Urban Jungles and Other Homes That Run Wild

Porches, patios, renegade pools—the outdoor spaces at these homes demonstrate inspired and surprising ways to cultivate a patch of green in the city, from secret gardens to...

Picnic in the nude in Berlin, hike a mountain in Taipei—or recreate the feeling in your own backyard.

Joyce Storey and her late husband, Howell Binkley, opened their Harlem apartment to the lovelorn for years.

A growing number of architects are designing for displaced people, prompting a reconsideration of what ostensibly temporary living should look like.

Toronto architect Lia Maston reimagines her father’s backyard parking space as a creative retreat with a sunken courtyard for her sister.

A family home brings everyone together with playful details—like a swiveling, pop-up table and a bright-red railing.

Kilogram Studio livens up a Victorian home with vivid red accents that sync with the surrounding brick neighborhood.

A strategic renovation with a striated facade helps a New Orleans homeowner meld his modern ambitions with his more historic home.

Using the first community land trust developed under tribal law in the United States, the group is turning empty buildings in the coastal city of Eureka into transitional housing.

The mention of a backyard pool might conjure visions of high-maintenance, well-resourced landscapes.

Pool access has been a surprising linchpin of some of America’s most significant cultural moments. What does it mean that you can now rent your neighbor’s watery paradise?

Hernán Landolfo created natural transitions and a mazelike plan complete with lushly planted courtyards and rooftop terraces.

“People who come to visit that have known me for years think I designed it.”

The founders of New York design firm A+A+A teach others the game to start conversations with family and at work, in spite of cultural barriers.

Kolbe Windows & Doors helps frame and extend the views of a lakeside renovation in eastern Minnesota.

Lindal Cedar Homes lets you keep your design options open with hundreds of ready-to-go plans ranging from traditional-looking houses with high-pitched roofs to modern dwellings...

Effortlessly push the boundaries of culinary creativity with Miele’s revolutionary Generation 7000 kitchen appliances.