Kat Barandy

A Compact Home on Sweden’s West Coast Hee House, designed by Studio Ellsinger, stands on a flat plot just south of Hamburgsund on Sweden’s West Coast. Framed by pines, weathered rocks, and meadow grass, the vacation home balances a modest footprint with a sense of generous interior scale. The design responds directly to the site’s prevailing coastal climate, using durable materials and careful orientation to protect against wind and rain.

a sky full of hope moves above frankfurt Janet Echelman has spent much of her career persuading cities to look up. Her newest public artwork hangs over Konstablerwache, a broad central square in Frankfurt where commuters pass through and a market takes over twice a week. A Sky Full of Hope – Earthtime 1.78 Frankfurt stretches a field of colored fiber more than seven meters overhead, moving with the wind through the day and illumination after dark.

the family is already in the floor plan Most two-bedroom apartments can be understood before anyone moves in. One bedroom is larger, the other smaller. Both open onto some version of a hall, with the kitchen and living room forming the shared end of the home. The drawing leaves out the occupants, yet it is easy to place them: nuclear families see the parents taking the larger room, and children sleeping down the hall.