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A love letter to Glen Park’s Brutalist BART station
This unsung hero of "brooding grandeur" is the Bay Area’s most stunning transit station, period.
All-white cabin blends into snowy landscape
Covering a modest 1,200 square feet, the cabin employs a simple layout and palette of materials to keep costs down.
Dramatic ‘Ghost House’ is all concrete, steel, and glass
The award-winning design has been described as "ethereal," "haunting," and "beautiful."
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The most beautiful interiors in Detroit, mapped
16 Detroit spaces that take our breath away.
Gorgeous courtyard house in Hawaii is an indoor-outdoor dream
In a nod to traditional Hawaiian villages, the Makani’ Eka House comprises four structures that cluster around a courtyard, walkways, and patios.
Easy-breezy modern barn is nestled into a hill
The three-story house features a garage on the lowest level embedded into a hill and a main entrance on the second level where the land flattens out.
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San Francisco’s most polarizing buildings
Love ’em or loathe ’em, these structures won’t be ignored.
A minimalist modern mountain home in California
The ski-in, ski-out retreat uses concrete, glass, steel, and walnut to create an organic yet minimalist and polished look.
Marvelous home addition makes brilliant use of old ruins
It’s a gorgeous reminder that building something new doesn’t mean getting rid of the old.
A bright attic renovation full of curves and yellow
The cheerful space features curved cutouts, built-ins, and sunny accents throughout.
Simple renovated beach house goes all in on timber
Wonky geometry is balanced by a Sea Ranch-inspired aesthetic.
Minimalist lofts built atop converted button factory
The adaptive reuse project merges housing with renovated artist studios.
The midcentury home Drake demolished to build his Toronto mansion
The razed house was a 1963 design from a pioneering modernist.
Giant staircase takes center stage in this Japanese house
Intended to house two families, the design employs the hulking staircase as a way to subtly connect residents on the ground floor and the upper floors.
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The history of the Twitter building
Mid-Market building got its start as a Depression-era furniture showcase.
Tropical home on stilts is one with the palm trees
The sleek weekend getaway was designed to have minimal impact on the lush landscape.
Clever modern duplex allows indoor-outdoor living on a small lot
Staying home doesn’t have to mean staying inside all day.
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A look at the Forest Hill Station
San Francisco’s oldest Muni station deserves a second look.
Sculptural apartment building was designed to evoke a ship
This modern apartment building aims to evoke the form and feel of a maritime vessel.
Striking terraced house was made for family gatherings
The home embraces the landscape’s natural incline with a layout that steps upward in wide terraces.
A modern backyard home designed for aging in place
All of the main living spaces are on the ground floor, while a sliding glass door allows easy access to the garden.
Soak up Hawaii’s natural beauty in this Vladimir Ossipoff midcentury
Designed in 1964, the 8,000-square-foot residence is big on views and water features.
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Take a virtual tour of the Winchester Mystery House from your sofa
"The house seems designed to confuse anyone other than its owner; it is a place in which you might lose yourself."
Modern indoor-outdoor home makes a dreamy forest escape
Like dominos in a row, five rectangular volumes line up one after the other to make up this breezy getaway.
An airy indoor-outdoor home built around plants
Its unusual layout accommodates some stubborn hedges on an irregular site.
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San Francisco's most iconic buildings
These are the legends in a skyline in constant flux.
Modern brick home is a patterned beauty
The low-slung, rectilinear volume stretches across the site, encased in a playful pattern of bricks, steel, and glass.
This pink concrete home is an affordable housing prototype
The design is part of a larger exploration of attractive homes for middle- and low-income families.
Moody Japanese house keeps things simple
Bunker-like on the outside, airy on the inside, the home centers around a sunlit courtyard.
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How Postwar Icon Joseph Eichler Built a Suburb in the Middle of S.F.
The famed developer created affordable midcentury-modern designs smack dab in the heart of the city.
A sleek glass-and-concrete addition built into a hill
This modern extension of an old stone home in Navarra, Spain, is literally one with the landscape.
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A brief history of the Beaux Arts courthouse in SoMa
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals building reads like a love letter to granite and marble.
Simple modern home is all about the river views
With cleans lines, white walls, and relatively neutral furnishings throughout, the home does little to take away from its natural surroundings.
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Meditate on this minimalist home converted from a factory
In this serene home belonging to a woodwork enthusiast, it’s all about the subtle mixing of materials.
Dead mall transformed into urban park, complete with wading pool
Inventive Dutch firm MVRDV offers a novel take on what to do with abandoned malls with this project in Taiwan.
Gridded house wears structure on its sleeve
Exposing the green steel frame is both an aesthetic statement and a clever conceit for showing off the inner workings of the house.
Simple modern cabin blends in with its lakeside surroundings
Built from birch and pine, this cabin is a picture-perfect ode to its idyllic setting.
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A dreamy writer’s studio rises in the woods
Clad in fieldstone, bluestone, and glass, the 650-square-foot studio was custom-built for crafting poetry.
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Quirky midcentury house restored to original glory
The renovation celebrates architect Andrew Geller’s penchant for geometric whimsy.