Architecture

June 28, 2024

Exploring Lanzarote, a Growing LGBTQ Destination in the Canary Islands

“Lanzarote is a place of secrets and mysteries,” the Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar once said of the place he used as a backdrop for his 2009 […]
May 21, 2024

These 2 Watch Collaborators Have Never Actually Met

Living on opposite sides of the globe didn’t stop them from developing their B/1 timepiece, a nod to Brutalist architecture. Phillip Toledano, a visual artist and […]
May 21, 2024

When Watchmakers Team Up With Pritzker Prize Winners

Architects say they find a certain affinity between designing major structures and smaller items to wear on the wrist. The commissioning of architects to design watches […]
May 3, 2024

They Found a Tiny Home in the Catskills: an Original Bolt-Together House

The tiny cabin, one of the few extant examples of a popular 1970s design, had no heat or toilet. But it was theirs for $65,000. One […]
March 7, 2024

Secret Doors Are Having a Major Moment

This article is part of our Design special section about innovative surfaces in architecture, interiors and products. Tabitha Kane is a co-host of a true crime […]
January 9, 2024

Former Twitter Executive Builds a Dream Home for His Family in Sonoma

Bruce Falck, who left Twitter during Elon Musk’s takeover bid, had other things on his mind: completing a longed-for family home in Northern California. Bruce Falck […]
July 30, 2023

SunRay Kelley, Master Builder of the Counterculture, Dies at 71

The go-to guru for those seeking their dream yurt, spiritual retreat or treehouse, he brought forth his handmade structures like a wizard with a chain saw. […]
May 4, 2023

A Chill Hotel in Every Way But One

The architect of the beachfront Hotel Terrestre, in Mexico, refused to incorporate air-conditioning. This article is part of our Design special section about making the environment […]
April 16, 2023

Pharaonic Funkatizing at the Met Roof Garden

A monument has touched down on the Metropolitan Museum’s rooftop that a few decades ago I would never have dreamed of finding there: an architectural mothership […]
March 21, 2023

What’s It Like to Live in a Grocery Store? Surprisingly Comfortable.

When two artists bought the vacant building, it was ‘grim and creepy.’ Now it’s not only a home — it’s a communal arts space. A few […]