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  • blauvelt winter residence living room portrait
    Dwellings »

    The Design Trade

    In a South Minneapolis neighborhood of century-old housing stock, Julie Snow’s bold but elegant residential design fulfilled Andrew Blauvelt and Scott Winter’s desire for a loft on the…

  • van everbroeck house
    Dwellings »

    The Tree of Ghent

    Just as the famed Treaty of 1814 called for peace between the United Kingdom and the United States, the large beech tree on Dieter Van Everbroeck's property harmonizes the relationship between site…

  • house earth light house
    Dwellings »

    Love's Labors Found

    Though the obstacles they faced were formidable, this couple’s perserverance brought them closer together and made their dream home a reality.

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    Outside »

    Dunkin' Danish

    The thought of stripping down for a communal skinny dip in a salty strait might make Americans a bit squeamish, but in Denmark, it’s the stuff that can save a city.

  • hill container studio exterior panoramic
    Architecture »

    Smaller in Texas

    Texas architect Jim Poteet helped Stacey Hill, who lives in a San Antonio artists’ community, wrangle an empty steel shipping container into a playhouse, a garden retreat and a guesthouse for…

  • guilford cottage exterior green roof
    Dwellings »

    Light Motif

    What happens when the guest house becomes home? Retired couple Suzanne and Brooks Kelley found out when a pair of brainy New Haven architects breathed new architectural life into the property…

Products »

Furniture »

  • Paper Planes Chair
  • Stalker Table
  • Family Chair
  • Console Desk
  • Jane Bi SectionalAdvertising
  • Gus* Design GroupSponsor

Fixtures »

  • Axiom EcoPower sensor faucet
  • SLV Galvanized Rural Mailbox
  • Axor Citterio Single-Hole Faucet
  • Barber Wilsons & Co. Ltd. PS 45
  • Axor Starck Kitchen FaucetAdvertising
  • HansgroheSponsor

Tile »

  • Travertino Romano Scanalato by Ceramiche Coem
  • Jali
  • Polka Beetle Tile
  • Forms Tiles
  • Brio Glass Mosaic TileAdvertising
  • ModwallsSponsor
 

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People »

Kai Kristiansen
Furniture Designer »

Kai Kristiansen

Kai Kristiansen was born in 1929 and plied his trade in the Golden age of mid-century modernism…

Places »

Maps »

Dwell's Guide to Los Angeles

Though Dwell may be in NorCal, we still love a trip south to L.A., so take a tour with us as we map out the hot spots in one of the nation's hippest hubs. Text by Alissa Walker.

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