the many ways we make ourselves at home online
building a home in the virtual world Before exploring a virtual world, players start by building a…
jan michalski foundation hosts writer cabins by kengo kuma, elemental and MK27
architects imagine temporary homes for writers in switzerland At the foot of Switzerland’s Jura Mountains, the Jan…
how do you design a house to live with wildfire?
learning to live with fire In the days after the Palisades and Eaton fires swept through Los…
paul clemence on shanghai’s skyscraper crowns
“Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is…
when the power goes out, how can the architecture keep a house cool?
COOLING MOVES BACK INTO THE HOUSE At Jalmanjar Farmhouse outside Ahmedabad, cooling begins with a perforated facade…
why japanese architects carve parking into tiny urban homes
carving a void in the home At the corner of two narrow streets in Tokyo, an orange…
gary chang makes 32 sqm of hong kong living space work 24 ways
Gary Chang’s apartment treats space as a time-shared resource In Hong Kong, architect Gary Chang’s Domestic Transformer…
the art of the miniature staircases at cooper hewitt design museum
Cooper Hewitt’s tiny Staircase Masterpieces In 2006, Cooper Hewitt put a collection of staircases on display that…
ICON uses one system to 3D-print radically different ideas of home
ICON tests the elasticity of home through large-scale 3D printing Across central Texas, the same ridged concrete…
clarence perry’s neighborhood unit and the 15-minute city
clarence perry and the evolution of the 15-minute city Nearly a century before the 15-minute city became…
what do we stop seeing at home? ULTRA studio reframes domestic perception
an unfamiliar object in plain sight At the center of a Tokyo residence dubbed After Image, Japanese…
supaform on creating a conversation pit for the 21st century
Supaform’s reinterpretation of the conversation pit Whatever happened to the conversation pit? It’s a question that arises…