Artful ways to blend indoors and outdoors in today's house designs.
Why should the dining room only get used for holiday meals? Here are three other ways to make it work for you.
Why the bungalow has remained a popular American house type for more than a century.
A new house inspired by vintage dairy barns.
For Your Dream House File. A fluffy Persian cat takes us on a tour of this remarkable modern house by Sao Paolo architect Marcio Kogan.
A tour of the design-filled home of sculptors Lucia Eames and Llisa Demetrios, daughter and granddaughter of Charles and Ray Eames.
Influential examples of Japanese architecture, landscape, and furniture design.
How architect Cathy Schwabe made this house feel much larger than it's 800 sq. ft. size.
A round-up of design ideas for bunks, with a listing of key requirements.
Design insights about sustainability, bungalows, and living roofs from an architect specializing in ready-made house plans.
A quick introduction to the rural Florida and Georgia house type known as the Cracker.
The designer, best known for her work on the Katrina Cottages, has co-written a new book called The Just Right Home (Workman Publishing, $12.95) engagingly explored popular American house types from Cape Cods to ranch houses to split levels, ending up at the much-derided McMansion.