I’m always on the lookout for creative solutions in the COVID era. Here’s one: Denver’s Spur Coffee has filled up its closed seating areas with lush plants. I like the greenery – it looks much better than empty tables and stacked-up chairs! #interiordesign #coronavirus

Nice adaptive reuse project! Design firm Tate Harmer has converted a century-old fire station in London into a handsome apartment building. Take a peek inside: dezeen.com/2020/11/11/bel… #architecture

Now that's a bookshelf! It's among the star features inside a Chicago penthouse designed by Wheeler Kearns Architects for a pair of art collectors. See more: dezeen.com/2020/11/07/res… #architecture #interiordesign #interiors

For a floating village in Amsterdam, design firm i29 has created a three-story home that features angled openings and dark timber cladding. The interior is amazing; see photos here: dezeen.com/2021/01/11/i29… #architecture

My latest story for Arch Record: The founders of Kwong Von Glinow, a young Chicago #architecture studio, got very creative while designing this beautiful house for a challenging site in their hometown. Read more...

This is the front of a new house in Salt Lake City, designed by architects Kipp Edick and Joe Sadoski. The home features opaque, cedar-clad facades that hide what's going on inside. See more: dezeen.com/2021/01/23/hos…

Designed to endure hurricanes, this Puerto Rico house by Fuster + Architects features white concrete walls, "hot air chimneys," and canvas-like storm shutters that allow light to pass through. See more: dezeen.com/2021/01/30/cas… #architecture

Oooh, nice! Blackened timber and quartzite wrap the exterior of this family home in a Utah ski town by Klima Architecture. See more: dezeen.com/2021/01/24/cha…

Looks like a museum, but it's a house! This inward-facing, marble-clad home in Guadalajara was designed by 1540 Arquitectura. Take a peek inside: dezeen.com/2021/02/08/cas…

A lush, indoor garden is found within this gorgeous home in Costa Rica, designed by Zürcher Arquitectos and Taller KEN. See more: dezeen.com/2021/02/20/cas…

White stucco walls, solar panels, and a hidden courtyard feature in this dreamy desert home in Arizona by The Ranch Mine. See more: dezeen.com/2021/02/24/the…

Such a beautiful space! It's the main living area in a spectacular beach house in Mexico, designed by Anonimous. It's topped with a thatched roof made of dried palm leaves. See more: dezeen.com/2021/02/28/cas…

Get ready to get sleepy! I wrote an adult bedtime story about architecture for Audible. My story is about Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, and it's narrated by pro basketball player Candace Parker. Check it out: audible.com/pd/Fallingwate…

Beautiful! Sanders Pace Architecture took cues from traditional Japanese architecture to create a house that overlooks the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. See more: dezeen.com/2021/03/08/sho…

In Costa Rica, Studio Saxe has created a concrete house with expansive coastal views and a swimming pool that reaches toward the sea. dezeen.com/2021/03/23/stu…

Stunning! Architects Ruben Valdez and Yashar Yektajo used beige concrete to help the new Paradero Hotel blend with the natural terrain in Todos Santos, Mexico. See more: dezeen.com/2021/03/28/con…

Architecture at its best: Colectivo C733 has completed a market in northern Mexico topped with prefabricated, trapezoidal roof volumes that bring in daylight. See more: dezeen.com/2021/04/11/mat…

In a long-neglected Detroit neighborhood, the architecture firm LOHA has completed a new apartment building with cedar cladding and a stepped form. See more: dezeen.com/2021/05/07/loh…

In Minnesota, Salmela Architect has designed a solar-powered house for an architecture professor that is meant to demonstrate a new way forward for single-family housing. Check it out: dezeen.com/2021/05/02/sal…

I write a dozen stories each month for Dezeen — and some really stand out in my mind. This is one of them. I'm so excited about the innovations springing up in the design and building industry. They give me hope! dezeen.com/2022/05/02/cos…