Home heating can be done more sustainably than we currently do it. How to do it depends on a number of factors.

So you want to borrow a concept from another culture but don’t know what to call it? Try a morpheme!

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are envisioning a toilet that can analyze urine for indicators of disease.

Orson S. Fowler thought houses without right angles would offer a better life, but his own architectural experiments did not end well.

For musicologist Edith Borroff, the parlor was egalitarian, open, and joyful—all qualities she equates with the best musical spirit.

The Baby Boomers have been blamed for everything from economic stagnation to America's current political situation. But where did they come from?

Mansions hold a special place in the American imagination, and dates back to colonial days.