In the aftermath of World War II, a particular housing type proliferated in Communist Hungary: the cube. As the country rebuilt after the war, the Hungarian Cube (in Hungarian, “Magyar Kocka”) became ...

British artist Alex Chinneck turns a stately brick facade into something resembling a slice of American cheese. As is often the case with art or any form of cultural production, the sculpted object ...

In our latest roundup, we look at houses where solid, windowless walls create privacy and intrigue by hiding interior spaces from the outside world. While these homes may have austere street-facing ...

Located in Dutchess County, NY, the LM Guest House is a 2,000 sq ft country retreat that boast a continuous glass facade that was prefabricated off-site and erected in just two days. The compact home ...

This two-family masonry house stands on a street corner. Its longitudinal façades face north and south. The orientation of the house conforms to the requirements of the urban planning office, which ...

The Heigold House was one of the few structures in The Point area to survive the 1937 Flood. The house’s facade was moved to Thruston Park to preserve it and then to Frankfort Avenue. Christian ...

In the 1930s, apartments in the block across the river from the Kremlin were allocated only to senior officials and the Soviet elite, but when many of them fell from favor, a grim new episode in the ...

The week between Christmas and New Year’s can be a restful time in New Orleans, but 160 years ago, it was the height of the season of holiday merriment. That’s because, in the mid-19th century, New ...