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Are windows the eyes of a home, or a gateway to its soul?

A simple stairway Answers the question of why. Why regulations?

As family size contracts, big houses become small hotels

It’s a pleasure to stroll the streets of Colonia, Uruguay, and realize that in those homes you admire, you could also live. People do. And it’s not too expensive.

Tropical hardwood beams, locally-fashioned framing connectors, and mahogany siding. Who needs a view?

Simple country houses, Brutalist bodegas, and superb craftsmanship

Not all places have water that comes out of the ground courtesy of the city. Sometimes it comes out of a truck.

The USA reigns supreme when it comes to cool light fixtures, at least in the Americas. But plumbing is another story.

Equatorial sun changes the priorities in a construction sequence