In the best way possible, Stanford professor Mark Jacobson‘s new house is like a giant Erector Set, snapped together in less than a week on an irregular, pie-shaped lot near the university. It’s a ...

As a youngster in the 1950s, I remember my folks pointing out to me a house on West Street in Pittsfield. Because the home looked sort of like a porcelain-enameled eatery I had seen in Albany, N.Y., I ...

We all dream of a maintenance-free home. But with a Lustron house, it’s the selling point. These prefab houses from the 1940s are practically indestructible. Made of porcelain-coated stainless ...

The framing system for Bone Structure homes is made of steel tubes manufactured in factories and designed to connect together on-site. Photo courtesy Bone Structure. It was the aspiration of ...

A Deep Dive into the Nationwide Shift Toward Metal Tubular Homes, Barndominiums, and Garages with Living Quarters LIVE OAK, ...

Nancy Hanover and Gerardo Reyes had already obtained permits to add a conventional bedroom/retreat to their 1923 Mid-City bungalow when they happened to read a newspaper article last spring about a ...

This circa 1950 Lustron ranch home for sale at 4 Droms Road Extension, Glenville, is manufactured porcelain on steel. See listing. This circa 1950 Lustron ranch home for sale at 4 Droms Road Extension ...

Sorry, baby boomers, but the 1950s are officially history. It might not seem like that long ago, but when the comic books you read, the TV you watched and the toys ...

Call it a mother-in-law suite, a granny flat, a guest house, a backyard office, an accessory dwelling unit, or just your own sweet compact home. Whichever name you choose for it, there’s no denying ...

Designed for Gordon Graham, the 1,225 sq ft home was built as a desert retreat from the cold winters of British Colombia. Graham happened to hear about Blue Sky Homes on his way to the Coachella Music ...

Worried about wildfires? There may be a house for that. While some California homeowners facing year after year of wildfires have decided that they have had enough, others are staying put and turning ...