At home with Joanna Plant in her comfortable, timeless interiors | Design Notes
When interior designer Joanna Plant and her husband Nick first saw their 1920s house in west London it was, by all accounts, something of an ugly duckling, yet they saw…
U-Build hands-on: a flat-pack modular home you can assemble
U-Build is a modular construction system even completely inexperienced builders can assemble with simple hand tools. The flat-pack kit is made from CNC-cut plywood; components are slotted together like puzzle…
Explore Tiny Homes Detroit in a video tour
We’ve been following the construction of tiny homes in Detroit by Cass Community Social Services. The homes are for low-income individuals and follow a rent-to-own model. We visited in May…
Aldo Leopold plants a forest and a meadow
In 1935, Aldo Leopold bought a worn out farm along the Wisconsin River. Taking up (second) residence in a former chicken coop, they wanted to live close to the land.…