The cookie-cutter neighborhood is an iconic American symbol of suburbia — the architecture is uniform, the lawns manicured, the colors drawn from the same palate. Facades of the houses may vary ...

Tokyo’s wealthiest residents live in homes that look nearly identical—on the outside. Step inside to uncover the design tricks, privacy hacks, and luxury secrets hidden behind these cookie-cutter ...

Prefab housing might call to mind mega-builders who crank out staid, cookie-cutter design lines: the Mayberry I-III or the Homestead I-IV. When they were first introduced, prefabricated homes were ...

"Build the Past Today" crows the brochure for a new licensing project for architect Richard Neutra's mid-century modernist house designs. Announced earlier this week, it's an intriguing approach ...

How often have we gone into a "newer" house and recognize the layout as our own, or a friend's house? Most houses are built to appeal to the greatest number of people, and that's why they usually ...

The legacy of cookie-cutter homes can be found in other neighbourhoods, too. ... Let us praise, in these times of urgent housing need, cookie-cutter design.

I have read a number of “My Word” columns but not one on a subject dear to my heart. Has the whole civilized society become so anesthetized that it can’t see that all architectura… ...