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Last Day for Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling
Today is the final day to venture through this well-received survey of the phenomenon that is the prefabricated home.
written by: Jamie Waugh10.20.08 -
And the Ready-Made Party Winner Is...
We asked whom, past or present, you would invite to your dream dinner party and how it would be styled. We received a host of touching, funny, and unique responses. From intimate family affairs to...
written by: Dwell Staff10.17.12 -
And the Winner of Rethinking Preservation Is...
We received 132 total entries that featured 118 individual landmarks deserving of preserving. We posted the entries for popular vote and watched the votes roll in. With 71,000 total votes it was a...
written by: Ralston O'Neill03.08.12 -
Float On
A once-plain floating home on Seattle’s Portage Bay receives a much-needed renovation ten years in the making.
written by: Diana Budds10.19.11 -
A Plea from New Orleans
I recently received an email from filmmaker Evan Mather, alerting me to his most recent—and urgent—project, which I thought I'd share with you. It's a short video about the Phillis...
written by: Jaime Gillin05.27.11 -
Parsing Perec
A few months back I received a pair of new books from the small Wakefield Press in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and have come to like them both very much. The first, a translation of Balzac's Treatise...
written by: Aaron Britt08.06.10 -
Reviving Neutra with Hive Living
We recently received a letter from a reader, Kristy Krone, after she read the article Hive Design in our September issue, which takes a peek at a rooftop apiary above a Toronto hotel. Krone, a...
written by: Sarah Rich09.17.09 -
Bodum Double-Wall Canteen Mugs
One of my favorite wedding gifts I received was a set of Danish housewares firm Bodum’s glass-walled Canteen tumblers. I drink from them every day, set them out when guests come over, feel a...
written by: Aaron Britt07.27.09 -
A Bolder Key Holder
We recently received a letter from Dwell reader Paula Pollachek asking for suggestions for a container in which to “collect all of your belongings, like keys, phone, and wallet, in one place...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake01.22.09 -
Kahn's Park Gets the Greenlight
The New York City parks around the Brooklyn Bridge are about to gain an upstream sibling. Roosevelt Island has just received a conditional green light for a new bit of green bling: the Franklin D....
written by: Jamie Waugh10.02.08 -
THX-Certified Door Reins in the Home Theater Noise
That 10.2 channel receiver you just snagged may give you the audio equivalent of an IMAX experience in your living room, but chances are your neighbors don’t share the same level of...
written by: Bryan Gardiner09.06.08 -
Announcing the Material Change Finalists
We were blown away by the caliber of the 120 textile designs received in the Material Change design competition. Partnering with Lulan, we challenged readers to submit an original modern textile...
written by: Dwell Staff09.14.12 -
Gazpacho with Homemade Croutons
In 2009, just as architectural designer Chris Greenawalt and his wife, Danielle, completed remodeling their Seattle home, Danielle received word that she was heading to Boston for her job as a...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake04.07.11 -
Craig Dykers of Snøhetta
Ask for Mr. Snøhetta and you'll receive a hiking stick and map to one of Norway's tallest peaks. The eponymous architecture firm, with offices in Oslo and New York, is purposely anonymous,...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake05.03.10 -
We've Been Clad
Eight years after construction began, this lakeside weekend home 80 miles outside Johannesburg, South Africa, received the long-awaited finishing touch that makes it an eye-catching thermal wonder.
written by: Aaron Britt10.31.12 -
Friday Finds 03.02.12
If you've ever received a string of unnecessary emails, had a cup of coffee that's too hot, or wondered who designed the hot new issue of Spin, scroll through our Friday Finds.
written by: Dwell Staff03.02.12 -
Brooklyn
Twenty-nine years after Robert Moses’s death, the mixed legacy of New York’s über–urban planner remains inescapable. I feel it acutely when, after a long ride on the F that...
written by: Marc Kristalphotos by: Jake Stangel02.14.11 -
Homesite Delivery
After completion at the factory, each home is shrink-wrapped and loaded onto a truck for direct site delivery.
01.01.09 -
Photography Focus: Promos of the Week
The photo team here at Dwell always appreciates a good photographer promotional. Some may think that promos, a marketing tool photographers use to give us a glimpse of their work, are not worth the...
written by: Julia Sabot06.04.13 -
Featured Panel: Historic Restorations
On Saturday, June 23, join our conversation at Dwell on Design about what goes into refreshing icons of mid-century design. Architects Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena of Los Angeles firm ...
written by: Diana Budds06.20.12 -
Marmol Radziner Prefab
Amid the industrial expanse of Vernon, California, Marmol Radziner Prefab’s factory-built homes are pieced together in a process akin to the assembly lines made famous by Henry Ford.
written by: Jessica Hundley03.16.09 -
Blow Mold
When the blob has reached a diameter of about six inches, it has already been handled by two or three blowers, who multitask like chefs.
01.01.09 -
Bodleian Libraries' Chair Design Competition
Back in September 2012, a UK-wide competition was launched to design a new chair for University of Oxford's historic Bodleian Libraries. After receiving over 60 entries, six award-winning designer...
written by: Eujin Rhee05.26.13 -
World's Smallest Hotel and Café in Copenhagen
Quaintly perched on Tullinsgade in Vesterbro, Copenhagen lies the monoroomed Central Hotel & Café.
written by: Eujin Rhee05.21.13 -
Wind Catcher
A green house near the coast of El Salvador captures the best of its naturally striking setting—filled with sunlight, invigorating breezes, and sweeping views of lush woodlands.
written by: Diana Buddsphotos by: Jason Bax04.09.13
