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This House Was Designed to Grow Old With You

What if a house was designed not just for how you live today, but for how you might live decades from now? CN House, in Thailand’s Khao Yai region, was created for a family moving into retirement. The bedrooms and…
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Bowl-Shaped Roof Embraces Rainfall To Win 2026 Hotel Design Competition

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met and Manager of My Modern Met Store. She is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art where she earned her BFA in Illustration and MFA in Illustration Practice.…
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Inside an Architect’s Final Masterpiece Built Between Two Mountains (House Tour)

Inside an architect’s final masterpiece built between two mountains, Saddle House is shaped by a rare rural setting and a deeply personal architectural legacy. Tucked into a secluded valley in New South Wales, the home sits against rainforest and looks…
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This House Was Designed to Bring the Forest Inside

You never see Casa Akíga all at once. Hidden on a steep tropical hillside in Guanacaste, Costa Rica, the house reveals itself little by little as we move down the property. Instead of creating one massive building, Studio Saxe divided…
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tiny vinyl player spins four-inch records on a miniature turntable

TINY VINYL BUILDS A TURNTABLE FOR ITS SMALLEST RECORDS Tiny Vinyl expands its miniature music format with a compact turntable designed specifically for four-inch records. The tabletop player uses a belt-driven platter rotating at 33.3 RPM, pairing the company’s palm-sized…
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Inside the 300 square foot Prefab Tiny Home with a Purpose Built Skylight!

I went to the home show and found a 1 bedroom Prefab Tiny Home with a purpose built skylight. This is the Stargazer from Stargazing homes, a 300 square foot tiny home with 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom and a must…
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Little Giant Designs Its Own Forest Studio Around Light, Quiet, and Exploration

Set among cedar and Douglas fir trees on a peninsula outside Victoria, British Columbia, Little Giant’s 967-square-foot studio serves as a workplace and a physical expression of its approach to architecture. More treehouse than conventional office, the two-level structure is…
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This House Is Half Cave, Half Lookout

Part of this house disappears into the hillside. The rest reaches out above the trees toward the ocean. Casa R.I. was designed in Zapallar, Chile, as a retreat for a couple that could also welcome their children and grandchildren. Instead…
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A Toronto Penthouse Finds New Life by Celebrating Its 1980s Roots

Rather than disguising its 1980s origins, this three-story Toronto penthouse embraces them. Designed by Dvira Interiors for a creative couple in their 30s, the once-dated penthouse has been transformed into a layered sanctuary where sculptural architecture, earthy materials, and global influences coexist in effortless balance. …
Architecture | Property Blog

timber and wave-like metal reshape lakeside pavilion into family restaurant in china

vari architects frames lakeside restaurant with timber and steel Located beside the lake in Yihe Park in northern Chongqing, China, LAGO Italian Family Kitchen by vari architects adapts an existing waterfront pavilion into a restaurant that establishes a close relationship…
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Inside the Folding Prefab Home that’s Hurricane Rated!!

Last week I went to see a 1 bedroom Prefab Home that ships efficiently to improve affordability. This is the Model E ADU from Mesocore, a 420 square foot prefab home with 1 bedroom and 1 bathroom that unfolds on…
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This House Has No Front Door

Every house begins at the front door. This one doesn’t. At the Alarine Earth Home in Kerala, India, we walk beneath a canopy of solar panels and arrive directly in the open living space. There is no conventional entrance hall…
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Amazon and Walmart’s Best Kept Secret: 12 Cheapest Prefab Tiny Houses Under $25K You Can Buy Now!

Looking for the cheapest tiny house, prefab home, Amazon tiny house, Walmart tiny house, container house, or move-in-ready prefab home? In this video, we reveal 12 of the cheapest prefab tiny houses you can buy today for under $25,000! Discover…
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They Made This House Bigger Without Enlarging It

This house needed more space. But instead of attaching a new wing to the original building, the architects scattered the new rooms between the trees. Located in Comporta, Portugal, the MJA House was expanded with four separate pavilions connected by…
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Lauren Rottet Shares the Places, Projects, and Inspirations That Shape Her Design

Lauren Rottet already had a designer’s mindset as a child, creating structures at her home in Waco, Texas. “I did not realize it at the time, as I was only 5, but I spent most of my time outside building…
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Architect Designs a Home Around a Breathtaking Hidden Garden (House Tour)

An architect designs a home around a breathtaking hidden garden, creating a layered family residence that feels like a landscape within a landscape. Set in Melbourne’s leafy north-eastern suburbs, Babylonia by FMD Architects is shaped by elevated gardens, mature gum…
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This House Had to Stop Being a House

How do you save a family home without freezing it in the past? Casa Sabina began as the childhood home of its owner in Cuenca, Ecuador. Instead of demolishing it or preserving it as an empty memory, Atempo Arquitectura transformed…
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Inside the 480 square foot Prefab Home with a Cozy Cottage Look!!

Inside a 473 square foot manufactured home with a cottage look. This is the Duck ADU, a1 bedroom 1 bathroom home with a covered porch. In this video I tour the home from front to back and talk about some…