Lime Plaster

The manufacturer of this innovative countertop material leaves natural stone in the quarries, but you'd never know itby Chris Ermides

Winner of a national green-building award, this low-maintenance house should produce as much energy as it usesby Nathan Good

If cracks and crumbling plaster have you down, here's a remedy that uses basic methods and materials, and that requires no sandingby Mario Rodriguez

For starters, the simple modular plan optimizes daylight and cross ventilation

Living off the fat of our water abundance must end, eventuallyby Art Ludwig