Clark Richardson Architects designed the W 50th Street Residence as a two-story masonry-clad home that makes full use of its corner lot in Austin, Texas. The standout feature of the home is its white Old Texas handmade brick façade, which creates a crisp, clean contrast against dark bronze standing

Set along the edge of the Los Trancos Forest in Portola Valley, Pinon Ranch by Field Architecture was designed around a clear rule: do not disturb the oak grove. The 3,838-square-foot residence, built for an empty-nester couple, includes a main house, a detached music studio, a stable, and a hay bar

A khaki bathing suit made Imperial Beach hometowner Denja Harris an artist, though she didn’t know it yet then.As a middle schooler growing up in San Diego County, fiber artist Harris “had to wear uniforms,” she recalls. “I cut a pair of old Paul Frank uniform bottoms and made a swimsuit out of them

“You gonna make me look good? Okay. Come on, take your picture.”We’ve all seen it. In Little Italy, on the busiest restaurant street in the city, oysters and negroni bazaars all around it, a singular limoncello-yellow residence stands stubborn like the house from Up, with one distinct difference—the

Relatively speaking, California is not a hot spot for housing investors.That’s a conclusion from my trusty spreadsheet’s review of data on investor activity across the nation from BatchData, a small data tracker that digs deeper into property records than many traditional real estate analysts.BatchD

Located near Valdivia on Chile’s Pacific coast, the Calfuco Refuge is a 50 m² cabin designed by Tomás de Iruarrizaga. Built on a concrete supports, the structure rises ten meters into the treetops of the dense Valdivian rainforest, minimizing ground disturbance. The small footprint — just 4 by 7 met

This black brick house from Gogstudio , near Seattle stands out with its bold masonry that blends perfectly with the dark forest around it. The textured bricks and deep mortar lines give the house a strong, grounded look that feels at home in the woods.Built on a concrete base, the home includes nat

This clifftop retreat by Winter Architecture replaces a long-loved weatherboard shack with a refined yet informal beach house. Designed as three interconnected pavilions wrapped in timber, the home balances privacy with openness, forming fluid outdoor spaces that move with the sun and sea breeze.The

The city of San Diego is seeking to move past a blundered real estate deal with a new high-stakes transaction, this time betting on a development team’s ability to turn the empty 101 Ash St. office tower into hundreds of apartments for low-income families at the expense of recouping what it has sunk

Casa da Baro, designed by Passarelli Arquitetos, is a residence that redefines balance—both in structure and in spirit. Located in a gated leisure community in Bragança Paulista, the house embraces the natural contours of the land like a set of wings gliding over the hillside.From above, the home un

Casa E+E, designed by GM Arquitecto, sits on a privileged coastal site in Spain and captures panoramic views over the Mediterranean Sea. The 283 m² residence reinterprets the original structure with a minimalist aesthetic, enhancing indoor-outdoor living through clean lines, natural ventilation, and

In a suburb of Salzburg, INNOCAD Architecture reinterprets the gabled-roof house with Casa S—a modern family residence wrapped in pre-weathered timber. Built from native spruce using cross-laminated timber, the structure rests lightly above a steel-supported base, giving the home a sculptural and el

Perched above Nova Scotia’s Gaspereau River Valley, White Rock Cottage by Omar Gandhi Architects is a bold architectural response to its rugged, wooded setting. The 140-square-meter cabin is lifted above the sloping five-acre site on slender steel stilts, taking on the form of a corrugated Corten st

For 92 years, Las Cuatro Milpas bucked the odds. Petra and Natividad Estudillo opened the restaurant on Logan Avenue in 1933, serving simple plates of comfort food like rice, beans, tacos, burritos, and the best tortillas in town. It’s hardly changed a bit since then—it’s still cash-only, the lard-l

Tenants in Southern California are not getting the same level of relief from rent increases as the average American.This insight comes from my trusty spreadsheet’s analysis of rent inflation data from the Consumer Price Index, which tracks 23 U.S. markets, including three in Southern California. The

Vistalcielo is a 155 m² residence in Mérida, Mexico, designed on a narrow 5×31-meter lot by Veinte Diezz Arquitectos. The existing house was structurally damaged, but instead of demolishing it, the architects retained about 70% of the original masonry. The home was reorganized into six volumes, thre

Set on a historically rich site between meadow and woodland in Amagansett, the 6,300-square-foot Stony Hill Residence by Bates Masi + Architects draws from the area’s agricultural past to shape a contemporary home for a young family. Once used by Native Americans for hunting and later by settlers as

To many critics of a generous backyard-apartment incentive San Diego is poised to rein in, most of the problems with the controversial program trace back to one man — a local developer named Christian Spicer.Spicer and his investors, they say, are responsible for scores of large-scale projects that

Tucked into the remote hills of Chiang Mai, the Wood and Mountain Cabin by Sher Maker is a handcrafted timber retreat designed for off-grid travelers seeking immersion in nature. Collaborating with local artisans, the architecture firm drew inspiration from traditional northern Thai wooden houses, c

Perched on the rugged edge of a forested cliff, the Orcas House by Allied8 is a bold architectural statement in minimal impact and maximal experience. The facade is clad in aging Kebony wood that seamlessly mimics the bark of the surrounding trees, visually blending the structure into its mossy, old