This Home for a Detroit Floral Designer Elevates the Everyday
The structure lets materials like plywood and corrugated metal take center stage, complementing its True North neighbors.
Residential Architecture
How One Designer Built and Furnished His Tropical Island House in Taiwan
Complete with an on-site tea house, Mao Shen Chiang’s tranquil residence is a master study in mixing East and West design sensibilities, and personal artifacts.
Two Houses in Germany are United by Their Difference
To unify the houses, which share a tree-dotted complex near Frankfurt, their architects painted them opposite colors.
This Hillside Gem Is Classic New England With a 21st-Century Twist
Vermont studio Birdseye transforms one of the region’s most iconic design archetypes into a modern showpiece.
A Cooperative House in Berlin Reflects Its Surroundings—Literally
Completed by local firm Sauerbruch Hutton, whose office is just steps away, Haus 6 is clad in silvery steel and is home to a group of 10 clients.
Quality Control: Avenier Cornejo Takes on Social Housing in Southeastern Paris
The sunlit 22-unit building features energy-harvesting mechanisms and a brick facade that echoes its 19th-century neighbors.
Michael Chen Unveils Micro-Apartment Prototype at KBIS
The Transformer-type installation incorporated a kitchen range, an entertainment system, a vanity, and a bed.
A City Dwelling in Monterrey Is Inspired by the Mountains Around It
Casa Ocho Vigas, designed by Mexican firm Covachita, features a host of sustainable details, like natural ventilation, reclaimed casting boards, and a large elm tree.
In Tepeji del Río, a Home That Embraces Its Context
The stone and concrete abode designed by CCA engages with local vernacular and maximizes indoor-outdoor living.
A House in Cologne Packs Living, Work, and Gallery Space Into an Ultra-Skinny Lot
Young local architect Wolfgang Zeh spent years on the house, which responds to the unique spatial advantages and constraints of the once-decrepit lot.
Studio Schicketanz Takes on Net Zero in a New Residential Project
A residence in Carmel Valley fuses its clients’ love for the past with sustainable, contemporary living and forward-looking building products.
In the SF Bay Area, David Baker Architects Bucks the Trend of Dull Modular Housing
Individual units were shipped from Idaho to the Union Flats development, which features a central amenity-filled courtyard and plenty of greenery.
"Origami" Artfully Reimagines an Overlooked Housing Type
With Origami, Portland, Oregon’s missing-middle housing stock takes shape.
New Criteria for Affordable Housing: Green and Healthy
An update to the Enterprise Green Communities Criteria certification, available to property owners of low- and moderate-income housing, integrates key aspects of WELL 2.0.
This House in Rural Germany Merges Alpine Vernacular with Venturian Postmodernism
Munich-based gerstmeir inić designed a family home that borrows ideas from the Vanna Venturi House in Philadelphia.
An Architect's House Filled With Cosmic Energy and Historical References Rises in the South of England
Adam Richards based the design of his Sussex home on the Tarkovsky film Stalker, filling it with art, maps, and ample cultural symbolism.
Outlier Lofts in Charlestown Has the Neighborhood in Its Bones
Designed by French 2D, the three floor-through lofts were built in the husk of a legendary Boston bar.
Foster + Partners’ 100 East 53rd Tips Its Hat to Its Iconic Midtown Neighbors
The firm resolved the challenges of the site—narrow footprint, iconic neighbor—by paying extra care to the primary east and west facades.
An Escher-Like Staircase Joins Two Old Homes on the Outskirts of Mexico City
The architecture studio LANZA Atelier brought its characteristic sparseness and clarity of concept to the renovation job.
AvroKO Imagines the Future of Residential Amenities
Features include an in-house alt-protein butcher, beverage vendor, culinary lending library, and communal indoor herb garden.
