Residential Buildings, Domestic Buildings

Australia has wildly differing topographies and climates, and its best residential architecture draws on those site conditions in inventive ways. T...

House design is evolving fast following trends and the needs of our society. A myriad of design schemes aim to meet diverse requirements and there ...

Enter the world of fairy-tale towers, whimsical stairways, crow's nests, zip lines, and suspended rope bridges. Take pleasure in the details of han...

This exhilarating and richly illustrated guide to Los Angeles's most exciting new buildings establishes the city as a mecca for forward-thinking an...

Sensitively balancing historic preservation with contemporary innovation, Ahearn's timeless houses feel deeply connected to the stylistic character...

The most beautifully designed holiday homes - wth a view of the waves. From the range of architectural gems for rent near the ocean, find some peac...

What is Venice worth? To whom does this urban treasure belong? This eloquent book by the internationally renowned art historian Salvatore Settis ur...

The housing projects built in Camden in the 1960s and 1970s when Sydney Cook was borough architect are widely regarded as the most important urban ...

Architects reveal the keys to Architecture in their drawings, their floor plans, sections and also in their writings. It is important to appreciate...

The rising cost of fuel and the growing commit­ment to protect the environment have sparked exciting innovations in prefab home construction. Showc...

Birgit Lyngbye Pedersen was looking for the right sofa for a house from the fifties and discovered Finn Juhl (19121989), whose furniture is experie...

Critic and historian Mercedes Daguerre explores Latin America's evolving modernist tradition through the one-family houses of the region's leading ...

Citizens in retirement age are becoming an ever greater but also more active part of society. Along with this socio-cultural shift a new emphasis o...

Critic and historian Mercedes Daguerre presents 20 innovative houses by 20 leading contemporary architects and explores how domestic architecture h...

In 1894, Palm Beach leaped to world prominence as a winter playground with the completion of Henry Morrison Flagler's Royal Poinciana Hotel. In the...

Architect and designer Bobby McAlpine creates idyllic houses that wed historical precedent with gracious modern living. His distinguished firms, Mc...

It is by no coincidence that another collaborative project is spear-headed by K2LD. Following the success of the Lien Villa Collective at Holland...

The Melnikov House, a building designed by the architect Konstantin Melnikov in Moscow for his family (1927 1929), is an icon of the architectural...

A jewel of Baroque architecture, the Castelluccio Palace is the spotlight of a beautiful book retracing its history, its long restoration and its p...

The Case Study House program (19451966) was a unique event in the history of American architecture. Sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, ...

Welcome to the world of ultra-glamorous architecture as featured in new coffee table book Archiphantasy (The Images Publishing Group), penned by pr...

Scandinavian residences are not only aesthetically simple and minimalist, they are mindfully built to minimise their impact on the environment, wit...

It makes me feel guilty that anybody should have such a good time doing what they are supposed to do. - Charles Eames on architecture. A doctor...

Offering a rare opportunity to explore the largest and most luxurious house designed by Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus, and Marcel Breuer, ...

City for City presents examples of the work of the City College Architectural Center over the past fifteen years. The projects selected are grouped...

The architects of atelier Arcau are always sensitive to the elements of the contexts where they are called on to work. This could be almost the fir...