A look at the New Modern Home, a prototype house that builder Jimmy Tanghongs has built, which needs no exterior maintenance and produces its own electricity. Louis DeLuca / Staff Photographer Jimmy ...

Midcentury houses have their charms, but they often lack the airy yet comfortable atmosphere that contemporary dwellers covet. Such was the case with a 60-year-old residence in the Minneapolis area ...

Architect Anthony Poon and developer Andrew Adler open a wire-bound inspiration notebook to a page with a series of images. The first shows an iPhone with the word “minimal” underneath. The second ...

The Aluminaire House drew crowds, and ridicule, in 1931. After several moves and a brush with demolition, it has found a home in Southern California. By Jori Finkel Reporting from Palm Springs, Calif.

CHRISTINE FERRARA, a 39-year-old public affairs director for the Institute for Advanced Study, a research center in Princeton, N.J., has a passion for modern architecture and design. It began in 2008, ...