Dream Home

Casa Segrada - New Mexico House Blending Asian and Southwestern Architecture

Casa Segrada was a project by Archaeo Architects where they faced a unique challenge. The family was creating a New Mexico house on a 20 acre heavily wooded lot.

Lake Hollywood House by Mills Studio

Dave Contemporist 01/20/2009
Lake Hollywood House by Mills Studio

This house in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, California was designed by Mills Studio.


A Houston Kitchen Takes a Cue from a French Château

By Christine Pittel housebeautiful.com 10/29/2008
A Houston Kitchen Takes a Cue from a French Château

A subtle palette, some toile, and some Parisian inspiration create a kitchen reminiscent of a French château, only this kitchen calls Houston, TX, its home.

Engelhart House in Melbourne, Australia

Dave Contemporist 09/08/2008
Engelhart House in Melbourne, Australia

Home building companies that produce a large number of homes aren’t usually known for good design.


Beyond Villa

Phuket Life 07/11/2008
Beyond Villa

Beyond Villa is 6,000 square meters of beachfront luxury at Natai Beach. It features granite, marble, glass and steel. Architect Branko Pahor, who has created many of the most extravagant and desirable villas and commercial properties in Greater P...

700 Palms Residence by Steven Ehrlich

The 700 Palms Residence was designed and completed in 2003 by Steven Ehrlich, and is located in Venice, Los Angeles, California. The house expresses a counterpoint between a sense of harmony and tranquility with flowing, dynamic spaces.


Second time lucky

Homes and Gardens 12/19/2007
Second time lucky

Some people believe that you only find a dream home once in a lifetime. But when Tiffy and Will Rook lost out on theirs, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise

MOMO Modular | Swedish Summer Home

G Living.com 12/17/2007
MOMO Modular | Swedish Summer Home

At first glance, I thought MOMO was a nickname for a museum. The Museum of Modern… Organisms?


Georgia Contemporary

Deidre Woollard Luxist 12/07/2007
Georgia Contemporary

Imagine walking through the tranquil Georgia woods and coming upon this modern home. One of the good things about having a lot of acreage is that you can have glass walls and not worry about your privacy. This home located ten minutes from downtow...

Perry Street Triplex

Deidre Woollard Luxist 11/27/2007
Perry Street Triplex

The Wall Street Journal's Private Properties column first reported that Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy put his triplex in the 176 Perry Street building designed by Richard Meier on the market. Joy bought the condo for $17.57 million and is n...


Cinque Terres, Estate of the Day

Deidre Woollard Luxist 11/17/2007
Cinque Terres, Estate of the Day

This home in Montverde, Florida is a new model but is set apart from the usual Florida Mediterranean by its Moroccan touches. It is a Carmen Dominguez model which was featured in the 2006 'Street of Dreams.' Spectacular notes include the cascading...

Playing Against Type

House & Garden 11/03/2007
Playing Against Type

Chloë Sevigny—actress, fashion muse, noveau-downtown icon—chooses a colorful yet suprisingly traditional decorating scheme.


Whitefish Lake, Estate of the Day

Deidre Woollard Luxist 11/02/2007
Whitefish Lake, Estate of the Day

Property around Whitefish Lake in Montana has gotten rather pricey. Case in point, today's home, a newer home with large glass windows facing the lake. The five-bedroom home was built in 2002 and has 80 feet of waterfrontage.

A Balancing Act

Sharon Jaffe Dan Home & Design 11/01/2007
A Flokati rug from IKEA and a 1970s mod ceramic lamp add an element of playfulness to the library. The room blends vintage finds, from the 1960s Chinese-style ebonized desk to the industrial copper desk lamps from France.

A design duo augments their clients' furniture and art collections with the right pieces to marry modern and traditional styles


Method Lab

David A. Greene / Photos by Dave Lauridsen Dwell 10/31/2007
Method Lab

Designer Jennifer Siegal’s own house is a modest 1920s Spanish bungalow on the leeward side of busy Lincoln Boulevard in Venice, California, that looks nothing like what she makes at her day job. A little bit homely, a little bit avant-garde, it’s...

Gina Willman, ASID

Marcus Webb Hawaiian Style 10/03/2007
Gina Willman, ASID

Award-winning principal of W Interiors


An Inno-native Approach

Frances Anderton / Photos by Dook Dwell 09/28/2007
An Inno-native Approach

Joe Osae-Addo, a highly gregarious, Ghanaian-born architect, was living in Los Angeles, designing buildings and acting as the unofficial social coordinator of the local architecture scene.

Tide of change

Vanessa Berridge Homes & Gardens Magazine 09/09/2007
Tide of change

A love of sailing was the impetus behind Gay and Colin Kaye's wish to find a home by the sea for themselves and their two children. In 1991, they discovered a south-facing house with views over a peaceful creek, a mile outside Bosham village in We...


The homeowners hired an arborist to inventory existing species, relocate large trees, install root-aeration mats and put up tree fencing. After the house was finished, regrading approximated the land's natural contours. A terraced rain garden slows runoff from the driveway.

Nearly a decade ago, a Washington, D.C., family set out to build a sustainable home for around the same price as a conventional one. Think it can't be done? Here's how they succeeded.

Lifestyle Designs

Cheryl Wright Dreams Alive Magazine 04/05/2003
Lifestyle Designs

Planning For A Comfortable Home