How many times did you feel like you wanted to just get away from everything and everyone and to spend some time in a small ...

The Mountain Refuge is a prefabricated tiny home that features floor-to-ceiling windows and a cozy design. The open-concept cabin was designed by two Italian architects who were inspired by ...

Cities around the world are facing new questions of urban flight. As the COVID-19 pandemic spread, it exacerbated a range of living conditions and housing crises, from telecommuting and construction ...

When you live in a location as picturesque as the Italian Riviera, your home should not only channel the natural beauty of the environment but also reflect the rhythms of daily life there. Such is the ...

Throughout history, simple structures have constituted one of the most common forms of human expression. Small-scale housing, shelters, and viewpoints have been shaped by myriad materials that ...

Long before mindfulness became a 21st-century thing, Henry David Thoreau was writing about the importance of connecting with oneself and simple living. The Concord-born transcendentalist philosopher ...

On a hillside in Leelanau County, a modified A-frame with diminutive square footage reaches for the sky in tandem with the trees that surround it. In 2019, Ellen Fred, a land conservation attorney who ...

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