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A Cabin Is Not a Shack Across the country, cabins are being reimagined in sustainable yet stylish ways and there’s nothing musty, creaky, saggy or squeaky about them.

City Room: Green Buildings for the Real World An unconventional collaboration between architects and academics in New York is meant to make sustainable design more of a reality.

Your Second Home | Technology: Houses Get Smarter Less-expensive technology is good news for second-home owners who want to monitor their residences from a distance.

Baby, You’re Home A growing number of women have been opting to give birth in the intimate and familiar surroundings of home — even in small New York City apartments.

In Trinidad, a Painted Lady in Distress The rapid disappearance of historic architecture in Trinidad is provoking a sometimes heated debate about the merits of historic preservation.

On Location: Updating the Haight In San Francisco, a three-story Victorian home that once sheltered hippies now welcomes a modernist family.

The Painter and the Pink Palazzo Julian Schnabel’s condo-palazzo near the West Side Highway offers seven-figure houses in a building named for a lollipop.

Shopping With Stephen Dweck: Flatware as Finery The jewelry designer Stephen Dweck offers tips for selecting silverware that can turn a holiday table into an artful display.

The Fix: Job Gremlins and the Contract Any home improvement job should account for the big unknown: a change of plans.

Currents | Books: Not Exactly Light Reading The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture comes with its own bright green carrying case — which is good, because the 800-page compilation weighs nearly 15 pounds.