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Catch A Wave
An undulating wall made from over 40,000 dowels adds a dose of awe to a Massachusetts loft.
written by: Diana Buddsphotos by: John Horner01.24.13 -
Loo & Improved
When Pamela Butz and Jeffrey Klug, principals of Butz + Klug Architecture, began renovating the master bathroom of a nearly 120-year-old home in Brookline, Massachusetts, they made “all sorts...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake01.04.10 -
Lego Island
Step back, Jacobsen, Utzon, Kjaerholm, Wegner, and all you other great Danes. When it comes to Danish design domination, the unrivaled champ is undoubtedly the almighty plastic brick—Lego.
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Céline Clanet03.19.10 -
Met Life
Climate-controlled high-rises make sense when the changing seasons bring extreme temperature shifts, but in Bangkok, year-round hot and humid days blend into similarly sultry nights. Enter the Met,...
written by: Jordan Kushinsphotos by: Tim Griffith06.09.10 -
Hobby House
Retirement often offers couples more time together, but when René Menten and Mikey Bienkens left the working world, they built a house that emphasized their individual activities. The...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Tim Van de Velde08.05.10 -
Flemish Farmhouse Kitchen
For this farmhouse in the Flemish town of Outgaarden, the Belgian architects 51N4E were charged with designing a new kitchen and adjacent storage space. They decided to split their allotted budget...
written by: Jaime Gillin08.02.10 -
Reflects Well
“The first floor was about making something warm and woody that would blend into the natural environment,” architect Stephen Chung says of his Wayland, Massachusetts, home. &ldquo...
written by: Jordan Kushinsphotos by: Eirik Johnson10.18.10 -
New York's LomoWall
I just got back from a week in New York City, reporting a handful of stories for Dwell (we're featuring many amazing projects in 2011... stay tuned!). I'll be posting a slideshow of my adventures...
written by: Jaime Gillin09.23.10 -
Sands Castle
Jeff and Larissa Sand cut their commute down to a few flights of stairs when they moved their industrial design studio, architecture office, and metalwork shop into the first two floors of their...
written by: Deborah Bishopphotos by: Justin Fantl10.18.10 -
W New York Downtown
While in New York City last month, I spent a night at the new W New York hotel, downtown in Wall Street. Like all W's, this one was peppered with self-consciously 'cool' design-y touches, some of...
written by: Jaime Gillin10.21.10 -
Magnetic Walls, and Storage Made Sexy
When architects Hayes and James Slade of Slade Architecture renovated a three-story brownstone in Brooklyn for Ricky Kenig, the owner of the New York City's ubiquitous Ricky's NYC stores, and his...
written by: Jaime Gillin11.17.10 -
Pulltab's Mini Vertical Garden
Enlisted to renovate an apartment in Manhattan's East Village, architects Melissa Baker and Jon Handley, partners at the firm pulltab design, took inspiration from the city's plethora of...
written by: Jaime Gillin11.23.10 -
Hot Studs
The recent history of Janna Stark's San Francisco flat, located in an 1890's Victorian house, is literally burned into the wall.
written by: Lydia Leephotos by: Laura Flippen01.18.11 -
Take Five
The Miner and a Major is an experiment in communal living and fantastical form. A New York story of creativity born from hardscrabble circumstance, the project grew out of the joint imagination of...
written by: Mimi Zeigerphotos by: Spencer Lowell02.24.11 -
Personal Hang-Up
Sometimes the pursuit of a simple accessory can result in a surprising upshot. Margaret Oomen was well into the process of reappropriating a portion of her dining room for use as a creative studio,...
written by: Jordan Kushinsphotos by: Lorne Bridgman03.14.11 -
Rainbow Flight
In a London house that’s flooded with light, a spiral staircase provides a prismatic path from floor to floor.
written by: Jordan Kushinsphotos by: John Short06.20.11 -
Rainbow House in Action
One of the more colorful architectural details we've run lately is that multi-hued staricase that gets the full-page treatment in Rainbow Flight by Jordan Kushins, the Finishing Touch in our July...
written by: Aaron Britt07.21.11 -
Fields of Old
Tatsuro Kiuchi finds beauty in the banal, even in a fleeting look at his homeland through the window of a bullet train.
written by: Jordan Kushins08.30.11 -
Social Heat
What’s the best way to warm a small studio? Ekaterina Voronova opted for a compact wood-burning stove to keep her space cozy.
written by: Jordan Kushins11.11.11 -
Backyard Retreat
When sustainable building advisor Megan Lea set out to build a backyard retreat, she knew that reclaimed materials would figure prominently into the design. What resulted is a polychrome of...
written by: Diana Buddsphotos by: Uwe Schneider12.06.11 -
Lighting Up
A dim Toronto Tudor gets an airy new look, thanks to a top-level remodel and some bright ideas.
written by: Alex Bozikovic01.25.12 -
Hide and Eat
In Manhattan, where space is the ultimate luxury, a clever design workaround makes a dining table disappear after supper.
written by: Jordan Kushins02.28.12 -
Back to Nature
A one-of-a-kind house on a Japanese island blurs the indoor-outdoor divide.
written by: Winifred Birdphotos by: Hiroshi Ueda04.04.12 -
Striking a Cord
British artist Maisie Broadhead elevates the nuisance of an unsightly lamp cord to over-the-mantel art with this clever bit of DIY design.
written by: Aaron Britt06.21.12
