Studioninedots’ Light House Is a Vertical Amsterdam Home Built From Playfully Stacked Boxes
What does a home look like when you throw out the floor plan entirely? For Amsterdam-based firm Studioninedots, the answer is a tower of playfully…
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SAOTA’s Kenmore Proves You Don’t Have to Sacrifice Space for an Impossibly Narrow Cape Town Hillside
When Mark Bullivant, principal at South African architecture studio SAOTA, came across a steep, impossibly narrow plot in Cape Town’s Tamboerskloof neighborhood, most architects would…
A Forgotten Modernist’s Sonoma Masterpiece Finally Gets the Restoration It Deserved
Tucked into the rolling hills of Glen Ellen in Sonoma County, a 14-acre estate carries the kind of stillness that most people spend a lifetime…
This Iconic Australian Bush House Just Hit the Market for the First Time in Over 40 Years
For the first time since its completion in 1983, one of Australia’s most architecturally significant homes is available to buy. The Ball-Eastaway House, designed by…
OFIS Rebuilt This 122sq.m. Post-War Home Without Losing Its Soul
Settled quietly within Naselje Murgle, one of Ljubljana’s most thoughtfully conceived residential neighborhoods, the House Under the Poplars is a 122-square-meter reconstruction and extension that…
Hand-Built Through Nine Storms: Remote Scottish Home Wins RIBA House of the Year 2025
On a rocky outcrop in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, where Atlantic winds batter the coastline and ancient Lewisian Gneiss stone shapes the landscape, sits Caochan na…
This Fukasawa Residence Honors Japanese Timber Traditions on a Narrow Plot
In the quiet residential enclave of Fukasawa, south-west Tokyo, narrow plots and intimate streetscapes create an architectural character that feels worlds away from the metropolitan…
This Hollywood Hills House Channels Medieval Castles with a Modern Industrial Twist
Perched atop a challenging 45-percent slope in the Hollywood Hills, this striking residence by Kristen Becker of Mutuus Studio reimagines what luxury living can look…
What If Houses Were Spheres and AR Glasses Showed the Facade?
Buildings consume massive amounts of resources just to look a certain way. Houses could function perfectly well as simple, efficient structures that keep us warm,…
This Red Cottage Rises 20 Feet On A Scissor Lift When Floods Strike
In the face of unprecedented climate uncertainty, Swedish architect Ulf Mejergren has created a provocative response that literally elevates the conversation about adaptive housing. The…
How 1,850 Square Feet Feels Like A Japanese Sanctuary In Cupertino
In a quiet Cupertino neighborhood, just miles from Apple’s sprawling campus, SHED Architecture & Design has created something exciting, a home that whispers rather than…
This Perfect Cedar Cube In Hudson Valley Delivers Ultimate Weekend Living
In the rolling hills of New York’s Hudson Valley, a striking cedar-clad cube emerges from the forest canopy like a modernist beacon. This is “House…