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Building a Healthy House Online Membership Required

For a chemically sensitive homeowner, a cleaner indoor environment meant focusing on six key concepts
by Debra Judge Silber

Designed for Its Place & Time Online Membership Required

At the top of his game, architect Obie Bowman orchestrates his signature materials and details into a contemporary retirement house by Charles Miller

From a Leaky Old House to a Tight New Home Online Membership Required

A young couple retrofits the house next door as an investment in deep energy savings by Andrew Webster

HOUSES 2012 Guest Judges' Favorites

Santa Cruz Straw Bale Online Membership Required

Net-zero-energy use and whimsical details shine in a new family home by Anni Tilt

What's the Difference: Designs for Accessibility

Accessible design, universal design, and aging-in-place design by Don Burgard

Zero Energy, at Last Online Membership Required

The sun lends a big hand to this efficient home in the North Carolina mountains by Christopher Larson

Design a Better Deck

Follow these 7 guidelines for the perfect outdoor space
by Charles Miller

Build It Right: Lessons From New Orleans Online Membership Required

Hurricane Katrina can teach us many things. Make It Right wants safe, affordable, energy-efficient building to be one of them. by Linda Reeder

Designing Built-In Living Spaces

While a house can be filled with beautiful rooms, many homeowners long for a small away space where they can read, enjoy a view, or relax by Mark A. Hutker

Linking Logs

by Maureen Friedman

Character-Defining Windows

In this "Drawing Board" column, architect Lynn Hopkins describes both the characteristic and uncharacteristic features of four broad house styles. by Lynn Hopkins

Shinto Shed

The extreme simplicity of the ancient shinmei-zukuri style of Japanese architecture inspired Glenn Montgomery’s 9-ft. by 12-ft. shed. by Maureen Friedman