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This article highlights several ambitious community revitalization projects around the world. One project is the transformation of a century-old flour mill in the Czech Republic into a cultural and educational complex, preserving the original surfaces while incorporating modern design elements. Another project is a colorful kindergarten in China designed to nurture creativity and joy, featuring a skylit central atrium and vibrant laminated-glass elements. In Detroit, a former bakery and warehouse has been converted into a mixed-use arts hub with gallery spaces and workshops, utilizing round windows to offer a view of the activity within. Additionally, the article showcases a zero-carbon government campus in California and an upgraded train station in Australia that incorporates landscaping and a colorful facade inspired by Indigenous traditions. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on a Bay Area residence designed by Feldman Architecture and Thuilot Associates in Atherton, California, recipient of the 2021 Best of Year Residential Landscape award from the periodical "Interior Design."

The article features the house of the Tsao family designed by Tsao & McKnown and Finn-Laczko Architects in San Francisco, California. The house has sliding glass doors while its flooring was made from fumed bamboo. The dining room has cerused oak table and decorated with lanterns and white parachute silk from World War II. Wool-upholstered sofas and wooden chairs were used in the living room.

Presents information on Los Angeles, California-based vintage-furniture company Modernica owned by Frank and his brother Jay Novak. Number of showrooms and dealers of the company; Features of the Modernica production facility, offices and prop-rental business; Actions taken by the Novaks to resuscitate obsolete manufacturing methods.

Features the house furnishings of industrial designer, Yves Behar, at his Oakland, California home. Edith Heath mugs; Garden plants; Tobin table; Stainless steel Integrated Design dishwasher; Beech-wood chair; Floor coverings.

The article focuses on environmental activist, blogger and green building expert, Zem Joaquin's view on sustainable renovation and fabulous living. Some of the sustainable designs she implemented in her San Francisco Bay Area, California pad include cork-strip flooring in her children's rooms and countertops made from recycled paper pulp.

Describes the remodeling work of Holly Hulburd Design on the kitchen at the house of couple Brigitte Sandquist and Phil Black in San Francisco, California. Strategy employed by the firm to gain space, sunshine and views for the kitchen; Features of the remodeled kitchen; Description of the kitchen cabinets used.

Features a property near Saint Helene, California, redeveloped by Lundberg Design. Remarks of Olle Lundberg of Lundberg Design on the property's swimming pool; Design of the pool; Architectural features of the property.

Focuses on interior designer Michael Vanderbyl's redesign of the showroom of HBF at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, California. Expansion into an adjacent space; Floor plan; Modern look concept; Wall and sliding panel designs.

The article profiles Honor Fraser, an art dealer and owner of a commercial art gallery in Venice Beach, California in 2007. It includes background information on Fraser and her career as an art dealer, a description of the different artworks sold at her gallery and her views on the art collecting market.

The article reports on the sale of nontoxic and chemical-free paints by Rizal Coleman at his store in Los Angeles, California. He opened the Architectural Coatings and Design Center in November 2006 to offer environmentally responsible products to consumers. A collaboration with interior design firm Tone & Manor on mixed greens donates a portion of the proceeds to local groups in the area.

The article features Spring, a boutique in San Francisco, California owned by Lucas Heldfond. The boutique offers products like air-filtering Miele vacuums and Erbaviva bath salts made from essential oils. Heldfond claims that the boutique's best-selling product is earth-friendly bedding, especially Anna Sova's organic cotton sheets.

Presents information on how to reproduce Charles and Ray Eames' fiberglass Shell chairs. Statement from Frank Novak, co-owner of Los Angeles, California-based Modernica.

The article focuses on the collaborative architectural work of firms Bottom Duvivier and Turnbull Griffin Haesloop on a San Francisco, California law firm's office. The design, as described by principal architect Eric Haesloop, gave visitors of the airy 22,000-square-foot space a feeling of floating above the San Francisco Bay. The lobby contains gravity-defying beech-wood sofas by Rud Thygesen and Johnny Sørensen that form a circle beneath a round skylight in the maple-slat ceiling.

Features the dramatic lobby of the Jackson Square owned by Leo Brunett Company. Design of the lobby by the Smith Group; Details of the design of the lobby; Physical description of the lobby.

Features the showroom of Donghia Furniture Co. in San Francisco, California designed by Orlando Diaz-Azcuy. Interior design features; Layout settings; Exposed-beam ceilings and arched windows.

Features the showroom design for furniture company Janus et Cie in Los Angeles, California. Interior designers of the project; Product line of the company; Motif employed by the designers.