The Sustainable Sites Initiative elevates the importance of landscape.
Situated on the Sea of Cortez, a garden with a sculptural ramp ups the ante on accessibility.
Plant screening foliage horizontally with the Tournesol VGM Modular Living Wall System.
Complete the outdoor kitchen with the Outdoor Dishwasher, designed to weather the elements and tackle sun-baked, grill-fired dishes, pots, and pans.
The Blue Moon and Sundeck indoor/outdoor pools do not need permanent water connections to fill, just a garden hose.
Rainwater trickles from the downspout into the Fitzwater collector, a sleek stainless steel 58-gallon tank that sources the runoff to pots, planters, or watering cans.
A boatlike solid mahogany tub graces a shorefront master bath.
Re-engineered hinges allow for a fully flush installation of the Freedom built-in wine columns.
Kirei Windfall engineered panels clad cabinetry and walls in old-growth wood salvaged from demolition sites.
Crafted from brushed aluminum and high-pressure laminate, these pulls blend with the metal accents and appliances in modern or European-style kitchens.
High-speed ribbon elements in the 36-inch Electric Cooktop heat up fast and give cooks precise and even temperature control.
Northstar 1950s-style refrigerators now offer cold beer on tap with the Brew Master draft system.
Dacor's latest double wall oven features a digital temperature probe that senses when food is done.
The Adjustable Eco-Downlight lasts 50,000 hours and uses only 16 watts.
The 3D look of the Ebb & Flow stone and glass mosaic might be deceiving, but the tiles are smooth and easy to clean.
The Beside collection of porcelain stoneware explores a new concept in Italian tile design: the back side.
A closed coil and magnetic hook-up replace tangled pull-down faucet hoses in Blanco's Culina semi-professional faucet.
These kitchens and baths are classic, lovely, and thoroughly modern all at the same time.
The kitchen in this 1915 house includes nice views from the sink and a 5-foot-by-5-foot pantry tucked into a corner.
This separate master quarters' bath features high windows and traditional lighting fixtures used in a modern way.
Old meets new in a Seattle master bath.
An elegant Washington, D.C., kitchen quietly anchors a great room.
A glass-tile mosaic takes center stage at this Cape Cod., Mass., bath.
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A long, lean remodeled kitchen in the Twin Cities.
The Omnia architectura wall-mounted toilet hides its tank within the wall to increase floor space.
Crafted from Duralight, an acrylic-based composite, the tubs in the Paper collection slip comfortably into any setting.
The Elle floor-mount washbasin unit unites its sink with table space, towel holders, and storage.
Artist Patricia Urquiola classifies her Bas-Relief handmade extruded porcelain tiles as a more rigorous and less romantic exploration of the theme of eroded cracks.
Laufen now has a line of faucets to complete its ceramic bath furniture collections such as Mimo, a whimsical take on a modern model.
The raised relief on the Coimbra Bronze Vessel recalls Portuguese artistry of the 15th and 16th centuries.
This contemporary floor-mount tub filler stands straight and sharp, giving modern freestanding tubs a statuesque companion.
Good Turn
Sento, a line of lavatory faucets stripped of all but the basics, takes its name from the Italian phrase for "I feel."
Matt Risinger bases his custom home building business on architect referrals and shares insights on how other custom builders can do the same.
The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) recently polled member kitchen and bath dealers from across North America to gauge their general financial state based on third quarter figures and get sales or project predictions for 2012. The NKBA also surveyed more than 350 member designers to...
