Rectilinear shelves make it easy to organize and display objects in a variety of shapes, but thinking outside the box (literally) can lead to visuals that are refreshingly unexpected. The ROOM ...

Before San Antonio’s streets first were paved in the 1880s, they were an ever-changing adventure to walk or ride. With heavy rains, “water was several inches deep, and the mud inches deeper,” writes ...

Behind a glass facade, a basket weave of timber encases the living and dining areas of this house in Nara, Japan by Japanese studio Tadashi Yoshimura Architects. The lattice wall can be used as a ...

Did you know one of your favourite toys as a child had a history worth hundreds of years? Building blocks have always played an important part in education, childhood development, and creative play ...

A HUMBLE set of wooden shapes celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. Unit blocks, developed by early-childhood education pioneer Caroline Pratt in 1913, are wooden bricks, in carefully chosen ...

Victoria Coun. Geoff Young walks Waddington Alley, the last remaining stretch of city street paved with wooden blocks. The blocks are being refurbished in a painstaking project.DARREN STONE As pothole ...