Design

Toronto is growing at an incredible rate—spreading across the vast lakeside plain it anchors and rising in dense vertical pockets. In just a few years, its population has surpassed that of other burgeoning urban centers,… Read More »This Residential Tower-Topped Hotel is a Ryokan-Styled Sky Oasis

Childlike experimentation is hard to come by as an adult. A muscle we must exercise, intuition is frequently at odds with the seemingly unending flow of modern life. Unfussy, organic, and quietly delightful, Emma In… Read More »Emma In Paraty: A Study in Stitch, Scale, and Sincerity

Heritage renovations typically operate under a preservation logic—original details are restored, surfaces are sealed, and finishes are lacquered to suspend the home in an idealized past state. But at Tryon Hill, a 1929 Cape Cod… Read More »Grayhaus’ Preservation and Renovation of Tyron Hill Home Give Way to Possibility

Any renovation project requires an understanding of the spirit of the initial design balanced with updates that consider both the site and current inhabitants, particularly if the structure is an older one with a meaningful… Read More »WAK TOK Architect’s Renovation of a Historic School Creates Harmony With Nature

Leather is an age-old material, connecting us to a long line of ancestors who utilized this medium in much the same way as we do today. More leather objects survive from our earliest civilizations than… Read More »Talia Luvaton Centers Nature with TRACE Leather Vessels

There is no mistaking the core philosophy of the Forest Edge House, a 1,500-square-foot home nestled into the woods of the western Catskill Mountains. On the southern face of the house, a grid of solar… Read More »Marc Thorpe’s Forest Edge House Blends Beauty and Self Sufficiency