• A Thatched Roof Floats Over Glass in This Contemporary Ukrainian Guesthouse,Stefan Gheorghe

    A Thatched Roof Floats Over Glass in This Contemporary Ukrainian Guesthouse

    From a distance, the form reads as a traditional Ukrainian hata. A steep thatched roof rises from the snow. Closer in, the enclosure disappears. Designed by YOD Group, this guesthouse reinterprets the hata-mazanka by removing its defining element: thick walls. In their place, a continuous curved gla

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  • I Thought I’d Seen Big Glass Doors Before, Then I Saw This House Open,Stefan Gheorghe

    I Thought I’d Seen Big Glass Doors Before, Then I Saw This House Open

    From the outside, the rear of this Antwerp townhouse reads as a quiet glass wall. Flat, controlled, almost reserved. Nothing signals movement. Then the panels rotate, and what looked like fixed glazing reveals itself as two enormous pivoting openings that swing the house wide open to the garden. Des

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  • 15 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend: February 3-8,Lili Kim

    15 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend: February 3-8

    An audial mashup of Beethoven and Beyoncé, the historical handcraft exhibition Staying Power and the annual Kook Run are just a few of the highlights in this weekend’s event roundup. Experience the filmography of Georges Méliès through a larger-than-life retrospective or take in the soothing vibraph

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