My Property Life

One thing that is an absolute premium in the urban landscape and in most homes across the globe is space. We are looking to find that additional nook of space in our own home all the time and every time…

Bobby Berk describes how he preps and maintains a clean home to welcome in the new year. In the marathon of holiday parties, a New Year’s Eve bash is the final sprint. After weeks of eating, dancing, and small talk—which…

This Seattle house high above Lake Washington once belonged to illustrator Irwin Caplan. Now it blends refreshed midcentury character with a seamless addition. The cliché goes that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover—and the same could be said…

Located in a quiet street in one of the most emblematic neighborhoods in Mexico City, this project is an intervention that has its roots on the understanding of the urban and social dynamics in Mexico City. Lirio 7 has an…

Designer Joyce Downing Pickens of JDP Interiors knows that a neutral palette can be boring when done wrong. So here's what you need to know in order to do it right. At first sight, creating a neutral palette seems straightforward.…

San Francisco–based chef Anthony Strong offers workshops on building a picturesque Tahoe lodge out of candy and gingerbread. If building gingerbread houses is one of your holiday traditions—or one that you aspire to—then you may want to take a page…

A weekend home that takes us away from our usual life and rush is one that we all long for. But an even more impressive escape is a weekend retreat that sits on the edges of a stunning cliff and…

The Alexander Construction Company made Palm Springs living accessible to the masses. When the Alexander Construction Company, founded by George Alexander and his son Robert, arrived in Palm Springs in the mid-1950s, it brought with it the winds of change…

Most of the living spaces in this home are outdoors—including the enviable open kitchen and dining room. The ideal weekend retreat is one that allows its occupants to completely disconnect from their day-to-day lives and escape to another world—and it’s…

There are many among us who are design aficionados happy to go the extra mile when it comes to home decoration and revamp every once in a while. There are a few who are fine with incorporating changing seasonal trends…

A couple looks to the past in order to make a chic, permanent home for themselves and their children in 21st century Florida. Many people know of Palm Springs and Miami as hubs of American architectural modernism, but in the…

On a formerly blighted site, 16 shipping containers have been transformed into elegant homes that are equally eco- and community-minded. On a previously vacant site in Oklahoma City that was “a magnet for crime,” Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) has…

The high-end Toronto towers are jagged and austere, and supposedly were inspired by Williams’ song “Gust of Wind”—the impression lasts as long. Designs and intentions for the grammy-winning artist’s new up-scale housing have finally surfaced. They’re a little bleh, and…

Modern office spaces are anything but sterile and monotonous and the JL Madeira Office designed by Metro Arquitetos Associados was specifically designed keeping in mind the unique needs of its homeowners. The office was created combining two different commercial units…

Often it is the landscape that shapes the contours of the house and gives it a unique appeal by forcing it to adapt to both the local weather and the special spatial requirements. The Escarpment House designed by Takt Studio…

Economical and eco-friendly, a 725-square-foot prefab cabin is a cozy low-impact retreat in rural New Zealand. During a drive from Auckland to Wellington, Ainsley O’Connell and Barry Copeland spotted the perfect piece of land for a rural holiday cabin. Set…

A new residence located in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood designed as a simple three-story form wrapped in a cedar rainscreen and stretched across the width of the property to maximize views west toward Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. Spaces are…

After a multiphase update and an appearance on HGTV, this Montecito Heights midcentury seeks a new owner. Designed by architect John Lawrence Pugsley, best known for his midcentury commissions in nearby Pasadena, 3877 Latrobe Street was built in 1964 as…