We’re Living Through Another Age of the BunkerUnderground properties grow in popularity every decade or so. They’re back, and more attainable than ever.
An Archaeological Renovation Adds Precious Space to a Tiny Boston ApartmentIn Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood, where space is tight and the cost of a home averages close to $1,000 per square foot,...
A Dramatic Home on San Juan Island Appears to Cascade Toward the SeaEach of the home’s four staggered volumes is covered in a blanket of native grasses.
SelgasCano’s Psychedelic Serpentine Pavilion Opens at the La Brea Tar PitsThe vibrant pavilion travels to the U.S. for the first time—and it just opened to the public at an Ice Age excavation site in Los...
Budget Breakdown: A Raleigh Colonial Home Is Reinvented for $260KA suburban residence in North Carolina is filled with light and garden views after a renovation and addition by the architect...
A Massive “Megacabinet” Hides a Secret Room in This San Francisco HomeA secret reading niche, ample shelving, and even a feeding station for the family dog are integrated into this “Megacabinet” that...
A Renovation Turns a Once-Abandoned Barcelona Building Into an Airy HomeThe design team combined a Japanese sensibility and Spanish details with pine finishes and a red tile floor.
Budget Breakdown: A Steel-Clad Prefab Blends Into a Lush Forest for $665KA steep hillside and rushing creek define a family’s prefab retreat in New Hampshire.
A Meticulous Renovation Turns a Run-Down House Into a Storage-Smart GemMinute details and judiciously applied materials create a refined home in San Francisco.
To Design a Cabin in New Zealand, Its Architect Looked to the SkyBirds fluttering overhead gave Barry Connor inspiration for the compact cabin, which is positioned for some of the most...
Budget Breakdown: An Architect Builds a 14-Foot-Wide House in Atlanta For $332KThe skinny house, which resides on an “unbuildable” lot, stretches three stories high in the gabled rear.
Budget Breakdown: A Toronto Home Makes the Most of an Infill Lot For $446KIn Toronto, Atelier RZLBD replaces a nondescript home on an infill lot with a breezy, adaptable dwelling.
Budget Breakdown: A New Zealand Architect Builds a Passive House for His Family for $490KDrawing on a simple material palette of plywood and corrugated metal, architect Rafe Maclean designs a certified Passive House on...
This Glowing Glass Haven Beckons the Outside InInspired by the idea of a glowing lantern tucked into the hillside, the owner of this Woodland Dune house worked with her...
For a Cool $25 Million, You Can Buy Richard Neutra’s Most Famous Palm Springs HomeThe Kaufmann Desert House was meticulously restored by Marmol Radziner in the 1990s—and now it’s up for grabs.
A Spanish Family Sets Down Roots With a Cozy, Earth-Toned Passive HouseTheir barrel-vaulted dwelling is so efficient that they didn’t have to turn on the heater last winter.
Budget Breakdown: A $134K Laneway House in Toronto Puts a Couple’s DIY Skills to the TestShaving down time and cost, two scrappy Canadians gave themselves a crash course in construction.
A DIY Couple Build a Scandi-Inspired Guesthouse and Office for $275KTarah and Drew MacAlmon dreamed big to create The Lofthouse, a collaborative workspace and Airbnb in their hometown of Black...
Budget Breakdown: A $614K Renovation Carves Up an L.A. Bungalow Like a Slice of Swiss CheeseShin Shin Architecture brings playful porosity and a fresh ADU to a 1923 single-family home.
Green Sustainable Home in MontaukDecades after they met as teenagers on a Montauk beach, Manhattanites Victoria and Greg Pryor returned to Long Island to build a...
An Architect Builds a Bunker-Esque Workspace That’s Designed for Future UpdatesArchitect Mathieu Levesque adds an office to his family’s Brisbane property with plans to renovate when his firm, LADA, grows out...
Budget Breakdown: A Portland Home Packs an Off-Grid Punch for $820KOn challenging terrain overlooking a wetland, Minarik Architecture creates a resilient, dual-volume residence.
Budget Breakdown: A Gable Cottage Clad in Cork Pops Up in New York for $381KNinety minutes outside New York City, a young couple’s first house riffs on agricultural vernacular with a green twist.
An Abandoned Stone Quarry in Spain Becomes a Sublimely Minimalist HomeWith the help of 3D laser scanning, Ensamble Studio excavates a quarry on the island of Menorca to create an experimental retreat.
The Brick Weave House in ChicagoBorn as a horse stable, the Brick Weave House in Chicago is all about transportation and transparency.
Mod MenTodd Goddard and Andrew Mandolene have a spring in their step since completing their restoration of the near-derelict 1957 home...
A New SlantIn Seattle, where others saw only a severe slope and lack of municipal hookups, one couple spotted their ticket to their dream...
Here’s How We Fix the Hole in the Middle of the Housing MarketSoaring real estate prices and shrinking housing options are leaving families in urban centers with fewer pathways to...
A Former Dentist’s Office Becomes an Intriguingly Layered Home on Mexico’s Yucatán PeninsulaAs two ex–New Yorkers reimagine their lives in Mérida, they band together with a local team to create an unexpected residence.
Bobby Berk Takes Us Inside the Biggest Makeover in This Season of ‘Queer Eye’Get an insider look at how Bobby Berk transforms the home of a widower in Kansas City—and how he approaches the whirlwind...
17 Spectacular “Before & After” Reveals of New York City RenovationsFrom Brooklyn townhouses to Chelsea lofts, these homes maximize city living.
A South African Home With a Green Roof Opens Completely to the LandscapeTwo brothers utilize vernacular building techniques to create the Witklipfontein Eco Lodge on a working farm near Vredefort Dome.
Cor-Ten Steel Cloaks a Set of Four Structures That Form a Texas HomeInstead of putting everything under one roof, architecture firm Lake|Flato created a network of smaller volumes to minimize...
Quartzite Counters and Cedar Cladding Come Standard in These $65K Tiny HomesThe 200-square-foot unit by Clever Tiny Homes also figures in storage and a Murphy bed that don’t dominate the floor plan.
A Corrugated Steel Shell Gives Way to Warm Timber Interiors at This Cabin Retreat in TasmaniaA catwalk connects a suite and separate living area that feature floor-to-ceiling windows and finishes, built-ins, and...
It Looks Like a Barn—But This Country Home in Switzerland Takes a Hard Turn InsideA saltbox roof and wood cladding give way to a blend of concrete and plaster at the rural address in Zurich.