A Tokyo Building Offers an Elegant Answer to Urban Compression

On an 880-square-foot site in Toshima City—roughly the size of a generous one-bedroom apartment—Key Operation Inc. / Architects has produced a building that contains shops, clinics, cafés, maisonette residences, a curved atrium, a bouldering wall, a slide, and a hammock net suspended within a loft v

These Luminaires Wear The Messiness of Their Assembly as a Badge of Honor

It was the early 19th-century architect and designer Augustus Pugin who called for an honest approach to material and construction in these respective fields: one that champions maintaining the imprint of assembly as a visible, even ornamental detail, and refutes additional inauthentic layering. In

Victorian Farmhouse Offers a Simple Glimpse into Beautiful Comfort

Today’s home tour by Sweenor Builders is all about simple beauty and comfort. A Victorian farmhouse is one of my favorite types of homes and this one is especially captivating. From the charming, well-kept exterior to the vintage styling inside, you’re sure to fall in love with this Rhode Island abo

Step inside this North Carolina dream home tucked into the Blue Ridge Mountains

This contemporary dream home by design-build studio Dillard Jones is nestled in The Ramble Biltmore Forest, a gated community in Asheville, North Carolina. The community is sculpted into the woodlands of Ducker Mountain and bordered by the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Ramble has been carefully planned by