Eleven brilliantly wacky homes that make conventional ideas of good taste seem boring.
Category: Architecture
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Cooper Hewitt’s Triennial Explores the Idea of Home
Starting in November, 25 new site-specific installations that explore the idea of home will fill the former Carnegie mansion in Manhattan.
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Cooper Hewitt’s Triennial Explores the Idea of Home
Starting in November, 25 new site-specific installations that explore the idea of home will fill the former Carnegie mansion in Manhattan.
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A House for One That Has Room for Many
When a woman made her weekend place on Long Island her full-time residence, she had it redesigned to fit her new life, and to allow for lots of friends to visit.
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A Midcentury Turin Home Gets a Careful Update
What do you do to an apartment in a building designed by Ada Bursi, one of Italy’s first female architects? Add color and texture, but not so much as to distract from its history.
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Studio Museum in Harlem to Open New Building in Fall 2025
The 82,000-square-foot structure on 125th Street will open with a show featuring the artist Tom Lloyd.
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Two Architects Built an Inventive Home for Themselves
During the early pandemic, two architects found most of their jobs on hold. It was time to get creative.
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It Was Their Dream Home. But Could They Grapple With Its Dark Legacy?
After a Berlin couple discovered who’d once lived there, they still wanted to make the house their own.
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Trading New York for Michigan, and a Home With ‘Fun Pops of Color’
Many of their friends from Grand Rapids were “moving back home and telling us how great it was.” So they followed suit.
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La Grande Motte, the Utopian Town Inspired by Ancient Pyramids
Once derided, La Grande Motte, a surreal 1960s resort in the South of France, is increasingly seen as having been ahead of its time.
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British Country House Hotels, Without the Folderol
The Pig boutique hotels offer a casual take on the country house experience, with local food and muddy boots. They’ve just opened two new spots in the Cotswolds.
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A Mexico City Apartment Complex Where Dozens of Artists Live and Work
The 174-unit Edificio Mascota in the Colonia Juárez neighborhood covers an entire city block.