Blueprints of Ebbets Field, Home of Brooklyn Dodgers, on Display
Filed under: Design, News The blueprints of Ebbets Field, home of the fabled and departed Brooklyn Dodgers, are being publicly displayed "for the first time in decades," The Wall Street Journal...
View ArticleHouse of the Week: Beyonce's 'Halo' Loft (VIDEO)
Filed under: Design, News, Celebrity Homes We've done some solid reporting on the jaw-dropping pads where rappers and pop stars chose to film their music videos, from modern-day castles to glass-walled...
View ArticleQueen Anne House: A Turreted, Transitional Design (PHOTOS)
Filed under: Design, News By Bud Dietrich At the end of the 19th century and early into the 20th, a popular home style in the United States was the Queen Anne. The Queen Anne was clearly a transitional...
View ArticleWhat's Your Home Style?
Filed under: Design, News, LifestyleBy Jody Brown It can be hard to decide what your personal architectural style is. There are so many choices. And if you're trying to choose something important -...
View ArticleCape Cod House (Style Spotlight)
Filed under: Design By Bud Dietrich Cape Cod homes can be seen all across America in differing variations to suit differing climates and norms. This is because the Cape Cod is, in its soul, the one...
View ArticleInside Look: Live in a Former Nuclear Missile Silo (VIDEO)
Filed under: Design, News, Inside Look After weeks of filming swanky penthouses (some with er, slides) and extravagant Manhattan lofts made famous by the likes of Beyonce, we were excited to take an...
View ArticleTudor House (Style Spotlight)
Filed under: Design By Steele Marcoux What it is: First, let's clear up this confusing moniker. When referring to the architectural style, the term "Tudor" is actually historically imprecise. It refers...
View ArticleLiving Off the Grid in a Mail-Order Home
Filed under: Design By Les Christie House Arc may look like an egg-shaped antidote to McMansion mania, but this small mail-order home was really designed as a way to quickly provide housing to victims...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Schoolroom-Turned-Penthouse in Harlem
Filed under: Design, News If going back to school is the last thing you'd ever want to do, it's probably because you haven't yet laid eyes on this incredible school-turned-penthouse. That's right, this...
View ArticleHouse of the Day: Pierre Koenig's Last Jewel
Filed under: Design, News Be still, the hearts of all modernist architecture enthusiasts: Pierre Koenig's last built project, an extraordinary four-bedroom, glass-walled home in Malibu, Calif., has...
View ArticleCraftsman House (Style Spotlight)
Filed under: Design By Steele Marcoux What it is: Craftsman homes were primarily inspired by the work of two architect brothers - Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene -- who worked together in...
View ArticleFederal House (Style Spotlight)
Filed under: Design, News By Steele Marcoux Federal home design style comes with another confusing name. In design, the word "federal" simply indicates the time period (1780-1820) when the style, known...
View ArticleApple Unveils 'Mothership' Campus That Braces for Disaster
Filed under: Design, News It's been dubbed the "mothership," the "donut" and the "retrograde cocoon," but whether you love it or hate it, Apple's newest creation is creating a buzz. (How typical.) The...
View ArticleRanch House (Style Spotlight)
Filed under: Design, News By Amy Renea In a world of 5,000-square-foot suburban homes, charming bungalows and soaring loft space, my little ranch sometimes seems to pale in comparison. I have often...
View ArticleInside Look: NYC's 'Steampunk' Loft (VIDEO)
Filed under: Design, News, Inside Look If you've ever read Jules Verne's seminal science fiction novels -- "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (1870) or "A Journey to the Center of the Earth"...
View ArticleInside Look: NYC's 'Steampunk' Loft (VIDEO)
Filed under: Design, News, Inside Look If you've ever read Jules Verne's seminal science fiction novels -- "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" (1870) or "A Journey to the Center of the Earth"...
View ArticleLook Out for That House! School's Wild Art Installation
Filed under: Design, News This house didn't just fall out of the sky, but Korean artist Do Ho Suh might want you to think it did. On top of the University of California, San Diego's Jacobs School of...
View ArticleModern vs. Contemporary Houses (Style Spotlight)
Filed under: Design, News By John Hill What's the difference between modern and contemporary architecture? Why the distinction? At its most literal, "contemporary" is the architecture being produced...
View ArticleChina's Piano House Is Simply Amazing
Filed under: Design, News We've seen a home made of nautical artifacts and zeppelins. We've seen a home with a slide in it. We've even seen a man living on a plane. So we're no strangers to really...
View ArticleInside Look: Shelter Island's 'Maison Plastique' (VIDEO)
Filed under: Design, News, Inside Look When did summer getaway homes become so generic? It's like there was some sort of unwritten rule that demanded that all luxury beachfront rentals be so...
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