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Data Center Backlash Is Heating Up—and Everything Else You Need to Know About This Week
Data Center Backlash Is Heating Up—and Everything Else You Need to Know About This Week
Homeownership is only becoming further out of reach for young Americans, Japan’s traditional folk houses are being revived, and more.
By Anna Braz
Budget Breakdown: This Southern California Home Is Technically an ADU—and It Started as a Garage
A family of four in Oceanside spent $725K squeezing every last inch out of the lot to create a soaring two-level residence.
If You’re Into Heavy Metal, Here’s a Cor-Ten Steel Cabin in Joshua Tree for $1.9M
Designed in 2007 by Michael Rotondi, the rugged residence brings in big views of the desert landscape—and it’s just a mile from the national park.
If You Love Midcenturies and Houseboats, This $1.2M Floating Home Has the Best of Both Worlds
Moored in Seattle’s Portage Bay, the 1958 residence by architect Gerald van Slyck conjures up cabin vibes with cozy wood-wrapped interiors.
Army Mattresses Insulate This Adobe Home in the Foothills of the Himalayas
They fill out thick double walls, one of several passive design strategies that keep the residence comfortable year round.
The Coffee Tables in This Modernist-Inspired L.A. Home Are Boulders Excavated From the Site
Custom furnishings round out architect Diego Cano Lasso’s reinterpretation of the midcentury post-and-beam style.
This L.A. Housing Design Contest Is Exactly How This Is Supposed to Work
A recent competition engineered to take advantage of new pro-density legislation has already helped fund the development of 20 units.
Remember When Your Phone Had Its Own “Gossip Bench”?
How household landlines spawned a booming, now obsolete, mid-20th-century furniture category—one that might be coming back into fashion.
That’s One Way to Use Pandemic Office Pods
Portable glass enclosures built by an auto shop during Covid are the newest accommodations at one of America’s oddest camps.
Budget Breakdown: With $94K, They Turned Their Cracked Concrete L.A. Backyard Into a Serene Meadow
The founder of Golden Landscape Architecture helped two old pals unpave their pad and reimagine it as a little slice of paradise.

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