resembles a glass prism and rises above a shallow cliff... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• A Green Home Emerges After a Fire

  

  The house that architect Renée del Gaudio designed for her family in Boulder uses energy-efficient Loewen windows on the south facade that incorporate... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• House of the Week: A House Controlled by the Touch of an App

  

  Charles Willson travels from his home in Napa, California, to San Francisco and New York City every week for work, but in a way he never really leaves. Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• This Garden Shed Stays Cool in Belgium

  

  The 484-square-foot room offers a cool respite from summer sun and a warm place to relax in winter. Project Garden Room Architect Indra Janda In the rural... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Students Pass Their Class by Building a House in New Zealand

  

  A compact prefab vacation home in the seaside community of Onemana Beach is clad in plywood and vertical timber battens finished in Resene’s Lumbersider paint i... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• This House is Why Friends Make the Best Collaborators

  

  For her family’s house near Melbourne, Anna Horne created a series of prefab wood modules using a design from the company Prebuilt. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Aspirational Penthouse Living, Berlin Style

  

  The kitchen, with a custom island by the architects, has a Blanco sink and Dornbracht fixtures. Architects Ester Bruzkus and Patrick Batek clad the apartment's... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• The Iconic Home That Still Looks as Good as New

  

  The wood-frame residence and studio are clad in vertical cedar siding—back then, a daring competitor to clapboard—instead of concrete to save costs. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Shop Class Rebooted: Students Built This Woodland Retreat

  

  Studio North participants need no prior building experience. Over the course of six days, they create a rural structure.  Each summer, architecture firm Moskow... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Students Built This Woodland Retreat

  

  Studio North participants need no prior building experience. Over the course of six days, they create a rural structure.  Each summer, architecture firm Moskow... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Photo of the Week: An Earthquake-Proof Design in Argentina

  

  Planned to be built next year in Salta, Argentina, the Valley Shelter project was designed by @dardomolina of ADG Arquitectos. Because the site is located in a... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2016 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN