On Location

A Country Home, by a Modernist at Play

By ZOË BLACKLER

Randy Harris for The New York Times

The Plastic Tent House has semitransparent corrugated plastic walls, to create the feeling of a giant tent.

A unique 20th-century gem designed by John M. Johansen fits neatly into the weekend lives of a Manhattan architect and designer.

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Kenya Robinson is an artist who has been roaming New York City as an overnight guest for a performance piece.

The Serial Sleepover Artist

By PENELOPE GREEN

Kenya Robinson, an artist, has offered herself up as a guest to anyone who would have her as part of a 13-week-long performance-art piece, “The Inflatable Mattress.”

Domestic Lives

In the Shadow of ‘What If’

By AMANDA PETRUSICH

As the disaster in Japan looms large, a writer remembers growing up in the tiny town that houses Indian Point.

More From the Domestic Lives Series

Mark Prezorski, right, and Owen Davidson bought 150 acres on Blue Hill, top, which Frederic Church sketched and painted. They are active in protecting the “viewshed.”

Looking Out for the View at Olana, Frederic Church’s Hudson Home

By ANNE RAVER

The efforts to protect the views of the landscape in and around the Hudson River School painter’s Persian-style home, perched 600 feet above the river.

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Shopping With Brad Zizmor and Dag Folger

Brad Zizmor, left, and Dag Folger check out the Budget Cuts piggy bank by Fred at Reminiscence, in Manhattan; $20, (212) 243-2292, reminiscence.com.

Piggy Banks

By RIMA SUQI

The principals of a+i architecture shopped for the perfect coin bank.

Habitats | Chelsea

Gallantry in Real Estate

By CONSTANCE ROSENBLUM

Jason Saft wasn’t looking for a studio. One just fell into his life.

More Habitats Columns

Interactive Feature

Shopping for Coin Banks With Brad Zizmor and Dag Folger

The principals of a+i architecture in Manhattan shopped for coin banks, in forms familiar (pig-shaped) and far more subtle.

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Views of, and From, Olana

Preserving the Hudson River School painter Frederic E. Church’s home also means preserving its sweeping views of surrounding landscape.

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John M. Johansen’s Plastic Tent House

A house in Stanfordville, N.Y., by the modernist architect becomes a Manhattan couple’s weekend home.

Letters

Inside Marwencol

Regarding “His Own Tiny Universe,” April 7.

Heirloom Gardening

Regarding “Vintage Seeds Or Flinty Hybrids?” (March 24).

Carpentry for Children

Regarding “Kindergarten Shop Class,” (March 31).

Multimedia

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On Location | Inspired by Natural Surroundings

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On Location | Animal Hides and Ocean Waves

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On Location | In Shanghai, Art Deco Style

Currents

Q&A;

Edward Barber, left, and Jay Osgerby have won numerous design awards.

Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby on Seeking the Void and Then Filling It

By RIMA SUQI

An East London design team, the winners of numerous awards, have just published their first book, “The Design Work of Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby.”

Bath

A Lot of Pomp for the Circumstance: A High-Tech Toilet by Kohler

By JOYCE WADLER

Kohler’s $6,390 Numi toilet features a bidet, environmentally correct dual flush, deodorizer, dryer, foot-warmer and speakers that allow you to play a preprogrammed song.

Online

A Personal Shopper, in Far-Flung Places

By TIM McKEOUGH

Every month or so, One Kings Lane, the Web retailer, will team up with a different designer to handpick furniture and accessories in an exotic location.

Lighting

Modular Light Fixtures That Go On and On

By TIM McKEOUGH

Endless, the latest fixture from the Brooklyn lighting company Roll & Hill, can be ordered in any length and configured as a straight or snaking line.

Furniture

Stools and Tables for the Modern Stone Age

By TIM McKEOUGH

Proving that stone furniture needn’t be clunky, the Kreoo collection from Decormarmi, an Italian company, looks remarkably light and sensuously sculptural.