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Prairie House (Style Spotlight)
Filed under: Design, News By Bud Dietrich, AIA As the 19th century waned and the 20th century was dawning, a group of architects and designers in the Upper Midwest banded together to form the Prairie...
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Otto Kusec of Croatia Paints Room to Look Like VW Beetle Interior
Filed under: Design, News Living inside of a car doesn't sound so fun -- unless you've pulled it off the way one man has. Nineteen-year-old Otto Kusec, who lives in Croatia, created one of the most...
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Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding: 3 Bold Ways to Restore Cities Hit Hard
Filed under: Design, News, Home Improvement By Jessica Kraft Hurricane Sandy's horrific destruction will cost an estimated $60 billion in property damages and lost business. But one silver lining may...
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Holiday Decorations Gone Wrong (Listing Fail)
Filed under: Design, News, Selling As #houseporn fiends and real estate junkies, there's nothing we love more than poring through fabulous home listings -- except maybe sorting through the tragically...
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'Scribe's House' by Artist Pablo Lehmann: Life-Size Apartment Made From Books
Filed under: Design, News Even if you aren't an avid reader, you'll be awestruck to see the epic art installation by Argentine artist Pablo Lehmann called "Scribe's House." It's a life-size apartment...
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Ohio Dentist John Learner's Gingerbread Houses Will Give You a Toothache
Filed under: Design, News, Lifestyle Dentist John Learner will most likely tell you to keep your sweet tooth under control -- but his is running wild. Gingerbread, Pop Tarts, fruit roll-ups, icing,...
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Hobbit Houses: Dwellings Right at Home in Tolkien's Middle Earth
Filed under: Design, News While you have to go to the theater to see "The Hobbit," some people experience J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth every day. The books that inspired the new movie and the "Lord of...
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Reclaim NYC Turns Hurricane Sandy Wreckage Into Furniture for a Good Cause
Filed under: Design, News A group of New York City designers have come together to turn wreckage from Hurricane Sandy into beautiful housewares that will be auctioned off to benefit storm victims....
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The Mayan Apocalypse: Could These Doomsday Bunkers Save You?
Filed under: Design, News, Lifestyle By Geoffrey Ingersoll The prevalence of "fallout" shelters in pop culture, indeed in culture itself, has seen a recent spike. Maybe it was the 2008 global economic...
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A Year of 'Inside Look': Our Favorite Episodes
Filed under: Design, News, Inside Look If you take a look back at our year in video, you'll see that life here at AOL Real Estate is anything but ordinary. Thanks to our "Inside Look" series, our crew...
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Best Homes 2012: Coolest Houses of the Year
Filed under: Design, News, Celebrity Homes After rounding up the biggest celebrity deals, weirdest buildings and worst listing photos of 2012, we'd like to take a moment to stop and reflect on our...
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Tiny Homes That Feel Bigger Than They Really Are
Filed under: Design, News By Deirdre Sullivan Small is the new big. But if you think a tiny home would crimp your way of life, check out these videos. We found three weensy abodes that feel like much...
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Richard and Rachel Lane Turn School Bus Into Energy-Efficient Home
Filed under: Design, News When people envision a dream home, it's generally a two-story, brick-and-mortar classic with a backyard and white picket fence. But Richard and Rachel Lane's doesn't have four...
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Tricycle House in China Gives New Meaning to Mobile Home
Filed under: Design, News, Lifestyle China has taken the concept of the mobile home to a whole new level. Beijing's People's Architecture Office and People's Industrial Design Office have designed and...
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Quick and Easy Home Makeovers for the New Year
Filed under: Design, News, How To By Lisa Kaplan Gordon It's a new year, and an ambitious resolution that always falls on our list (of resolutions that inevitably get broken) is a home makeover. What a...
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Tetrabrik Pavilion Made of Milk Cartons Takes Our Breath Away
Filed under: Design, News We're no strangers to oddball architecture -- we see the weirdest buildings all the time. But we haven't seen anything quite like this: a pavilion made of 45,000 recycled milk...
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Artist Christina Lihan's Paper Architecture Is Mind-Blowing
Filed under: Design, News Christina Lihan builds houses and buildings -- but not with plywood and heavy machinery. She's done the skyscrapers of the New York City skyline, the domed basilicas of Italy...
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15 Greatest Cities in History
Filed under: Design, News By Robert Johnson and Gus Lubin What New York City was in the 1900s, London was in the 1800s, Constantinople was in the 600s, and so forth, back to Jericho in 7000 BC. They...
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Design of Google's Tel Aviv Office May Leave You Agog
Filed under: Design, News We thought the AOL-Huffington Post Media Group offices were snazzy, but then we laid eyes on Google's new offices in Tel Aviv and found ourselves humbled. Dramatically. Our...
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Kitchen Remodeling Trends That Will Make Your Home Fabulous
Filed under: Design, News, Home Improvement By John Riha If you're looking to remodel your kitchen, we've got good news and bad news. First, the good stuff. According to trend experts Lita Dirks and...
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