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.
A deftly designed, compact but spacious-feeling mountain cabin in eastern Washington by Balance Associates.
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.
The house of the late Robin Boyd, one of Australia's most famous architects, shows an imagination at work.
How landscape architect Bernard Trainor uses garden walls to create outdoor rooms.
How transition zones like hallways and porches can have multiple functions.
An urban farmhouse is built on an infill lot in an established Orlando neighborhood.
Man caves can be as varied as the interests of their occupants -- here are some examples to get you thinking.
A round-up of cool new bath and kitchen products (and more) that launched at the 2013 National Home Builder Show in Las Vegas...
Three modern houses are great for the compelling ways they express important ideas about living.