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13 Best Summer Decor Ideas for a Staycation-Worthy Home

Did you know, you can enjoy vacation vibes all season long without leaving the house? In fact, all it takes is getting creative with some summer decor ideas. The best part is there’s a solution for every room, level of…
Design | Interior Design

Ephemeral by Design: Carlo Ratti Associati x Mutti

As Milan Design Week comes to a close, the Fuorisalone installation that lingers in my mind is once again that which puts a design spin on the familiar. MIT professor and architect Carlo Ratti partnered with Mutti to create House…
Architecture

Leibal — Casa Plan de Barrancas

Casa Plan de Barrancas is a minimalist residence located in Mexico City, Mexico, designed by PPAA. The project stages a deliberate tension between dissolution and enclosure, between a ground plane that dematerializes into its setting and an upper volume that…
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This House Was Built to Trap Shade

In Phoenix, opening a house to the outside is not simple. The sun is too strong, the heat is too intense, so the Sol House does something smarter. It doesn’t ignore the desert sun, it controls it. Designed by The…
Architecture | Property Blog

OAD Transforms Bunkers into a Coastal Retreat on the Baltic Shore

Few coastal sites in Northern Europe carry the weight of SAR’s foundations– four grass-covered Soviet-era military bunkers and the remnants of an occupation that reshaped both the Baltic landscape and its people. Rather than erase this history, Riga-based OAD founder…
Architecture | Property Blog

National Geographic’s ‘Museum of Exploration’ Will Open Its Doors This Summer

Rendering of the exterior front courtyard of the renovated National Geographic Society headquarters and Museum of Exploration. After nearly four years of anticipation, the National Geographic Society will finally unveil its Museum of Exploration and remodeled global headquarters on June…
Architecture

Leibal — Monkton

Monkton is a minimalist house located in West Sussex, United Kingdom, designed by Sandy Rendel Architects. On a narrow 70-metre plot behind Cuckfield’s high street, the site offered almost nothing to work from – a dilapidated 1970s bungalow, an awkward…
Design | Property Blog

three-axis joint by eugenio costa connects raw branches into structure without screws

a joint that adapts to variation instead of standardizing it Omnibite by Eugenio Costa begins in the moment where a branch is cut, held, and turned in the hand before anything is assembled. The project proposes a shift in self-building…
Design | Interior Design

An Eclectic Sanctuary in Silver Lake Rejects the Tyranny of White

In a design industry still gripped by the allure of absence—white walls, pale woods, and the careful choreography of restraint—this small bungalow in Silver Lake offers a gentle but deliberate counterpoint. Here, creativity doesn’t recede into the background. It accumulates,…
Property-design

The Earthy Vibrancy Color Trend: Bringing Bold, Natural Hues Into Your Home

Earthy doesn’t mean muted anymore. The earthy vibrancy trend takes its cues from the natural world at its most saturated: terracotta at dusk, forest canopy in summer, volcanic stone, and desert sand. These are colors with weight and warmth, and…
Property-design

Shop Local: The Best Decor at Local Small Businesses

In the past year or so online shopping has bloomed more than ever. However, local small businesses didn’t see as much action. These gems often hold some of the most precious finds and high-quality products. Not only will you be…
Architecture

Forest House

Forest House is a minimalist residence located in the Atlantic Coast, designed by Studio Razavi + Partners. The problem Louis Kahn solved at Fisher House in 1960 has never fully lost its relevance: how do you use geometric logic to…
Architecture | Property Blog

Spanish Pavilion at the 2026 World Design Capital Imagines Infrastructure as a Living System

Every two years, the World Design Organization bestows the title of World Design Capital on a city (or region). The 2026 World Design Capital (WDC) is Frankfurt Rhein-Main in Germany, with pioneering projects and programming to explore the depths of…
Architecture

Kehai House

Kehai House is a minimalist residence located in Morelia, Mexico, designed by HW Studio. The project begins with a paradox that any architect will recognize: designing for others is clarifying work, but designing for oneself strips away every professional shelter.…
Architecture

Maude Apatow Is Extra Happy In New York

Today Architectural Digest is welcomed by actress Maude Apatow to tour her first New York apartment. The ‘Euphoria’ star has always dreamed of moving to New York and doing theater, so when a chance to star off-Broadway came knocking she…
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Discover the Story Behind Rodin’s Monumental ‘Thinker’ Sculpture at the Legion of Honor Museum

Emma Taggart is a Staff Writer and Video Editor at My Modern Met. She earned a BA in Fashion and Textile Design at the University of Ulster in Belfast. Originally from Northern Ireland, she lived in Berlin for many years,…
Architecture

Rita Ora Can’t Believe Her Garden is in London

Rita Ora gives Architectural Digest a glimpse inside her London home—and this room steals the show. With old-school radiators, huge windows, and a surprisingly lush garden view, it’s hard to believe this is in the middle of the city. #RitaOra…
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Contemporary Villas on Remote Japanese Island Built Using an Ancient Construction Technique

Photos: Kenta Hasegawa Perched on the hills of Sagishima, a remote island in Japan, three luxury villas fuse Scandinavian and Japanese design in a way that appears totally at home in the surrounding landscape. Each structure was built from soil…