As a building material, wood's appeal has endured at least as long as humans have been constructing shelters. However, since the industrial revolution, the range of potential building materials has expanded, putting wood at a disadvantage—until now, that is.

When asked if his latest project, a vacation home in the Idaho resort town of Sun Valley, is at all based on a local vernacular, Tuscon-based architect Rick Joy bristles.

A multidisciplinary design team applies a light and skillful touch to restore luster to a faded Lower Manhattan landmark while bringing it up to current standards.

The mention of “portable” classrooms—or any similar term—puts fear into the hearts of parents with school-age children.

Although located in dense West Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania has a genuine campus—one organized around a series of green spaces and landscaped quadrangles carved out of the surrounding urban fabric.