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Canadians refer to Georgian Bay as the sixth Great Lake.

“I had my second home built,” says anesthesiologist Jim Alpers, “and it just happens to be attached to my first house.”

Shaped like a cluster of barnacles, the House in Kohoku doesn’t exactly blend in with its neighbors.

South Australia–based architect Max Pritchard knew he had a challenge on his hands as soon as his clients contacted him.

Those of us from Northern California can attest to the fact that one of the most beautiful beaches in the world is located about 20 miles north of San Francisco—Stinson Beach. It’s a little wilder than most—windy and often foggy.

Reuse, renew, recycle, renovate! When New Westminster, British Columbia, couple Jeanine Harper and Les Linfoot, and their three sons, aged 18 to 26, needed more space, they decided to build onto their 2,500-square-foot 1950s ranch-style house.

Last November in Montecito, California, wildfire consumed almost 2,000 acres, destroying over 100 homes.

David Webber, AIA, of the Austin-based firm Webber + Studio, jokes that the house in Austin’s Hyde Park neighborhood that he designed for himself and Ransom Baldasare, his business and life partner, is really just like everyone else’s.