July/Aug 06
Modern Milestones, A Visual Timeline; Beyond Black and White, Exploring Modern Color; Lighting the Way, 6 Lamps to Read By; Knowing Neutra; Space Odyssey; Columbus Explored; Detour in Miami; Conversation with Lukas Roth; My House in Brooklyn; Dwell Labs covers cleaning products.
Modern Milestones, A Visual Timeline; Beyond Black and White, Exploring Modern Color; Lighting the Way, 6 Lamps to Read By; Knowing Neutra; Space Odyssey; Columbus Explored; Detour in Miami; Conversation with Lukas Roth; My House in Brooklyn; Dwell Labs covers cleaning products.
Features
Knowing Neutra
Space Odyssey
Columbus Explored
Mapping Modernism
Barry Katz charts the modernist movement from Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace to the Apple iPod. Story by Barry Katz
Knowing Neutra
Living an uncommon life, Thomas S. Hines gives an insider’s view of the architecture and intrigue of Richard Neutra. Story by Thomas S. Hines / Photos by Catherine Ledner and Julius Shulman
Space Odyssey
Renegade architecture collectives Ant Farm, Archigram, and Superstudio show that building ideologies can be as edifying as erecting structures. Story by Frances Anderton
Columbus Explored
A small town in Indiana proves it is anything but an architectural Anytown USA. Story by John King / Photos by Martien Mulder
Departments
My House
Off the Grid
Dwell Reports
Nice Modernist
Context
Detour
Conversation
Dwell Labs
Color 101
Houses We Love
In the Modern World
From prefab playhouses to an all-out Eamestravaganza, our picks for the best summer exhibitions, products, and books.
My House
An empty lot in Brooklyn proves to be just what the doctor ordered for a family looking to put down roots. Story by Tim McKeough / Photos by Dean Kaufman
Off the Grid
Architect Herbert Enns and his family always wanted to be close to nature. But when nature wanted to be a bit too close to them, it was time to put up a few walls. Story by Deborah Bishop / Photos by Thomas Fricke
Dwell Reports
Cooper-Hewitt librarian Stephen Van Dyk sheds some light on the merits of six reading lamps. Story by Shonquis Moreno / Photos by Anita Calero
Nice Modernist
World Hands Project recycles wood pallets to construct more than palatable dwellings. Story by Carleigh Bell / Photos by Matt Thomas
Context
Will Frank Gehry redesign the White House? Not likely. But if this were France, where the Atelier de Recherche et de Création guides much of the nation’s design direction, it would be possible. Story by Marc Kristal
Detour
Cathy Leff takes to the road (and sidewalk) to lead us on an intrepid bicycle tour of Miami’s architectural and cultural wonders. Story by Aaron Britt / Photos by Roy Zipstein
What We Saw
At this year’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan, there were more than new products on display—it was also the debut of Massimiliano Fuksas’s new fairgrounds.
Conversation
Lukas Roth’s architectural photography lends new credence to the phrase “there’s more than meets the eye.” Story by Virginia Gardiner / Photos by Lukas Roth
Dwell Labs
Cleaning keenly and greenly: Dwell has selected several products that will make your house sparkle without clouding your senses. Story by Jennifer Roberts / Photos by Anita Calero
Dwell Home II
The ground-breaking may have been delayed, but that didn’t stop us from hosting a little party in honor of this house that’s breaking new ground. Story by Andrew Wagner
Color 101
Dwell explores the variegated use of color in our world, from industry to emotion. Story by Fred A. Bernstein / Photos by Peter Berlanger
Sourcing
How to find all that you love in the pages of Dwell.
Houses We Love
A tiny yellow house in Austria teaches us that sometimes a little personal space is all that’s needed. Story by Virginia Gardiner
