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June 2006
4 Dramatic Renovations; Living Green The Best Products and Practices; Shanghai Surprise An Insider's Guide; Shower Power 5 Sublime Showerheads; Straight and Narrow in Singapore; Garage Brand product designers for Muji; Cooler Ranch in Portland, Oregon; A Parallax View, The Bellwether of Belvedere; Conversation with Jim Isermann; Being Green 101; Detour in Shanghai
Issue Archive
Features
Straight and Narrow
In Singapore’s Joo Chiat neighborhood, Yang Yeo’s dramatically modern home lurks behind an 85-year-old shophouse façade. Story by Daisann McLane / Photos by Richard Powers
Kim Colin and Sam Hecht's home Garage Band
Product designers Kim Colin and Sam Hecht create ultrarefi ned objects for Muji. Could they do the same with an old mechanics’ garage? Story by Amelia Thorpe / Photos by Ben Anders

exterior Cooler Ranch
In Portland, Oregon, architect Brian White transformed an ugly duckling into a house his family is proud to call home. Story by Sam Grawe / Photos by John Clark
A Parallax View
Polish photographers Aneta Grzeszykowska and Jan Smaga’s aerial views of people’s homes show that even the best-laid domestic plans have a way of going awry.

Architecture
Sustainable consultant to the stars Jordan Harris convinces Hollywood starlets to go hybrid, but when it came to greening his own home, he enlisted outside help. Story by Chloe Veltman / Photos by Todd Hido

Departments
Editor's Note
Dwell’s founder, Lara Hedberg Deam, digs deep into the psychological ramifications of home renovations. Story by Lara Hedberg Deam
In the Modern World
Plato discussed ideals in terms of chairs, so why can’t we?

My House
Apurva Pande and Chinmaya Misra’s starter home is as indebted to their architectural background as it is to their creditors, but for fledgling professionals, this home is pretty sweet. Story by Chloe Veltman / Photos by Bryce Duffy
Off the Grid
The next Olympic decathlon isn’t until 2008, but last fall’s Solar Decathlon put 18 university teams to the photovoltaic test. Story by Aaron Britt

Dwell Reports
Author, designer, and bathing expert Leonard Koren wades through various water-bearing devices to find which showerhead reigns supreme. Story by Amber Bravo / Photos by Dave Lauridsen and Hunter Freeman
Nice Modernist
In New York City, being green is all in the family. Story by Shonquis Moreno / Photos by Marttien Mulder

Detour
The developer of Three on the Bund gallery gives us a behind-the-scenes tour of the creative side of Shanghai. Story by Ron Gluckman / Photos by Andrew Rowat
What We Saw
Dwell travels to the Stockholm Furniture Fair to see what’s new in the world of design, from the people who seemingly defined it.

Conversation
Jim Isermann isn’t afraid to bring a little color back to the world of modern design. Story by Natasha Boas / Photos by Darcy Hemley
Archive
Dwell takes a look back at the life of Edith Heath, paying homage to the creative vision behind Heath Ceramics. Story by Amos Klausner

Dwell Labs
Are you ensnarled in electrical cords and circuitry? Here are a few tips to making your wires a little more wieldy. Story by William Lamb / Photos by Aya Brackett and Hunter Freeman
Outside
Philadelphia-based architect Anthony Bracali hopes to bring skateboarders back into the social loop through integrated design. Story by Anuj Desai / Photos by Adam Friedberg

Being Green 101
Even for sustainability’s greatest proponents, going green isn’t necessarily a walk in the park. Dwell explores what it takes to be truly environmental. Story by Jennifer Roberts
Sourcing
How to find all that you love in the pages of Dwell.

Houses We Love
A little house in Carlisle, Massachusetts, eschews the colonial, the cape, and the saltbox to stand proud atop its modernist roots. Story by Hilary Geronemus / Photos by Jason Rogers