A spare, contemporary house in California—designed by Leonardo Umansky of Arxis Design Studio—stands out in a residential community renowned for traditional design and oversized statement structures.
The architect-owners of a mid-20th-century Brutalist house in the Highgate section of London wanted it updated, but didn't have the time to do it themselves.
Built in 1853, on the site of a stable in a vernacular Greek Revival style, 130 Charles Street was always a modest house in the heart of the bustling dockside of Greenwich Village.
In a former Prussian military uniform factory, the largest building in a group of brick barracks that has been gradually rebuilt by several artists and architects since the 1970s, the architects have created a 4,520-square-foot, distinctive studio and residence for the conceptual artist Karin Sander.
Located near the eastern end of Long Island’s north fork, on a waterside bluff of the largest glacial moraine in the world, this house is a refuge for an artist/writer who escapes here from Manhattan, making plans for the house to become a permanent home.