When Robert Van Every casually popped into a neighborhood open house one day in Toronto, he wasn't expecting the loft to blow him away. But the space was just what he'd always wanted. Located inside a former Rawlings baseball glove factory built in 1902,... more »

Where better for a motorcycle enthusiast to live than in a former auto garage? For bike lover and communications student Spencer Steed and his fiancée, Alex Tovey, a college admissions counselor, living in such a place was an opportunity neither could... more »

Once part of a warehouse for a women's clothing store, this kitchen retains bits and pieces of its original industrial structure. "The place was a wreck but structurally interesting," says architect Felipe Araujo of Egue... more »

Shortly after buying a triplex in Montreal, first-time homeowners Dominique Leroux and Anne-Marie McSween attended a local environmental rally that made them rethink their design approach. The two spent the next couple of months researching ecofriendly... more »

When this city condo needed character, the designers at Groundswell Design Group traveled to the country stylewise. The condo, a clean-lined contemporary penthouse in Philadelphia's Northern... more »

Earl Anderson is a steel manufacturer in the business of making equipment for harvesting almonds. He loves the cold, raw material so much that he decided to use an abundance of it for his new two-story entertaining pavilion and garage in the back of his... more »

Once something shunned and banished to crawl spaces and attics, exposed ductwork is on the rise as a design element — and as an energy-efficient solution. Naturally, those considering vaulted ceilings or increasing headroom in their home will need to... more »

Ed Roth, artist and owner of Stencil1, has an affection for mixing the old with the new. With its exposed wood post and beam construction and wonderful high ceilings, his home in a onetime... more »

Pink isn't exactly Blake Tovin's favorite color, but something about this building caught his eye. The pink cinderblock warehouse was certainly eccentric, but he had a feeling that it was just the right spot for his company's new studio. Tovin, the founder... more »

I believe the movies have fueled our love of converted spaces: that crusty warehouse where Jennifer Beals danced like a maniac, that amazing white former meat-packing joint where Glenn Close acted like a maniac, that hazy book-filled loft... more »

Architect Lukas Kordik's vision for his apartment in Bratislava, Slovakia, centered on three things: working with the existing structure, removing walls and barriers, and creating a simple, open space.... more »

Imagine turning a schoolhouse that's more than a century old into a modern-industrial home — exactly what principal architect Jeff Goulette and general contractors... more »

If you're going to downsize, you may as well do it with flair. When a Seattle couple who loved to boat to the nearby San Juan Islands decided to cut their primary living space in half, they chose the romantic dream of living on Lake Union in Seattle.... more »

This contemporary home in Nagoya, Japan, was nicknamed "The Nest House" by architect Takuya Tsuchida, who wanted to "give the feeling of living in a nest" without feeling tied to a nest's natural form. "I abstracted the nest idea and used it as a starting... more »