Terry removed the entire second floor, which featured a gabled roof and two diminutive bedrooms, and replaced it with an aluminum-trimmed box covered in cement fiberboard.

These Greatest Generation–era houses were worn out by the time their current occupants arrived, prompting some serious reboots.

Despite facing scrutiny from zoning boards and conservative neighbors, these homes defy the formulaic connotations of suburban architecture.

From Michigan to Iowa, these dwellings are at home among the prairies and forests of America's heartland.

In our Modern Across America issue, we spotlighted five American cities with design scenes worth watching.

With stops in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Cincinnati, Ohio; Buffalo, New York; Columbus, Indiana; and more, we take a closer look at gleaming modern homes in the country's rust belt.

Updated, transformed: These five creative renovations, from a bustling neighborhood in Singapore to a Wyoming suburb, propel the past into the present.

The house at 157 Congress Run in the Cincinnati suburb of Wyoming was a fine little place, a sturdy 1940s brick Cape with trim, boxy rooms and an undulating yard punctuated with old trees.