The architect Boris Uborevich-Borovskiy’s dacha
The architect Boris Uborevich-Borovskiy's dacha looks nothing like his modern projects: it has a carved trim, a sloping roof, and a turret. However, this house near Moscow, built in 1948,…
Inside a Charming 17th-Century Farmhouse
Designer Harriet Anstruther welcomes House & Garden into her West Sussex farmhouse. The exterior? A hotchpotch of charming Sussex vernacular accompanied by grander Georgian additions layered into the backdrop of…
Inside London’s Iconic Blue House
Instantly recognisable for its striking, characterful presence on an east London street just off Hackney Road, London’s iconic “Blue House” occupies a plot once home to a disused metalworker’s shed.…
Small Multigenerational Japanese Home with Suspended Storage, 40sqm/430sqft
Located in Tokyo’s leafy Ogikubo neighbourhood, this 40sqm/431sqft space within a multi-generational family home has been reimagined as a bright, open retreat for a daughter returning to live alongside her…
Craft in America: HOME
HOME visits craft artists whose environments are filled with meaning and metaphor
How an Architect Turned a Crumbling Garage into a Flexible Three-Level Home, New Zealand
High on a Wellington, New Zealand ridgeline, architect Micah Rickards transformed a friend’s crumbling garage into a flexible, light-filled home for him and his partner Ivan. Organised vertically, the home…
Mira Nakashima Talks Family, Furniture Design, and Legacy
Mira Nakashima has spent a lifetime honoring her father’s craft. For Harper’s BAZAAR’s Legacy Issue, the architect and master furniture maker reflects on growing up in the Nakashima workshop, where…
Music Lover’s Small Paris Apartment with Clever Storage, 47sqm/506sqft
Set within a late 19th-century Parisian building, this apartment by Viviane Chil-Hagopian is designed for a client whose love of reading and music shapes his daily life. By combining two…
Inside Richard Murphy’s Unusual Home in Edinburgh
In Edinburgh’s New Town, architect Richard Murphy built himself a house that behaves like a three-dimensional puzzle. Nine levels stack into a tiny plot. Rooms borrow space from each other.…
Top Architecture Firm Won’t Design More ICE Prisons After Employees Revolt
Reading over these examples on the message board rattled the employees who spoke with me. “By the time I got to ‘This isn’t even our first detention center,’ that’s when…