Month: November 2019

These prefab home builders located throughout Indiana produce a wide range of residences. Looking for an affordable prefab, modular, or kit home in the Hoosier state? These four companies leverage efficient factory production to build first-rate homes—and the turnaround time…

These one-of-a-kind abodes value the well-worn and the beautifully flawed above homogeneity. Striving for perfection might be a natural impulse, but the ancient Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi encourages a more liberating perspective. Grounded in Buddhism and revered tea ceremonies incorporating…

New Zealand–based Build Tiny just unveiled the Kingfisher—a new two-bedroom tiny house that’s at once stylish, practical, and flexible. When Build Tiny director and designer Gina Stevens devised the new Kingfisher tiny house, her priorities were practicality and flexibility. “The open-plan design suits a…

Robust materials, including red brick and concrete, come together to create a durable and modern home. When the owners of an Edwardian house in Melbourne, Australia, decided their kitchen was “falling apart” and in need of a makeover, they called…

Stretched along a grassy plateau in Ibiza, Spain, the island home employs Belgian architect Bruno Erpicum’s characteristically minimal style to create a modern Spanish “finca.” Belgian architect Bruno Erpicum believes that architecture should disappear into its surroundings, a philosophy that…

If there is one room in our house that we fear when it comes to a makeover, then it is definitely the kids’ room. It is a room filled with color, multiple motifs and often is a mix between what…

With the rapid evolution of the smart home, has privacy become just another setting? The connected home is inevitable. Like the plumbing, electricity, and refrigeration that came before it, the smart-home system will soon be an integral part of our…

The nostalgic shape gets a modern update at a guesthouse in central Ohio. Rick Hawkins grew up on a rented farm 25 miles east of Columbus, Ohio, growing corn, wheat, and soybeans with his parents and five siblings. When the…

In Palm Springs, a pair of prefab experts turn their process on themselves. Joel and Meelena Turkel, owners of Turkel Design, have produced dozens of prefab houses for other people since starting their company more than a decade ago. But…

A couple ask Olson Kundig to build on a family legacy in Vermont. It’s an image out of Robert Frost. Walter Sargent would take his daughter, Katherine, hiking on the densely wooded piece of land the family owned outside Stowe,…

The architect reveals how a humble bird’s nest influenced her idea of home. Nesting is often used as a metaphor for settling down, buying a house, and accumulating all of the accoutrements we assume make a comfortable life. But a…

This project was commissioned by a couple living in Vancouver who fell in love with Salt Spring Island (as many do) and decided to build their dream home on a beautiful high-bank waterfront lot overlooking views of Sansum Narrows and…

Planning a party in honor of a friend or family member who’s expecting? Good news: baby shower decorations have come a long way! From tabletop decor options to towering backdrops, the possibilities are endless. At the same time, countless choices…

SHED Architecture + Design fashions a more coherent layout for a Seward Park home with refreshing lake views. When the owners of this 1961 midcentury in Seattle’s Seward Park were first considering buying the property, they toured it with SHED…

Estudio MMX designed the concrete and brick volumes of the CMR House to create an elegant contrast with a verdant subtropical garden. Mexico City–based Estudio MMX designed this concrete and dark brick house around an existing garden that they found…

Listed for $1.68M, the Brittain-Wachs Residence is centered around a two-story garden room filled with an abundance of natural light. In 1948, prominent housebuilder Harry L. Brittain tapped his close friend Raphael Van Buren Livingston to design a home for…

The Triangle House The characteristic of the narrow, steep hillside plot is its tapering, triangular shape. The view sweeps far and wide over an extensive, natural landscape towards the valley. The layout of the stretched building follows the property line.…

Fall is a time for celebrating the harvest and nature’s bounty. No wonder we round up foliage and hang it on our doors as it begins to fall from the trees! While orange leaves and foam pumpkins grace many a…