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Summer retreats that are perfect for the whole family.

Budget Breakdown: This $558K Texas Home Celebrates the Charm of Simple Sheds

Budget Breakdown: This $558K Texas Home Celebrates the Charm of Simple Sheds

Before & After: In Menorca, a Family’s Crumbling Farmhouse Is Revived With Local Materials

Before & After: In Menorca, a Family’s Crumbling Farmhouse Is Revived With Local Materials

A Lake House in Chilean Patagonia Takes Inspiration from Japanese Pagodas

A Lake House in Chilean Patagonia Takes Inspiration from Japanese Pagodas

Two Architects Create a “Living Example” of Why Prefab Works So Well in the Wild

Two Architects Create a “Living Example” of Why Prefab Works So Well in the Wild

In Mexico, a Circular Home Surrounded by Forest Brings a Family Together

In Mexico, a Circular Home Surrounded by Forest Brings a Family Together

In Brazil, a Rooftop Deck Takes a Mountain Home to New Heights

In Brazil, a Rooftop Deck Takes a Mountain Home to New Heights

Before & After: This 1881 Schoolhouse Conversion Is a Master Class in Adaptive Reuse

Before & After: This 1881 Schoolhouse Conversion Is a Master Class in Adaptive Reuse

When Your Childhood Beach House is an Architectural Icon

When Your Childhood Beach House is an Architectural Icon

Two Cottages—Renovated Using Less Than $150K—Embrace Living With Kenya’s Wildlife

Two Cottages—Renovated Using Less Than $150K—Embrace Living With Kenya’s Wildlife

Construction Diary: An Artist Plays Architect to Design a Brutalist-Inspired Family Home in Turkey

Construction Diary: An Artist Plays Architect to Design a Brutalist-Inspired Family Home in Turkey

Before & After: This Accessible Catskills Retreat Brings Together Three Generations of Family

Before & After: This Accessible Catskills Retreat Brings Together Three Generations of Family

She Built a 330-Square-Foot Cabin in One of Washington’s Biggest Outdoors Destinations

She Built a 330-Square-Foot Cabin in One of Washington’s Biggest Outdoors Destinations

Budget Breakdown: They Gave a Bland ’70s Cabin a Psychedelic Glow-Up for $120K

Budget Breakdown: They Gave a Bland ’70s Cabin a Psychedelic Glow-Up for $120K

Thanks to a Massive, Jewel-Like Skylight, This Chilean Cabin Glows From Top to Bottom

Thanks to a Massive, Jewel-Like Skylight, This Chilean Cabin Glows From Top to Bottom

Before & After: Two Friends Give a Dated ’90s Cabin a Moody Reinvention

Before & After: Two Friends Give a Dated ’90s Cabin a Moody Reinvention

On the Coast of Sweden, a Family Getaway Riffs on Traditional Fishing Cottages

On the Coast of Sweden, a Family Getaway Riffs on Traditional Fishing Cottages

In the Foothills of the Andes, a Ceramicist Fires Up a Creative Retreat

In the Foothills of the Andes, a Ceramicist Fires Up a Creative Retreat

Before & After: Every Day Is Summer Camp at This Groovy, ’70s-Inspired Cabin

Before & After: Every Day Is Summer Camp at This Groovy, ’70s-Inspired Cabin

An M.C. Escher Drawing Inspired This Crisp Grecian Retreat

An M.C. Escher Drawing Inspired This Crisp Grecian Retreat

This Supersized Cabin in a Colorado Ski Town Brings Three Generations Together

This Supersized Cabin in a Colorado Ski Town Brings Three Generations Together

Ruddy Cor-Ten Steel Wraps a Warm, Woody Retreat on Lake Superior

Ruddy Cor-Ten Steel Wraps a Warm, Woody Retreat on Lake Superior

There’s a Better View in Every Direction at This “Lake House” in Indiana

There’s a Better View in Every Direction at This “Lake House” in Indiana

Nobody Does a Beach House Quite Like the Danes

Nobody Does a Beach House Quite Like the Danes

They Run Hedley & Bennett. Naturally, Their Yucca Valley Airbnb Is Simple But Stylish Too

They Run Hedley & Bennett. Naturally, Their Yucca Valley Airbnb Is Simple But Stylish Too

This Refined Getaway Started as a Rustic A-Frame With No Running Water

This Refined Getaway Started as a Rustic A-Frame With No Running Water

Summer Camp Is in Session at This Barnlike Weekend Retreat on Long Island

Summer Camp Is in Session at This Barnlike Weekend Retreat on Long Island

A Floating Living Room Sets a Family’s Lake Michigan Cottage Apart From the Rest

A Floating Living Room Sets a Family’s Lake Michigan Cottage Apart From the Rest

There’s a View From Every Room of This Perched Chilean Cabin

There’s a View From Every Room of This Perched Chilean Cabin

Cedar Cladding Defines this Spectacular Holiday Home in Nova Scotia

Cedar Cladding Defines this Spectacular Holiday Home in Nova Scotia

A Tiny Timber Cabin Touches Down on a Private Island in Norway

A Tiny Timber Cabin Touches Down on a Private Island in Norway

This Scottish Holiday Home Is Topped With Grass From the Surrounding Hillside

This Scottish Holiday Home Is Topped With Grass From the Surrounding Hillside

This Coastal New Zealand A-Frame Looks Like a Floating Prism

This Coastal New Zealand A-Frame Looks Like a Floating Prism

A New Zealand Beach Home Waves Back at Its Surrounding Dunescape

A New Zealand Beach Home Waves Back at Its Surrounding Dunescape

A Concrete Home on the Coast of Argentina Uses Stone to Connect Land and Sea

A Concrete Home on the Coast of Argentina Uses Stone to Connect Land and Sea

260 Square Feet of Tree House Is All a Portuguese Family Needs for the Summer

260 Square Feet of Tree House Is All a Portuguese Family Needs for the Summer

A Refined Wine Country Renovation Feels Like It’s Floating in the Redwoods

A Refined Wine Country Renovation Feels Like It’s Floating in the Redwoods

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