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Voices In Time

c. 700 | Medina

Bedroom Community

Housing the wives of the prophet.More

Voices In Time

1821 | Yorkshire

Too Close to Comfort

Jail: a home away from home.More

Voices In Time

1659 | Island of Despair

Starter Home

Robinson Crusoe builds a house.More

Voices In Time

1910 | London

No Place Like Home

G.K. Chesterton on man’s true kingdom.More

Voices In Time

133 BC | Rome

This Land Is Their Land

Rich land, poor land.More

Voices In Time

1881 | Norway

Family Values

Artistic families and irregular households.More

Voices In Time

1903 | Forbidden City

Extreme Makeover

An empress prepares for an American visitor.More

Voices In Time

1800 | Washington, DC

Public Housing

Abigail Adams considers her new home.More

Voices In Time

1922 | Zenith

Community Organizing

A conventionally honest real estate broker. More

Voices In Time

1813 | Longbourn

All in the Family

Real estate, Jane Austen–style.More

Voices In Time

1714 | London

Not to Dwell

’Tis a house, but not a dwelling.More

Voices In Time

1840 | Philadelphia

Acquired Taste

Edgar Allan Poe considers the philosophy of furniture.More

Voices In Time

1931 | Baghdad

Sanitary Confinement

Happiness and sanitation.More

Voices In Time

1853 | Nooksack, WA

Promised Land

Phoebe Judson goes homesteading.More

Voices In Time

2016 | United States

The Simple Life

Living small across America.More

Voices In Time

1970 | St. Louis

Color Scheme

Integrating Ferguson, MO.More

Voices In Time

1890 | New York City

Huddled Masses

Touring the slums with Jacob Riis.More

Voices In Time

1841 | Cincinnati

Home Economics

The ideal American house. More

Voices In Time

c. 1750 BC | Babylon

Wives’ Tale

Legislating domestic affairs.More

Voices In Time

1923 | Paris

Industrial Evolution

Le Corbusier on the spirit of housing.More

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