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A Perforated Metal Box Hides the Bathroom in This Small Madrid Apartment

A Perforated Metal Box Hides the Bathroom in This Small Madrid Apartment

Why Is Spain’s Social Housing So Well-Designed?

Why Is Spain’s Social Housing So Well-Designed?

Before & After: In Paris, a Dated ’70s Condo Rounds a Corner With a Curvaceous Revamp

Before & After: In Paris, a Dated ’70s Condo Rounds a Corner With a Curvaceous Revamp

A Madrid Couple Revive a Funky ’70s Hotel Bungalow and Never Check Out

A Madrid Couple Revive a Funky ’70s Hotel Bungalow and Never Check Out

Wavy Patterns, Pastels, and Pop Art Recast a Brutalist Flat as a Playful Family Home

Wavy Patterns, Pastels, and Pop Art Recast a Brutalist Flat as a Playful Family Home

This London Renovation’s Corrugated Cladding Is Sneakily as Green as Its Painted Trim

This London Renovation’s Corrugated Cladding Is Sneakily as Green as Its Painted Trim

You’d Never Guess What This Light-Filled London Home Used to Be

You’d Never Guess What This Light-Filled London Home Used to Be

Almost Everything in This 1930s Flat Was Custom-Designed by Its Owner

Almost Everything in This 1930s Flat Was Custom-Designed by Its Owner

Rental Revamp: An Architect and an Engineer’s Netherlands Home Was Designed to Soothe

Rental Revamp: An Architect and an Engineer’s Netherlands Home Was Designed to Soothe

An Expecting Mother Turns Her Tiny London Loft Into a Baby-Ready Home

An Expecting Mother Turns Her Tiny London Loft Into a Baby-Ready Home

Custom Plywood Revitalizes a ’70s Swedish Prefab Cabin

Custom Plywood Revitalizes a ’70s Swedish Prefab Cabin

Before & After: Here’s What It Took to Give a Historic Palazzo a Royal Revamp

Before & After: Here’s What It Took to Give a Historic Palazzo a Royal Revamp

Before & After: In Spain, a Compact 1960s Apartment Gets a Quirky, Experimental Retrofit

Before & After: In Spain, a Compact 1960s Apartment Gets a Quirky, Experimental Retrofit

Budget Breakdown: With $69K, They Made Their Little Paris Cottage Feel Like a Greenhouse

Budget Breakdown: With $69K, They Made Their Little Paris Cottage Feel Like a Greenhouse

Who Needs Glass? Not This Board-Formed Concrete Retreat in Greece

Who Needs Glass? Not This Board-Formed Concrete Retreat in Greece

My House: They Said Farewell to London and Moved Into a 17th-Century Water Mill

My House: They Said Farewell to London and Moved Into a 17th-Century Water Mill

An Expansion Cracks Open a Dark London Townhouse

An Expansion Cracks Open a Dark London Townhouse

Construction Diary: An Irish Architect’s Passive House Shows the Strength of Cross-Laminated Timber

Construction Diary: An Irish Architect’s Passive House Shows the Strength of Cross-Laminated Timber

This Cocoon-Like Cabin in England Has a Prefab Shell

This Cocoon-Like Cabin in England Has a Prefab Shell

Before & After: In Ireland, an Unusual, Boxy Home Gets a Bold Bauhaus Retrofit

Before & After: In Ireland, an Unusual, Boxy Home Gets a Bold Bauhaus Retrofit

Before & After: In Menorca, a Family’s Crumbling Farmhouse Is Revived With Local Materials

Before & After: In Menorca, a Family’s Crumbling Farmhouse Is Revived With Local Materials

Rental Revamp: This Designer Couple’s Vibrant Berlin Apartment Is Constantly Evolving

Rental Revamp: This Designer Couple’s Vibrant Berlin Apartment Is Constantly Evolving

An Italian Renaissance Concept Inspires a Contemporary Madrid Apartment Renovation

An Italian Renaissance Concept Inspires a Contemporary Madrid Apartment Renovation

A Barcelona Designer Reimagines a Factory Loft For His Family—With “Absolutely No Doors”

A Barcelona Designer Reimagines a Factory Loft For His Family—With “Absolutely No Doors”

A Swooping Metal Roof Caps a House Set in a Normandy Garden

A Swooping Metal Roof Caps a House Set in a Normandy Garden

In Belgium, Twin Sisters With Distinct Styles Build Two Vibrant Homes—One Above the Other

In Belgium, Twin Sisters With Distinct Styles Build Two Vibrant Homes—One Above the Other

Rental Revamp: Nick Laciok’s DIY Düsseldorf Flat Is a Perpetual Work in Progress

Rental Revamp: Nick Laciok’s DIY Düsseldorf Flat Is a Perpetual Work in Progress

Before & After: This Canary Islands Home Was a Crumbling Ruin, but She Rebuilt It Piece by Piece

Before & After: This Canary Islands Home Was a Crumbling Ruin, but She Rebuilt It Piece by Piece

Before & After: This Warsaw Micro Apartment Shows That 300 Square Feet Can Feel Grand

Before & After: This Warsaw Micro Apartment Shows That 300 Square Feet Can Feel Grand

The Living Room? Beige. The Kitchen Island? That’s Beige, Too.

The Living Room? Beige. The Kitchen Island? That’s Beige, Too.

A Bright-Red Tiny Home Blossoms in Warsaw

A Bright-Red Tiny Home Blossoms in Warsaw

A Blue Felt Stair Pops in This Rustic Rotterdam Home

A Blue Felt Stair Pops in This Rustic Rotterdam Home

The Gorgeous Walls in This London Kitchen Renovation? That’s Hempcrete

The Gorgeous Walls in This London Kitchen Renovation? That’s Hempcrete

Renovations Stripped Away This Athens Flat’s Character. An Architect Brought It Back, and Then Some

Renovations Stripped Away This Athens Flat’s Character. An Architect Brought It Back, and Then Some

The Kitchen Island in This London Home Is Made of Melted-Down Chocolate Box Molds

The Kitchen Island in This London Home Is Made of Melted-Down Chocolate Box Molds

Budget Breakdown: In London, a Midcentury-Inspired Kitchen Update Leads to a $229K Home Revamp

Budget Breakdown: In London, a Midcentury-Inspired Kitchen Update Leads to a $229K Home Revamp

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