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Events this Weekend: 10.8-10.11
Welcome to the second installment of Out and About, our weekly round-up of art and architecture events and exhibitions around the country and globe.
written by: Miyoko Ohtake10.08.09 -
Charlie Cannon and Innovation Studio
Charlie Cannon is the energetic founder and teacher of RISD's award-winning Innovation Studio. An interdisciplinary class in its eleventh year, the studio invites industrial design, landscape...
written by: Tiffany Chu10.05.09 -
Bike Rack by Studio Tractor
I got a note from Mike Tower of Studio Tractor Architecture the other day showing off his firm's collaboration with metalworker Peter Kirkiles, a cotter pin-inspired bike rack built in...
written by: Aaron Britt10.04.09 -
8 Exhibits to See Over the Holidays
With a few days off and some time to travel, now is your chance to catch new shows as well as the tail ends of the exhibitions you've been meaning to make it to. We've rounded up 8 must-see...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake12.22.10 -
Design Books: September 2009
Check out this selection of recently released design books culled by our editors and profiled in the September 2009 issue's In The Modern World section.
written by: Dwell Staff08.11.09 -
New Trio from Stout Publishers
One of the joys of coming in to Dwell every morning is passing by William Stout Architectural Books, maybe the best design bookstore I've seen. In addition to shelves and shelves of books on...
written by: Aaron Britt07.15.09 -
USA Fellows Announced
The United States Artists announced the USA Fellows on December 14. The goal of the fellowship program is to support the arts by each year awarding $50,000 unrestricted grants to 50 artists, a...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake12.15.09 -
An Introduction to Landscape Design
The profession of landscape architecture is very much rooted in the European tradition of garden design, and it didn’t germinate as a distinct profession in the United States until the 19th...
written by: Amber Bravo05.26.09 -
BLDG 2.0: Can Data Transform Building?
We'll surely never cease to marvel at the architectural feats humans accomplished long before the age of computers, but it's nevertheless a wonder to see what we can do with digital tools at our...
written by: Sarah Rich03.27.09 -
Leo Marmol, Marmol Radziner + Associates
Los Angeles–based Marmol Radziner is renowned not just for its skillful rehabilitation of run-down architectural icons like Neutra’s Kaufmann House in Palm Springs but also for stunning...
written by: Virginia Gardiner02.27.09 -
Face Off: Looking Good on the Outside
The husband-and-wife architecture team Halpert & Ruiz know that if a house’s face is pretty from the outside and views are good from within, as a landlord you will have an easier time...
written by: Shonquis Moreno02.26.09 -
Clifford Avenue Homes
The cost for solar systems is not only related to how elaborate the system is—it also depends on where you live.
written by: James Nestor02.02.09 -
Panel House
Taking advantage of Southern California’s sunny skies, architect David Hertz ingrained passive solar features in almost every detail of the Panel House for client Thomas Ennis.
written by: James Nestor02.02.09 -
Wooler Mills House
The first misconception about going solar is that it is expensive.
written by: James Nestor02.02.09 -
Suspended Habitation
“This was really a parameter-driven project,” explains Lukasz Kos, a Toronto-based designer and cofounder of the architecture firm Testroom. “That is, I had to let the trees...
written by: James Nestor02.05.09 -
The Big Easy
Most prefab manufacturing facilities house loads of heavy machinery, but not every design must be constructed on the factory line.
written by: Michael Sylvester01.28.09 -
Structural Panels
Bees have always been admired for their industrious nature and intricate honeycomb architecture; Charles Darwin called the honeycomb “absolutely perfect” as a feat of engineering, symmetry, and...
written by: Amara Holsteinphotos by: Hunter Freeman01.31.09 -
Iannis Xenakis Drawings
Though I fear that I won't get to see it in person, The Drawing Center in New York has just opened a new exhibit of architect and composer Iannis Xenakis's drawings. Iannis Xenakis: Composer,...
written by: Aaron Britt01.19.10 -
Dwell’s Tips for Modern Travelers
The Dwell editors travel far and wide searching for the newest designs to bring into each issue. See our favorite spots and modern havens around the globe with our must-read city guides.
written by: Olivia Martin05.07.13 -
Tumblr of the Week: Subtilitas
Take a visual tour of Subtilitas, "a collection of images, moments, ideas, and spaces that inspire, inform, agitate, and influence a Los Angeles–based architectural designer."
written by: Diana Budds04.22.13 -
Lean on Me
No matter what your working space conditions—studio, office, home—the Higher Desk designed by Flip Sellin of Berlin-based design and architecture bureau, Coordination, is here to the rescue. When...
written by: Eujin Rhee04.16.13 -
8 Libraries We Love
Who says libraries must be dusty, solemn affairs? Libraries of today can be big, small, architecturally-placed, temporary, or hidden away behind a rolling track door. Here we've rounded up a few...
written by: Kelsey Keith03.21.13 -
Tumblr of the Week: Ryan Panos
In his eponymous Tumblr, Ryan Panos offers a cool selection of high-contrast black-and-white photographs that depict the abstract and geometric side of architecture. These aren't your warm and cozy...
written by: Diana Budds05.16.13 -
Photographer Focus: Rebecca Daniels
Rebecca Daniels is an architectural photographer based in San Francisco, mainly commissioned by local architects to shoot their latest project. She has a beautiful eye for abstract details, shapes,...
written by: Anna Goldwater Alexanderphotos by: Rebecca Daniels03.12.13 -
Art on the Cheap: 5 Places for Posters
Much like the realms of interior design and architecture, the art world can be an intimidating place. Weighing the cost of purchase and framing against wanting to avoid reproductions and rip offs...
written by: Olivia Martin02.22.13
