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  1. worth it for this room alone
    A Waterfall Wall in a Lower East Side Carriage HouseThe owners transformed a vintage platform elevator shaft into a stairway with the waterfall as backdrop.
  2. nëws
    Everything We Know About the New ‘Mini’ Ikea Store in NYCThere will be meatballs.
  3. stay here
    9 (Vetted) Winter Airbnbs to Rent Within Three Hours of NYCIncluding a Nordic-style two-bedroom with a dry sauna and a Belleayre Mountain spot where the host provides s’more kits.
  4. buy it for the architecture
    A Shingled House With a 13,000-Square-Foot Deck on Quantuck BayThe 1987 home designed by the prolific Long Island architect Norman Jaffe is on the market for $18.7 million.
  5. buy it for the architecture
    This Modernist Landmark in New Orleans Has Had Only Two Owners EverThe glass and brick home of Buster Curtis Jr., the architect who designed the Louisiana Superdome, is on the market for $1.8 million.
  6. ask a set designer
    Inspecting 11 Rooms From The Queen’s GambitDesigner Uli Hanisch on painting wallpaper, leaving taste behind, and building a “temple to chess.”
  7. buy it for the architecture
    McKim, Mead & White Designed This Castle, the Olmsted Brothers Did the GroundsThe 24,000-square-foot mansion overlooking Tuxedo Lake has 14 bedrooms and 11.5 baths.
  8. buy it for the architecture
    Stone, Stucco, and Chimneys Galore: A Chateau in Litchfield County for $2.2MOn the market for the first time in 26 years.
  9. paying respects
    What America’s First Ad Hoc COVID Memorials Look LikeFrom white flags in D.C. to red felt roses in Los Angeles.
  10. buy it for the architecture
    Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian on Market for First Time Since 1965, at $1.7MLocated about 40 minutes north of Chicago, the Carr house has only ever had two owners.
  11. buy it for the architecture
    A Brooklyn Heights Curiosity Is on the Market for the First TimeArchitectural Record named it a “trend-setting house of 1969.”
  12. buy it for the architecture
    Mid-century House by a Frank Lloyd Wright Apprentice Is Now $1M CheaperThe sprawling 7,000-square-foot home stands out on a New Jersey street of Colonials and Tudors.
  13. buy it for the architecture
    Neutra’s Poolside Gossip House Asks $25M in Palm SpringsThe much-photographed house that helped to define postwar modernism in California is for sale.
  14. stay here
    12 (Vetted) Tree Houses to Rent, From Silicon Valley to WoodstockWe’ve combed through hundreds of listings and vacation-rental reviews to find the best tree houses for rent in the U.S.
  15. buy it for the architecture
    Jazz Icon Dave Brubeck’s Connecticut House Feels Frozen in 1963Three of his pianos and an organ are still there (but, sadly, they aren’t included in the asking price).
  16. other markets
    Why Is Ex–Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh Buying Houses En Masse in Utah?Hsieh has purchased 71 bathrooms in Park City in less than three months.
  17. buy it for the architecture
    John Black Lee Mid-Century in New Canaan Asks $5MA 2017 expansion by New York architect Joel Sanders includes a master suite, gym, and garage.
  18. buy it for the architecture
    In Palm Springs, a Krisel Mid-century Home With a Yellow Shadow-Block WallThe Racquet Club Estates home has an updated kitchen and entertaining bar, plus an outdoor fireplace by the pool.
  19. buy it for the architecture
    A Meticulously Restored Marcel Breuer (With Hudson River Views) Asks $4.2MThe 1953 home, located about an hour north of Manhattan, was built for textile designer Vera Neumann.