A friend of mine just got back from a few weeks of travel in Spain. Of the many sites he visited, Casa Batlló in Barcelona stood out as one of the most interesting and unusual. Known locally as Casa dells osseous (House of Bones), the home was restored by designer...
One thing I've learned over the years is remodeling a home can put a major strain on your marriage - the bigger the project, the bigger the strain. That's why it was no surprise to read that the owner of Clingstone Mansion in Jamestown, RI burned through two marriages...
How would you like to live in shipping containers? Might sound crazy, but the house pictured is just that -- seven recycled steel shipping containers, recycled to create one eco-friendly home. Bernard Morin and Joyce Labelle, an architect and his wife in Ste. Adele,...
As a writer for BobVila.com, I rarely cite articles from Scientific American but this article entitled "How Room Designs Affect Your Work and Mood" is too good to pass up. This lengthy piece documents the state of research into using room design to "promote...
A house built to resemble a nautilus is not your everyday home, but that's what one couple did in Mexico City. With the help of architect Javier Senosiain and his concept of bioarchitecture, the home was built in 2006 and now houses the couple and their two small...
One of the more unique communities in the world lies just off the coast of Miami. It's called Stiltsville, and it's a collection of architecturally interesting homes standing above the water on stilts. Built over time since the 1930s, the homes were threatened with...
It seems that you can become a king with as little a kingdom as a caravan. Nick Copeman, born a British commoner in 1979, did just that. As described on his Web site: "At 25, after being unemployed for several months and failing to follow in his father's footsteps...
Man-made construction continues to astound me, and being married to an engineer means we watch a lot of shows on engineering feats—bridges, towers, you name it. Curious about the world's tallest buildings? (I know my husband is.) Which, if any, are found in the U.S.?...
I'm fascinated with both very large and very tall structures. (I also love those Discovery Health shows like "World's Tallest Woman" and "America's Shortest Man," but that's beside the point.) And, if you're a regular reader of this blog, you know I'm an advocate of...
Here's a project someone should undertake: rehabbing Mike Tyson's now abandoned estate in Ohio. The property has had a colorful history since Tyson sold it in the late 90s and now it stands abandoned and decaying. It features a 10,000-square-foot swimming pool, sundae...
