Two books highlight defining moments in mid-20th-century residential design on the West Coast.

At the edge of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, a house takes the viewing platform to a new level.

A meticulously detailed new residence reinterprets a Chicago neighborhood's architectural roots.

Dense foliage and simple rectangular forms evoke an ancient wonder in California.

A weekend place in the Northeastern United States owes its calm presence to its highly crafted use of granite walls and slated roofs.

Circulation takes the high road in a singular home, tucked into a tight urban site in Japan.

A New York City architect creates a glass-and-wood getaway for his in-laws.

A remote vacation house in Mexico is designed around a series of patios.

A typically cold material makes for a surprisingly cozy concrete beach retreat in New York.

A Baroque interior in London is renovated in order to better preserve a series of murals.

An important, previously unpublished Frank Lloyd Wright house from 1957 has been newly renovated in Illinois.

Single-family dwellings used to outrank other buildings in the architectural canon. No more.

A new book explores homes in remote areas.

RECORD editor-in-chief Cathleen McGuigan makes a case for reimagining the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

A water-treatment facility in Switzerland conforms to the equipment it houses—and its surrounding landscape.

These facade systems install faster and require less maintenance than ever.

These solutions add acoustic privacy to vertical and horizontal planes.

Architects refine the art and science of facade design.