Open Studio Collective founder Allison Bryan was both architect and builder on her dream home, infusing the gut job with playful curves, abundant light and textured surfaces. In 2019, Architect ...

Pop quiz: Does anyone know what type of home was the setting for “The Brady Bunch”? It’s called a split-level—a style of architecture that’s poised for a comeback today. So what exactly is a ...

In architecture, split-level houses are typically in response to a plot's uneven or sloping topography. In the case of the houses featured here, their split level interiors are a matter of function, ...

Photographer Rod Komis fell in love with his picture-perfect neighborhood long before he bought a house there. “I always liked the street,” he said, a quiet cul-de-sac in a pocket of winding roads and ...

EUGENE, ORE. – Nestled perfectly into an uphill sloping lot, the Alpenglow house plan is a stunning manifestation of modern architecture blended with prairie-inspired aesthetics. This residence is a ...

If you take a drive through an older suburban neighborhood in the United States, you'll likely come across more than one split-level house. While they're not as commonly built today, this style of ...

To flatlanders on Portland's Eastside, the western hills present navigational challenges. (Why can't they just have a sensible grid?) The Southwest neighborhood of Hillsdale certainly qualifies as a ...

The magical lane houses, which were once the dominant fabric that made urban Shanghai the intoxicating place that it was in the 1930s, are now slowly being demolished, taken over by high-density ...

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