From the outside, the rear of this Antwerp townhouse reads as a quiet glass wall. Flat, controlled, almost reserved. Nothing signals movement. Then the panels rotate, and what looked like fixed glazing reveals itself as two enormous pivoting openings that swing the house wide open to the garden. Des

An audial mashup of Beethoven and Beyoncé, the historical handcraft exhibition Staying Power and the annual Kook Run are just a few of the highlights in this weekend’s event roundup. Experience the filmography of Georges Méliès through a larger-than-life retrospective or take in the soothing vibraph

Set in the countryside outside Madison, Georgia, this rustic modern barn house balances restoration character with modern livability. Designed by Southern Landscape Designs in collaboration with Liz Williams Interiors, the home was conceived as a long-term retreat that could evolve from weekend use

Baan Moom looks minimal from the outside, but the main idea is inside. Instead of adding rooms or square footage, the architects changed how the floor works. Designed by Integrated Field, the house stacks all functions into three levels to keep the ground open for garden and pool. That move created

Enjoy tributes to legendary musicians, artists and athletes this weekend in San Diego. Concertgoers can experience folk rock at its finest during the multimedia production of The Simon & Garfunkel Story and see Keena’s Echoes of the Queen channel the Tejano stylings of Selena Quintanilla. Art enthus

Designed by Vaccaro Architecture in collaboration with Lisa Furey Interiors, this cottage on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina is shaped by use before appearance. Located within the Haig Point community, the house is one of a small group of coastal cottages designed to handle daily island conditions

February brings half-off museum admission, a theatrical ode to Julia Child, a community festival in Encanto, a Lunar New Year celebration, and more. Here are all the best things to do this month in San Diego: Concerts & Festivals | Theater & Art Exhibits | More Fun Things to Do Concerts & Festivals

Designed by Wolstenholme Associates, this barn conversion in Bucks County, Pennsylvania reads as a barn before anything else. The exterior keeps its original proportions and massing, using vertical wood siding, a simple gabled roof, and a stone base to anchor the structure to the site. The red-stain

The 23-year-old Escondido native was trawling YouTube at 13 when he discovered parkour, a sport that evolved from military training in France in the early 1900s—palm-sweat-inducing stuff that involves people jumping off buildings, saving themselves by grabbing a lamppost, or scaling city structures

The Church, Woolwich is a careful study in restraint rather than reinvention. Once a community church and later a theatre, the heritage-listed structure has been adapted into a three-level contemporary home without disturbing its public presence. The original brick and sandstone façade remains intac

At first, this Yountville house looked like many others from the 1970s. Ivy covered the beige brick exterior, the roofline sat low, and the interiors felt turned inward. Inside, flat ceilings and small openings limited light and made the rooms feel compressed, even though the site itself was generou

Hillend Station House sits within a working farm near Wanaka, designed to frame the surrounding alpine landscape rather than compete with it. The home takes cues from traditional farm buildings, breaking the program into a series of connected gabled volumes that follow the land. This approach keeps

This Montana barndominium shows how barn decor works best when structure leads the design. The exterior keeps a classic barn silhouette, but the scale, materials, and proportions shift it into modern mountain territory. Whitewashed siding, a metal roof, and exposed framing give the house a clean pre

So, the guy comes out of the closet, and he’s got both passports and a gun with a silencer…” Matthew Quirk pauses his muttering into his phone to wave at a family passing by him on Bessemer Path in Point Loma. Docked boats float on one side, while palatial homes overlook the trail on the other. Chec

Peruse pictures of vineyard estates in California, and you’ll see Tuscan dwellings of stone, tile-roofed stucco mansions, and wood-sided barnhouses. Christian and Anna Zaleschuk’s hilltop home in Fallbrook, however, crushes those clichés like grapes. The Zaleschuks had lived for several years on a f

New year, new fitness goals, right? Like many people, we’re starting the new year with a focus on health and staying active. No matter what your fitness objectives may be, there are plenty of activities around town prepared to help you achieve them. From more traditional gym settings to unique ways

I’ve had a lot of massages in my life—Thai sessions that had me approaching joint dislocation, Balinese flower-oil rituals, quick chair sessions at the airport—but never one that came with a power switch. When I heard San Diego was welcoming its first fully robotic massage experience, I booked immed

George Saunders may be the most beloved short story writer in the country. His short stories have appeared in The New Yorker, Atlantic, Harper’s McSweeney’s, andGQ. His 2017 novel Lincoln in the Bardo also won the Booker Prize and his new novel Vigil is destined to be a bestseller. He’s also known f

When we talk about a city’s culture, we’re talking about about people. Year-round, SDM editors analyze the flares and shifts and leaps and fissures in the culture of here. Then we find the humans tinkering in the heart of those moments, and we tell their stories. We document the ineffable charm of S

When we talk about a city’s culture, we’re talking about about people. Year-round, SDM editors analyze the flares and shifts and leaps and fissures in the culture of here. Then we find the humans tinkering in the heart of those moments, and we tell their stories. We document the ineffable charm of S