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A New View on the Glass House
We've all seen images of the Glass House, the iconic architectural landmark that Philip Johnson built in New Canaan, Connecticut in 1949. Breaking from the traditional view on the property,...
written by: Jaime Gillin03.14.11 -
Friday Finds 3.11.11
Devastating news this Friday as a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck Japan triggering tsunamis and swells across the Pacific. In this edition of Friday Finds, we share some photographs of the wild...
written by: Diana Budds03.11.11 -
Winners: Cleantech Corridor Competition
We're excited to showcase the winners of the Los Angeles Cleantech Corridor and Green District Competition, sponsored by SCI-Arc and The Architect’s Newspaper. The competition asked a slew of...
written by: Amanda Dameron10.10.10 -
'Moving Meshes' at Domaine de Boisbuchet
Mesh and wireframe structures might typically be reserved for the architectural design realm, but Dutch designer Maria Blaisse aims to expand the rules of textiles and flexible materials with her...
written by: Abigail Doan09.06.12 -
Friday Finds 2.18.11
Every Friday Dwell's editors, designers, and interns share a handful of their favorite blogs, videos, photographs, and stories appearing on the web. What piqued our interest this week? A colorful...
written by: Diana Budds02.18.11 -
The Language of Bookshops
In the latest installment of Three Buildings, a semi-regular series where I ask people from all over the creative spectrum to muse on a trio of buildings or spaces that they love, I got...
written by: Aaron Britt02.23.11 -
Re:Crafted, by Marc Kristal
I finally got my hands on a copy of contributing editor Marc Kristal's lush new book, Re:Crafted: Interpretations of Craft in Contemporary Architecture and Interiors, which was published by the...
written by: Jaime Gillin09.02.10 -
Friday Finds 1.21.11
It's Friday, you know what that means—our weekly round-up of art, photography, architecture, music, and design finds.
written by: Diana Budds01.21.11 -
In Madrid: Julius Shulman's LA
Last weekend, the Getty Research Institute's show Julius Shulman's Los Angeles opened in its third location, a cathedral-like neo-Mudéjar style water tower named Canal de Isabel II in Madrid...
written by: Alissa Walker02.24.10 -
Events this Weekend: 2.4-2.7
This week's Out and About column features three new show openings and one closing. Can't make it to the exhibits? View our slideshow of selected images from the shows and read more below.
written by: Miyoko Ohtake02.04.10 -
Films for Design Aficionados
In conjunction with TechnoCRAFT, an exhibition at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts that explores the fading boundary between the role of designer and consumer, curator Joel Shepard...
written by: Jaime Gillin07.20.10 -
Hollywood Renovation: Week 1
In this new, exclusive series for Dwell.com, Linda Taalman of Taalman Koch Architecture will track the hands-on renovation of her and her partner's live-work space in Hollywood, California....
written by: Linda Taalman12.03.10 -
Pedro E. Guerrero
In 1939, Frank Lloyd Wright hired 22-year-old Pedro Guerrero to be Taliesin West’s resident photographer, the start of a collaborative bond that would last until Wright’s death in 1959....
written by: Christene Barberichphotos by: Pedro E. Guerrero03.16.10 -
Palm Springs, California
In Palm Springs, California, “mid-century modern” connotes more than just Eames chairs and glass walls; it also hints at Hollywood Regency. From the 1920s through the 1970s, silver...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake03.24.09 -
Aerial Modernism
Some of the most famous modern buildings are now preserved as public landmarks, which anyone can visit and tour. Others remain private, viewed only through architectural photography and magazine...
written by: Sarah Rich01.20.10 -
San Diego, CA
Nestled on the Pacific coastline, between Los Angeles’s sprawl and the Mexican border, San Diego is a surprisingly design-forward town with a handful of modern masterpieces to prove it.
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Bryce Duffy01.04.10 -
Top Ten Green Projects of 2012
On April 19th, AIA’s Committee on the Environment (COTE) announced the COTE Top Ten Green Project Awards: their selection of the most sustainable buildings across the country. COTE advocates...
written by: Olivia Martin05.02.12 -
Modern Awakening
In Salt Lake City, a place not renowned for progressive architecture, Brent Jespersen built a luminous canyon retreat—using his architect father and a famed Utah modernist as his guides.
written by: Heather Bradleyphotos by: Zubin Shroff06.01.09 -
Dwell Home Venice: Part 1
In this series, Sebastian Mariscal designs a home in Venice, California, that brings the outside in. We track the project from start to finish with future resident Michael Sylvester. Part 1, August...
written by: Michael Sylvester01.12.12 -
Live from London: Zoe Murphy
Pieces from furniture and textile designer Zoe Murphy were among of the standouts during our weekend tour of Tent London, an amalgamation of art, architecture and design on display at the Truman...
written by: Charlotte West09.28.09 -
The Right Track
With nearly a half century of architectural experience, Peter Cohen designed this ingenious spine-and-module home for him and his wife Sally in the coastal forests just outside Ellsworth, Maine.
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Mark Mahaney08.31.09 -
Community Building
Completed in 2004, the Belmont Street Lofts—with their crisscrossing pattern of wood, metal, and glass—have settled neatly into their neighborhood, offering a contemporary complement to the...
written by: Brian Libbyphotos by: John Clark01.17.09 -
Dwell's Embassy Walking Tour
In May I led a walking tour of Washington DC's modern embassies. About 25 people in all, we wandered down the District's famed Embassy Row, and though we all marveled at the stately grandeur of...
written by: Aaron Britt07.13.09 -
Steel and Magnolias
What sort of house might a man with the title “recycling coordinator” live in?
written by: Andrew Yangphotos by: Chad Holder06.14.09 -
Missing the Mark
Landscape design is a matter of personal taste, but there are some approaches that almost any designer would recommend against.
written by: Amber Bravo05.26.09
