UPDATE Liu Heung Shing is among a growing number of foreigners refurbishing Beijing’s traditional courtyard houses with a modern sensibility.

TESTING Reports of granite emitting high levels of radon and radiation are increasing.

The Long Island home of Carlos Brillembourg and Karin Waisman took more than a year to build.

City Wares Alisa Grifo examines vintage quilts at Paula Rubenstein in SoHo.

You won’t save a lot of money harvesting rainwater but you’ll save water.

ABC Carpet has assembled a collection of rugs from around the world called Super Stars and Wild Stripes and is offering them at up to 50 percent off retail prices.

The Conran Shop recently introduced a wooden version of the traditional plastic hanging clothes dryer, made of kiln-dried moisture-resistant pine.

The black lacquered wood and acrylic Hayon tub has thin legs and a hand-finished frame.

A man beside his partly demolished home in one of Beijing’s classic hutong neighborhoods. The rapid encroachment of the modern city has preservationists alarmed.

Joanne Ooi, creative director of Shanghai Tang, an international clothing chain, used her artistic sensibilities to renovate her Hong Kong apartment.

Home on the market in Colorado, Washington and Georgia.

Home and garden tours in the city, around the region and across the country.

Home and garden tours in the city, around the region and across the country.

Home and garden tours in the city, around the region and across the country.

Home and garden tours in the city, around the region and across the country.

Home and garden tours in the city, around the region and across the country.