The simplicity of the “swamp hut” belies its multifaceted origins. Conceived in 1990 by Keith Moskow, AIA, of Moskow Linn Architects, the initial version consisted of a prefabricated prairie cottage planned to be built in a wheat field in Kansas for his in-laws.

People driving by Bill Perry's aptly named Heavy Metal House frequently stop to admire the 5,000-square-foot, one-story structure that sprawls across its 8-acre wooded site.

In Copenhagen’s central park of Fælledparken, local architects Mads Lund and Robert Paulsen of MLRP playfully reinterpreted the “house of mirrors” when renovating a 1,400-square-foot, graffiti-covered shed.

In 2010, Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller moved their nonprofit design enterprise, Project H, from San Francisco to Bertie County, North Carolina, to engage in a bold experiment in community development.

Ricky Burdett is a professor of urban studies at the London School of Economics and the founding director of LSE Cities, an international research and teaching organization.

As the oldest campus in the U.S., tradition matters at Harvard University.

The densest area in the NETHERLANDS includes Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, and everything in between.