When you think of energy efficiency in residential homes you don’t typically envision them located in high density populated urban cities. In Seoul, Korea the average apartment urban home is condensed into tens of stories tall concrete “milk carton” like structures. The design aesthetics are less than desirable, and out of this frustration for lack [...]

Although the concept of prefabricated homes is nothing new, advances are being made within the realm, helping drive down costs while minimizing environmental impact. Connect:Homes, a California-based modular homebuilder, recently launched a new line of affordable, exportable, and sustainable modular homes that ship from the factory already up to 90 percent complete, helping to cut down [...]

Some 60 years ago, a visionary named Guy Dessauges spoke of cylindrical housing — pods of sorts in which people would live an independent yet somehow communal existence in tubular spaces. His dreamlike designs of futuristic cave dwellings date back to the 1960s and have now begun springing to life in the form of hotels [...]

Those of us who were lucky enough to have climb-worthy trees in our yards growing up have fond memories of sitting high above the rest of the world (even if, in reality, it was more like eight feet above the ground) and whiling away the hours, reading a book, daydreaming or just communing with nature [...]

If there is ever a better time to celebrate color, it is when spring and summer are at their high season. From colorful blooms outside to inspiring colors in interior textiles and wall color, who doesn’t love shots of big and bold color? For those of you who can’t get enough of eye-catching hues set [...]

Apparently, pop princesses aren’t exempt from the strain of the less-than-seller-friendly housing market; Britney Spears’ Beverly Hills home, which has been on the market since 2007, has finally been approved for sale at approximately 2.5 million below its original purchase value from 2007, when Spears reportedly bought the home on a whim at the height [...]

Architect Mario Botta kept the visual power of the sun in mind when he rebuilt the Church of San Giovanni Battista in Mogno, a tiny alpine town tucked into the Maggia Valley of rural Switzerland, after an avalanche in the mid 1980s. Since the 19th century, the town has been used solely for annual cattle [...]