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Forum: Reforming U.S. building codes to permit single-stair apartment buildings would facilitate cost-effective and higher-density housing.

Architect Eric Höweler reviews a new book by Amanda Reeser Lawrence that challenges architecture's pervasive myth of solitary genius.

Offering 10 residential units in addition to retail space, 15 Allen Street is an all-electric beacon for the eclectic neighborhood's revival.

Under curator Raffi Lehrer, the annual music and arts festival's ephemeral installations are finding lasting homes in parks and elsewhere.

An apartment building by atelierjones leverages new building code provisions to create a scalable and sustainable model for middle-income housing.

An international cohort of designers is remaking the island nation's ancient pearling district.

The architect's open-source housing model offers a readily deployable solution to the Bay Area’s homelessness crisis.

A financially savvy design incorporates materials and technology from industrial boom times to adapt and expand a former pumping station in Winnipeg.

Three housing developments—in the Bronx, Bay Area, and Vancouver, B.C.—achieve lofty social and environmental goals on tight budgets.

Named for life's marathon-like challenges, the playful 26 Point 2 apartment complex in Long Beach, California, provides residents with communal spaces and on-site services.