What Do We Need From Our Homes Right Now?

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There’s no place like home—even if it keeps changing. After all, the places where we reside in 2026 look remarkably different than they did even a few decades ago: the style and decor, the technology and appliances, and even the way houses are insured and protected from natural disasters.

The external forces shaping our day-to-day lives today, in turn, will inform what makes a home desirable—and safe—decades from now. To help readers navigate that change, Architectural Digest and WIRED teamed up on a series of stories about what the next era of “home” might look like. Here, AD’s and WIRED’s global editorial directors, Amy Astley and Katie Drummond, talk about the thinking that went into this special issue.

AMY ASTLEY:Katie, I am so excited to share our first collaborative digital issue with everyone. When we started talking about working together, we kept coming back to the same question:...

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