March 2005
Beyond IKEA: Affordable Modern Furniture, Pack Your Bags! Great Design Citites to Visit Now, Nice Modernist in Palo Alto, Elsewhere in Tel Aviv and Context in Sao Paulo.
Beyond IKEA: Affordable Modern Furniture, Pack Your Bags! Great Design Citites to Visit Now, Nice Modernist in Palo Alto, Elsewhere in Tel Aviv and Context in Sao Paulo.
Features
The Soul of a House
New Beginnings
The Siple Life
Pursuing Perfection
The Soul of a House
You always knew that restoring a house was as much a matter of the heart as of the mind—so does the National Register of Historic Places. Story by Barbara Lamprecht
New Beginnings
Fresh out of architecture school and faced with a life-altering challenge, Uni design group realized their most important project might be their own home. Story by Virginia Gardiner / Photos by Adam Friedberg
The Siple Life
Murray Siple built a life around experiencing and documenting physical extremes—and then built a home around them, too. Story by Amara Holstein / Photos by Misha Gravenor
Pursuing Perfection
Rod Stewart had it right, “Some guys have all the luck,” as BassamFellows aptly demonstrate with their loving restoration of their house in Connecticut. Story by Marc Kristal / Photos by Mark Seelen
Departments
My House
Dwell Reports
Nice Modernist
Detour
Context
Archive
Outside
Houses We Love
Editor's Note
Allison Arieff gives props to pop culture, asserting that while the renovate--for-happiness trend may be formulaic, it also reveals the promise inherent in good design. Story by Allison Arieff
In the Modern World
Why deny your modern condition? Here's what to read, visit, and buy to cultivate it.
My House
A Portland, Oregon, couple finds that in a modern home, it’s easy to see the forest for the trees. Story by Brian Libby / Photos by John Clark
Dwell Reports
Interior designer Katherine North sheds some light on window shades. Story by Amber Bravo / Photos by Peter Belanger
Nice Modernist
Sam Yates will paint the town Palo Alto, once he figures out what color that is. Story by Amara Holstein / Photos by Jamie Kripke
Detour
Two Bay Area transplants inhabit their dream home in Tel Aviv, a city where modern design is surprisingly bountiful. Story by Lydia Lee / Photos by Amit Geron
Context
In São Paulo, Brazil, architect Ruy Ohtake, armed with passion and paint, brightens one of the darkest spots in the world. Story by Terry Wade / Photos by Grant Scott
Archive
In the 1950s, when there was nary an air conditioner to be seen, a group of pioneering architects brought climatically fitting design to Miami, Florida. Story by Judy Candor / Photos by Ezra Stoller/Esto
Outside
Dwell explores the extensive reasons why the grass is intensely greener when it’s on the roof. Story by William Lamb / Photos by Peter Aaron / Esto
Dwell Home II
Months of permit processing lie ahead, but there’s still something to be learned along the way as the Dwell Home II looks to clear its first obstacle. Story by Andrew Wagner
Travel 101
From trains to planes, see how travel is inextricably linked to design. Plus, is Philippe Starck coming to a Motel 6 near you? Story by Sam Grawe
Sourcing
The pages of Dwell are home to many goods and services. This is the page that brings them all together.
Houses We Love
Yet another spectacular house in Austria further serves to debunk the myth of a nation obsessed with Freud and lederhosen.
Story by Amos Klausner / Photos by Hertha Hernaus
