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As any historian or casual observer of urban transformation might tell you, walls are not everlasting.

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The 1904 book that famously declared "Asia is one" was among the first studies in English to reference Zen as it explored the roots of Japanese beauty.

Over 70 percent of Americans cannot afford to own a code-enforced, contractor-built home.

With rising energy costs, homeowners are beginning to examine the energy efficiency of their own homes, asking questions about where energy comes from and how much it costs, how to choose new appli

Straw bale houses are easy to build, affordable, super energy efficient, environmentally friendly, attractive, and can be designed to match the builder's personal space needs, esthetics and budget.

For builders of natural homes (straw bale, cob, adobe, rammed earth, and other natural materials), this unique step-by-step guide takes the confusion out of choosing, mixing, and applying natural p

More and more homeowners today want houses that are healthy to live in and cause minimal damage to the environment. That's what green building is all about.

An earth-sheltered, earth-roofed home has the least impact upon the land of all housing styles, leaving almost zero footprint on the planet.

In a partnership spanning four decades, Francoise Mouly and Art Spiegelman have been the pre-eminent power couple of cutting-edge graphic art.

'Will was pretty much the perfect role model.' — Beth Ditto, The Gossip In the spring of 2010, Toronto lost one of its most important queer civic heroes when local artist, DJ, activist, impresario,

In Glutton to Gourmet by Victoria Blisse, Anabel has never known when to say when. But the dashing Roman shows her that quality is just as delicious as quantity.

YOUR FAVORITE NEW HOBBY-COLORING FOR FUN AND RELAXATION-GETS AN AVIAN TWIST WITH THIS COLLECTION OF WHIMSICAL MANDALAS Relax, focus, reach a higher state of mindfulness and simply enjoy yourself as

Cecilia Granata grew up cooking with her family in Italy.

Taking us on walks through Paris, New York, Toronto, North Vancouver and Singapore, Mary Soderstrom examines how cites have changed the lives of ordinary citizens—in positive and negative ways.