Articles by Laura Raskin

Johnsen Schmaling's Stacked Cabin in Muscoda, Wisconsin, adheres to the program of the traditional wooded retreat, with an emphasis on flexibility.

In 1996, architect John Denton purchased 150 acres of land—78 of them under vine—in the middle of the Yarra Valley, about an hour’s drive from Melbourne; think of it as Napa Valley’s Australian cousin.

Michael Folonis reacted with baffled delight when he was chosen to design the 50,000-square-foot, three-story UCLA Outpatient Surgery and Medical Building in Santa Monica.

Larry Scarpa grew up in Florida, where the heat and humidity kept him indoors.

The Guangzhou Municipal Government’s brief for a new opera house was ambitious: the building had to be able to host Chinese and Western operas of the highest caliber, as well as be a welcoming civic center, open and accessible to all.

The sprawling metropolis of Chongqing sits in the Sichuan Basin, surrounded by mountain ranges.