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A 1910 Seattle Beach House Gets a Colorful Makeover

Perched above Seattle’s Alki Beach, Alki Lookout is a century-old home that has traded conventional coastal style for a palette of saturated colors, playful patterns, and warm wood. With sweeping views of Puget Sound, Bainbridge Island, and the Olympic Mountains,…
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California Modernism Finds a Home on Canada’s West Coast

West Coast modernism has a distinct flavor—that blurring of lines between architecture and nature so exalted by mid-century practitioners is made manifest here. The style is most associated with California, especially the Pacific Palisades, but also much appreciated in British…
Architecture

Leibal — Villa Ha

The plot for Villa Ha in Ardooie, Belgium, sits outside the area zoned for housing, and JUMA architects answered that constraint by keeping the entire house on a single story. Holding every function at ground level keeps the building low…
Architecture

Leibal — Oakley House

A stucco wall cuts across the clearing at Oakley House, enclosing a gravel courtyard on a wooded site that already offers privacy in every direction. Designed by Ravi Raj Architect together with developer D&A Companies, the four-bedroom, five-bathroom house in…
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This Boomerang-Shaped House Wraps Around a Mountainside

Perched above 41 acres of rugged Wyoming terrain, a cantilevered, boomerang-shaped residence folds into the mountainside. Designed by CLB Architects, the home makes an unforgettable impression, a quiet marvel of restraint and precision framed by sweeping vistas. Photography by Matthew…
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The Up Studio Designs a Hamptons Home for Living Well and Aging in Place

On a wooded, irregularly shaped lot in the Hamptons, Victory Lap Residence is a 7,000-square-foot home designed by The Up Studio, which also oversaw the interior architecture. A dramatic pitched roof rises above the main gathering space, nearly doubling the…
Architecture

Framed House

The reception room of a double-fronted Victorian house in East Dulwich is lined with delicate molded paneling, and that framing detail became the organizing device for Framed House, a refurbishment and two-story rear addition by Will Gamble Architects in London,…
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Inside a Penthouse Where Architecture, Interior and River Become One (Penthouse Tour)

Inside a penthouse where architecture, interior and river become one, ARC Penthouse by bureau^proberts offers a remarkable expression of riverfront living in Brisbane. Positioned atop ARC Residences in Toowong, the residence embraces the Brisbane River through expansive views, carefully considered…
Architecture

House of Wall Forest

A crab-claw-shaped lot in Suginami, Tokyo, Japan, bordered by a greenway to the south and an electrical transmission tower to the east, set the terms for House of Wall Forest. Saitama-based IGArchitects, led by Masato Igarashi, designed the two-story timber…
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Architect Buries a Home in a Hillside So the Neighbours Can’t See It (House Tour)

When an architect buries a home in a hillside, the result is a close connection between architecture and landscape. At Toro Canyon House, Marmol Radziner has created a contemporary hillside home overlooking Montecito, Santa Barbara and the Pacific Ocean. Designed…
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A New Book Preserves the Lost Interiors of Ebony and Jet’s Chicago Headquarters

For decades, Ebony and Jet were among the most important publications documenting Black American life and culture, making Johnson Publishing Company the era’s most influential Black-owned media corporation. Completed in 1972, its headquarters at 820 South Michigan Avenue in Chicago…
Architecture

Casa Piva

From its laneway in Malvern East, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia, Casa Piva shows the street a white brick facade with almost no windows. B.E. Architecture designed the house as the home of architect and director Andrew Piva. The plan…
Architecture

Orchard House

Local planning rules required Orchard House to carry a 22-degree roof pitch, and Fearon Hay built the entire scheme around that constraint. Set within a mature chestnut orchard near Queenstown, New Zealand, the house by the Auckland-based studio is composed…
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Architect Designs a Dream Home Into a Cliff Above the Ocean (House Tour)

Set against the rugged coastline of Montauk, New York, an architect designs a dream home into a cliff, creating a beach house that balances architectural precision with its natural surroundings. Designed by SAOTA with interior design by Rafael de Cárdenas,…
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A West Vancouver Home Appears to Float Among the Trees

You wouldn’t think a 7,000-square-foot West Coast modern home would settle in so perfectly on a historical site above the West Vancouver oceanfront. But Openspace Architecture made sure of it, relying on an ultra-minimal material palette of wood, concrete, and…
Architecture

DS Residence

As a house on agricultural land, DS Residence was held to a capped building volume. Merckx / Holvoet placed it in farmland beside the village castle in Gestel, Belgium, as far from the street as regulations allowed, for a couple…
Property Blog

10 Prefab ADU Homes You Can Buy on Walmart, Wayfair & Home Depot Right Now From $5K

🏡 New to Tiny Homes? Start Here: Tiny House Made Easy If the idea of building a tiny house feels overwhelming, this guide was made for you. Tiny House Made Easy simplifies the entire process into clear, manageable steps —…
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A Paul Rudolph Original Is Rebuilt for Modern Coastal Living

Most home renovations begin with a brief. However, this 1955 Paul Rudolph original, located in Delray Beach, Florida, began with a discovery. When Nina and Michael Marco of Casa de Marco Design purchased the former Sewell C. Biggs Residence in…