Architecture and Design

Walls fold away at one corner to let this room mingle with a hillside meadowby Geoffrey T. Prentiss

Before-and-after photos highlight an interior remodel that produced a one-of-a-kind ranch in California 

A free 3D drawing tool helps visualize difficult projects before you make your first cutby Gary M. Katz

Tips on trim details and new design tools from a big project

A team approach creates an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly house for a growing marketby Christopher Briley

Bit by bit, an architect builds a vacation house in the Vermont foothillsby Peter Kurt Woerner

Designer Fu-Tung Cheng illustrates the aesthetic potential of concreteby Fu-Tung Cheng

A family's mountain retreat comes together as an eloquent sum of its partsby Deb Silber

A year of carving carefully produced a masterpiece of complexity. See detail photos of the mantel on the back cover of the June/July 2004 issue.by Charles Bickford

Site-milled timbers and local river rock transform a house with a simple floor plan into a rustic campby Priscilla Zimmerman

Different designs, different materials, and different techniques all yield great resultsby Gary M. Katz, Gary Striegler, Sebastian Eggert

A point of focus draws people in and adds character to a roomby Sarah Susanka

A simple palette of natural materials complements a comfortable home in a dramatic settingby Karen Tanaka

A Massachusetts house designed by Ross Chapin is a good example of how to create a sense of spaciousness in a small homeby Sarah Susanka

It's the little things that make a good bathroom greatby Charles Bickford

A California mason combines the adobe look of a kiva with the heating efficiency of a Rumfordby Vladimir Popovac

A masonry inglenook becomes the warm center of an architect's new houseby Elizabeth Holland

How to convert an energy-wasting fireplace to an efficient heaterby Kent Burdett

Deconstructing fire bricks and ingelnooks, plus Rumford, Irori and Kiva fireplaces explainedby Jane Gitlin