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Tubular Range Hoods • A creative take on a kitchen mainstay or impractical decoration? Our followers weigh in on whether circular circulation units are a fun update to the classic kitchen or a frivolous trend bound to look dated.

The Frankfurt Kitchen • If the kitchen is really the heart of the home, it better meet the demands of the era and the needs of those who use it. A post–World War I affordable housing program in Frankfurt, Germany, led to the development of what’s considered the world’s first mass-produced fitted (built-in) kitchen, devised by Austrian architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (one of the country’s first female architects). The basic goal of the Frankfurt Kitchen was to make housework more hygienic and less time-consuming for working women, who then as now bore the brunt of the burden of domestic labor. Its compact, standardized design provided a model for kitchens throughout the 20th century, and its guiding principles laid the groundwork for many of the costand space-efficient features of today’s cooking spaces. Here’s how it came to fruition.

The Eras Tour • A brisk scroll through home design social media will surface eraobsessed creators styling their lives around a favorite decade or historical aesthetic. They will often show it off in a kitchen or a bathroom because those are the most frequently renovated rooms in a home, and as such, they’re the places where the styles of a particular moment tend to find a foothold. Even if committing to the bit and going, say, full-on 1970s sex den or ’90s Tuscan kitchen is too much dip for your chip, you can still find a distinct style for your kitchen or bathroom by mining the past. We talked to designers about how to get a throwback look without going overboard—and also got some words of wisdom from a few of those era aficionados whose love for their particular decade is so strong that they’ve chosen to live just like it.

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Building Blocks • After a few costly construction setbacks, ceramic lattices help take a 970-square-foot Madrid townhouse from dark to delightful for roughly $300K.

Group Project • A pair of designers undertook the renovation of an 1800s New England home themselves, calling on a community of creatives to get it done.

Is GoFundMe the New Insurance? • The Los Angeles wildfires emphasized an important new function for the fundraising platform: stepping in to help homeowners grappling with the disastrous effects of climate change.

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Concrete Classic • Near Turin, Italy, a couple bring a famed brutalist behemoth back to life for €102,000.

Every Last Thread • In 2011, Scott and Angela Damman purchased an abandoned hacienda outside Mérida, Mexico, that had fallen into disrepair. But by reusing materials and turning to local resources, they created their dream home—and a successful design business.

Better With Age • An architecture firm and a developer repurposed a prominent post offce in Brest, France, as community-focused housing for seniors.

Hostess With the Mostest • A restaurateur’s pink kitchen, revamped for just under $170K, continues a family legacy of heartfelt hospitality.

Compound Interest • Near Carmel, an architect spends just over $1 million on prefab units to create a multigenerational home.

Sourcing • The products, furniture, architects, designers, and builders featured in this issue.

One Last Thing • Like his design process, the dumplings New York architect Henry Ng makes for Lunar New Year are layered, collaborative, and sometimes...