Damp swimsuits flung on the edge of the tub, stacks of sandy beach towels, half-empty sunscreen bottles—a coastal bathroom sees it all. It arguably has to work harder than any ordinary bathroom, ...

Skyscrapers, museums, mansions — those are architecture’s glamour buildings. Then there are little, work-a-day structures, like those that line the lakefront in and around Chicago. They house ...

With 6,770 square feet of living space, inside and out, the Mediterranean-style home at 231 Via Las Brisashas five bedrooms, six bathrooms and two half-baths. It stands on a lot of nearly a half-acre.