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Brick Weave House by Studio Gang

Chicago architect Jeanne Gang is, in our opinion, a master of the screen. Her firm's Maisonette loft (which we profiled on Apartment Therapy) was elegantly divided by glass and steel screens, while ...

Plans For Famous Celebrity Homes
The Gallery: Mark Bennett

We've come to accept the fact that there are some things we geek out about, more so than others. Usually it involves a new piece of furniture, or maybe a lamp, but in this case, it's entire houses....

5 Great Architects' Offices

The design of one's own office is an important project for an architect to undertake. More than almost any other space, it represents the "face" of a firm, and its design should say something about ...

Renzo Piano on Prince Charles & Performance Anxiety
CERSAIE in Bologna, Italy

Renzo Piano is one of the funniest architects we've ever heard speak. For proof, read through some of the Pritzker Prize winner's best zingers below, and click through the photos above to watch the ...

Look! Scale Model of Chicago

In the lobby of the Santa Fe building, at Michigan and Jackson, the Chicago Architecture Foundation has constructed a scale model of the city in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Daniel Burnha...

The Rolling House by Andrés Jaque Arquitectos
Communal Living for the 21st Century

Designed for a group of students or roommates, the "Rolling House" is an experiment in shared living. Individual capsules can be screened off from one another, but they're all connected to one giant...

Apartment Life in the Mountain Dwellings of Copenhagen Dwell

We've been enjoying the new September issue of Dwell - it's our favorite in awhile, which is not a surprise - its focus is on apartments. The most wonderful by far is the peek inside one family's hom...

Rooftop Escape: Hut by Hut Architecture

This little house by London firm Hut Architecture sits on top of a three-story Victorian in the city. Owner Morag Myerscough says that escaping to her rooftop hut feels "like being on a holiday. In ...

A Modern Assisted Living Facility in Copenhagen

We recently stumbled across the portfolio of Copenhagen's Lungaard & Tranberg Architects, and we were especially intrigued by an assisted living facility they designed just outside the city. Lundeha...

Permanent Vacation: Living with Disney Architecture

For many people all around the world, the word vacation conjures up thoughts of a visit to a Disney theme park. And while we wouldn't say that the folks who live in Disney's planned community, Celebr...

A Graphic Toronto Home

click thumbnails for larger picsWe ran across some amazing photos of a beautiful Toronto home today - graphic in the extreme, the photos of the black and white interiors reveal a super stylized, very...

Hutten & Palaste: Small Living Made Happy

click thumbnails for larger pics We'll be the first one's to admit that our German is a little rusty. And by rusty, we really mean it only goes as far as saying Volkswagen and Wienerschnitzel. But ...

Look! Midwest Mid-Century Home

click thumbnails for larger pics It's been fabulous weather the last few days in the Midwest, so we took mother nature up on the opportunity for a few photos without freezing our fingers to the bone....

An Architectural First: The Sliding House

Click on the Thumbnails to See The House In Motion When most people get tired of their home, or things feel a bit stale, we rearrange furniture and add in a few new throw pillows. But for this UK hom...

Traditional/Modern Home Renovation

This house is all business in the front, party in the back. Located in London and renovated by Studio MG Architects, the front facade is plain brick with Georgian windows, while the back opens up in...

Floating House on Lake Huron

According to the Economist's industry predictions for 2009, aquatecture (the design of floating structures atop platforms) will be the trend to watch in building and construction this year. The maga...

AIA Chicago Architecture Awards

Downtown Chicago has a reputation for being an open-air "museum" of great architecture, but we also have some incredible houses and apartments tucked away on neighborhood side streets. The AIA tries...

Building on a Budget: Community Center by Studio Gang

Designed by Studio Gang Architecture, the Lavezzorio Community Center in SOS Children's Village on the South Side of Chicago was built, in part, from donated materials like the exterior concrete. Wo...

House Tour: The Worden's MC Inspired Modern Build

Name: Steve (Project Manager), Cathy (Registered Nurse) and Graham Worden Location: Shawnee, Kansas Size: 2174 SF Years Lived In: 4 Years Our Style: Mid-Century Architecture & Design >> Enter Sli...

Chicago Architecture-Inspired Pillows

These hand-printed recycled fabric pillows were designed by Amy Rosko and Mike Estes (of Trillium Artisans), based on Rosko photographs and stuffed with 100% recycled soda bottle stuffing. From the Ma...

Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future

This weekend, the Walker Art Center & the Minneapolis Institute of Arts co-host a serious Eero Saarinen retrospective via the National. Saarinen's work will come to life from infamous chair to Arch vi...

Iota:Max Portion-Controlled Architectural Consults

Modern Mpls architecture/interior design firm Iota offers a one-time, just-enough consult because “sometimes... solid advice and a fistful of sketches will fit the bill.” This pre-priced professio...

A Peek Inside: Midwest Mid Century

Architect Jack Viks designed this home which was built in 1960. It sits on nearly 4 acres in Lake Forest and is currently up for sale, but our interest is pure inspiration. Jump below for a glimpse at...

Le Corbusier in Legos

Last week this popped up online and still demands a mention: Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye lovingly, amazingly rendered in Legos. Maybe architecture really is becoming more accessible... ...

Total Design: Vincent Van Duysen

Lately we've noticed an influx of young architects embracing total design: the concept that every part of a space should be considered and controlled, from a home's natural light to the spoons insid...

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