In the wooded hills outside Portland, a house rises like something grown rather than built, a structure that seems to belong as much to the forest as the trees themselves. This is the Forest Home by architect Robert Harvey Oshatz, a dwelling where walls bend, ceilings flow, and furniture itself seems to sprout from the ground. Built into a steep slope, the home is often called the “Funnel House” for the way it narrows at the base and then unfurls upward into light-filled livi

On the slopes of Prickly Mountain in Warren, Vermont, a house is taking shape that looks less like a traditional farmhouse and more like a futuristic sculpture rooted in stone. Locals call it the Concrete House, and while Vermont is full of weathered barns and timber cottages, this home stands apart as a bold experiment in both design and sustainability. The project comes from the mind of David Sellers, a celebrated architect who has been pushing boundaries in Warren since th

Driving through the Wapiti Valley on the road between Cody and Yellowstone, travelers can’t help but slow down when the silhouette of the Smith Mansion appears against the ridgeline. Rising five stories tall, its spindly balconies and staircases jut out at odd angles, like something from a fairytale or a dream—both beautiful and haunting. Locals call it the “Crazy House” or the “Pagoda House,” but its real name comes from the man who poured his life into it: Francis Lee Smith