Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Lydia Lee is a writer and editor specializing in architecture and design. Currently, she is the managing editor of Remodelista, a carefully curated website featuring architecture, interior design, and home products. She is a contributor to The Architect’s Newspaper and previously served as its San Francisco editor. She has also held staff positions at California Home+Design, the Industry Standard, Salon.com and NewMedia. She has written for Architect, Dwell, Eco-Structure, Garden Design, Landscape Architecture, Metropolis, the New York Times' T Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, and other publications.

Lee got her start as a technology reporter; during the advent of the Web, she found herself running a UNIX server and writing Perl scripts. At home, one of her favorite possessions is a Milo Baughman recliner, which she rescued off the sidewalk. You can find her tweeting under the handle @smallspace.