Vietnam Is Building Floating Bamboo Homes Before It’s Too Late
The Mekong Delta has always lived by the rhythms of water. Its rivers rise and fall with the seasons, and the people who call this…
Architecture
Bevel Is Set to Become the Tallest Mass Timber Office Building in North America
When Waugh Thistleton Architects and Mithun sat down to design Bevel, the brief was as clear as it was ambitious: build an office tower in…
MAD’s Shenzhen Bay Culture Square Is Architecture That Breathes
Most buildings in Shenzhen compete for your attention. MAD’s Shenzhen Bay Culture Square earns it. Designed by Ma Yansong and his Beijing-based studio, the project…
This 38-Foot Wide Tiny Home Feels More Like an Apartment Than a House on Wheels
Most tiny homes ask you to make peace with compromise. The Retirement Retreat, built by New Hampshire-based Backcountry Tiny Homes, asks something different: what if…
This 34-Foot Tiny Home by Teacup Has a Dishwasher, a Bathtub, and a King-Sized Bed
Tiny homes have a reputation for asking a lot of you. Give up the tub. Forget the dishwasher. Learn to love a twin mattress. The…
Four Tiny Wooden Cabins Trade Wi-Fi for Wilderness
Some buildings announce themselves loudly, and then there are buildings that arrive quietly, as if they’ve always been there. Studzienno 27, a cluster of four…
This Bulgarian Bank Branch Looks Like You’re Sitting Inside a Crystal
Walls, generally speaking, have one job. Stand there, hold up the ceiling, maybe hide some plumbing, and stay out of everyone’s way. DA Architects looked…
Inside Mexico City’s Most Quietly Radical Wellness Studio
Mexico City doesn’t ease you into anything. It greets you loud, full, and relentless, a metropolis of over 20 million people spread across nearly 2,000…
Someone Designed an Off-Grid Modular Home From a Farm Equipment Catalog
The search for affordable, sustainable housing tends to produce two kinds of proposals. The first involves entirely new materials, new manufacturing processes, and supply chains…
This 20-Foot Tiny Home by Is Built for Nomads Who Refuse to Compromise
The tiny home movement has been quietly drifting toward bigger. Floor plans stretch, footprints grow, and somewhere along the way, the original appeal — freedom,…
5 Tiny Homes That Feel Twice Their Size Thanks to Light and Glass
Urban living is shifting the focus from sheer size to smart design, and micro-homes show how even compact spaces can feel open and luxurious when…
MVRDV’s Bihailou Turns a Commercial Complex Into a Vertical Neighborhood
In Shenzhen’s Shatoujiao neighborhood, MVRDV turns a cultural and commercial complex into a colorful three-dimensional village where architecture, public life and local identity overlap. At…