Dec./Jan. 08
Prefab, Renovations, Additions, and More; Sustainable in L.A.: A 21st-Century Hacienda; Ahead of the Table: 7 Dinner-Ready Chairs.
Prefab, Renovations, Additions, and More; Sustainable in L.A.: A 21st-Century Hacienda; Ahead of the Table: 7 Dinner-Ready Chairs.
Features
On the Level
Home Schooled
Pastoral Manner
Architecture
Signs of the Times
Ignore signs to the contrary as we show you why the suburbs hold deeper meaning than their banal appellations might apply. Story by Amber Bravo
On the Level
In Vancouver, British Columbia, architect Peter Cardew does his level best to renovate the halves and re-educate the halve-nots. Story by Carolann Rule / Photos by Joao Canziani
Home Schooled
A brick house in Wyoming, Ohio, doubles as a schoolhouse for teaching a course on the intersecting arts of construction and compromise. Story by Georgina Gustin / Photos by Chad Holder
Pastoral Manner
The prayers of a Greenwich, Connecticut, couple are finally answered when the remodeling stars align to help get them to the church on time. Story by Jamie Epstein / Photos by Juliana Sohn
Architecture
Architect John Nastasi and a growing team of mathletes calculate new ways in which to prefabricate an affordable future. Story by Deborah Snoonian / Photos by Roy Zipstein
Perspective
Andrew Blauvelt and Tracy Myers curate a sprawling new art exhibition that exposes America's suburban underbelly.
Departments
My House
Off the Grid
Nice Modernist
Context
Conversation
The Suburbs Strike Back
Detour
Houses We Love
In the Modern World
From inconsolable giants to mustachioed ski masks to benches that are on the fence (and under it), the modern world contains its fair share of oddities.
My House
Steal away for a weekend in the woods with a California dreamin' (but Ithaca sleepin') couple. Story by William Lamb / Photos by Adam Friedberg
Off the Grid
This hand-hecho hacienda holds its head up high—and its heart wide open—in posh-spiced Los Angeles. Story by David A. Greene / Photos by Maria Aufmuth
Dwell Reports
Pull up a chair, make yourself comfortable, and discover which of our four-legged friends auctioneer Richard Wright picks to do your bidding. Story by Sam Grawe / Photos by R J Muna
Nice Modernist
Meet design consultant Zoe Melo, a Brazilian role model whose impressive portfolio features beautiful works of community, creativity, and conscience. Story by Reyhan Harmanci
Context
Austrian supermarket impresarios MPreis stock up on a nice selection of homegrown talent and offer a fresh take on the mega-market of tomorrow. Story by Aaron Britt
Conversation
Architect Frank Harmon returns to his North Carolina roots, kicks up his tar heels, and shares his thoughts on the sustainable nature of regionalism. Story by Frances Anderton
Archive
We go soul searching with architectural man of mystery Harry Gesner, a dude who abides (and defined) the laid back style of Malibu living. Story by James Nestor
Dwell Labs
We rock the house with a nonstop concert of salt-and-pepper duos that push design, push it real good. Story by Chelsea Holden Baker / Photos by Dwight Eschilman
Outside
A Quebecois collaboration between late choreographer Jean-Pierre Perreault and architect Pierre Thibault sets the stage for a series of dances about architecture. Story by Aaron Britt / Photos by Steven Knowles
Essay
John King laments the proliferation of pre-packaged suburban enclaves that possess the facade of the city, but not the frisson.
The Suburbs Strike Back
Architects Anders Holmberg and Carl Smedshammar work to improve the suburb-soiled reputation of t heir profession with some totally Swede residential designs. Story by Jane Szita
Detour
Dispassionate about his city's de rigueur "City of Design" designation, architect Gilles Saucier shows us there's more to Montreal than Expo 67. Story by Aaron Britt / Photos by Matthew Monteith
Sourcing
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Houses We Love
The Mostrom family finds everything in its right place as their little black box touches down in the forests of Nacka, Sweden. Story by Michael Grozik / Photos by Ake E:son Lindman
