By Rose Bennett Gilbert
Photography by Phillip Ennis
When dusk casts its glamorous spell, the family moves outside to where the night is breezy and the cooking is easy (whether it’s the ancient way, by fire, or on a state-of-the-art appliance). Read More...

You needn’t go deep, dark green (build a solar-powered house with recycled-wood flooring and plantings on the roof) to do your bit for the environment. Light-green living, when enough of us choose it, will be of great help to planet Earth. Read More...

By Charles F. Hilton
Dream of building on the waterfront? Don’t dive in impulsively—inch in wisely, or the costs and maddening restrictions will drown you. Read More...

By Stuart Disston, AIA
Photographs by Phillip Ennis
Rambling and free-form, with its air of informality and focus on family comfort, this architectural style, on discreet display everywhere in the Hamptons, is as American as a buffalo nickel. Read More...