Green Space and the Price of a Home on the US West Coast

Every housing crisis eventually becomes a land question, and every land question eventually becomes a values question. The United States' West Coast has arrived at that point. As cities from Los Angeles to Seattle search for parcels to build the affordable housing they have promised for years, they keep landing on the same answer: the park or the greenbelt. What looks like a zoning decision is a referendum on which form of wellbeing a city is willing to sacrifice for another.

Kaymana Wave Reception / Pablo Luna Studio

Wave Reception, located in Uluwatu, Bali, takes its form from the image of a wave breaking along the coastline. The architectural gesture is intentionally simple: a single continuous curve that captures the immediacy and fluidity of that movement, transforming it into a soft, protective cocoon. More than a literal representation of a wave, the building translates the energy, rhythm, and sense of wonder of standing before the ocean into a welcoming architectural form.

House in Kamiyasu / Yutaka Yoshida Architect & Associates

This residence is built on a flagpole-shaped lot surrounded by single-family homes. Neighboring houses are close to the south and east sides of the lot, while on the west and north sides, it borders a village path used by local residents in their daily lives. On the side facing the village path, the lot is irregularly shaped, creating a site with significant constraints on building placement. On the other hand, the site offered a pleasant environment that formed a gentle connection with the surrounding community—such as the expansive approach leading to the Keitobara Yakushido Shrine in the southwest and the...

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Qingdeng Village Art Museum / atelier anonymous

From Administrative Void to Contemporary Village Entrance: Reviving Public Life in Qingdeng Village
The design finds its inspiration in the quiet disappearance of public life in Jiangnan's countryside. Under the old village banyan trees, where conversations once drifted through the afternoon shade, and in the ancestral halls that held weddings and funerals, these informal, spontaneous gathering places are fading as rural social structures shift. Meanwhile, countless administrative buildings stand vacant after functional consolidation. Our question became: can administrative space be relinquished to become living space?

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Casa Solis 21 / iHouse estudio

Casa Solís 21 is a temporary residence located in a rural setting in Soca, Canelones, conceived as a weekend home for a family seeking a space to gather and rest within easy reach of Montevideo.

This device slows Citi Bikes in "rent-burdened" New York blocks

New York artist Justin Blinder has created a device that slows the city's paid-share bikes as they pass through parts of the city that are under "greater housing pressure".

For the Ground Truth project, Blinder combined his backgrounds in data and design as well as his experience as a bike messenger to create a 3D-printed device that manipulates the brakes of a Citi Bike.

The device slows it down in areas where rent burden, the percentage of a household's income spent on rent and utilities, is high.

"The...