Son Llodrà House: what it means to bury a house on purpose
A 680-square-meter Mediterranean house completed in 2023 is a case study in earth-sheltered design, and in what an architect's own description can and cannot tell you.
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Practices, projects and the materials they specify: how a building meets the street, ages in weather, and what its details cost to maintain.
Vesta: What a mortgage plumbing deal means for the cost of getting a loan
Vesta lenders can now route verification work through Mezzo's one-to-many gateway — a press release claim worth reading with care.
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What is an ADU, and how does adding one to your property actually work?
Backyard cottages and garage conversions are having a moment. Here's what an accessory dwelling unit legally is, what it costs to build one, and where the rules trip people up.
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The double-height room, and why it came back
Two-story living spaces went from Victorian status to modernist cliché to the most requested feature in new apartments — the reasons are physics and psychology.
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Why glass block keeps coming back
Borrowed light without a borrowed view: the century-old masonry of privacy has survived Art Deco, disco, and the 1980s — and it's creeping into new bathrooms again.
Rosa Marchetti