November 2006
High Style, Flexible Design; Bathroom Bliss, 20 New Products; Can Architecture Make You Happy? Stick a Fork in It, 6 Flatware Sets Reviewed. Plotting Prefab, Desert Utopia, Marmol Radziner; All You Need is LV, Rocio Romero; The Proof Is in the Prefab, Michelle Kaufmann; Wright Now; Off the Grid, LEED-certified prefab in Santa Monica; Detour in Las Vegas
High Style, Flexible Design; Bathroom Bliss, 20 New Products; Can Architecture Make You Happy? Stick a Fork in It, 6 Flatware Sets Reviewed. Plotting Prefab, Desert Utopia, Marmol Radziner; All You Need is LV, Rocio Romero; The Proof Is in the Prefab, Michelle Kaufmann; Wright Now; Off the Grid, LEED-certified prefab in Santa Monica; Detour in Las Vegas
Features
Desert Utopia
All You Need Is LV
The Proof is in the Prefab
Plotting Prefab
From Houses by Mail to houses online: tracking prefab’s rise.
Desert Utopia
Marmol Radziner Prefab’s sleek new line of preassembled homes proves that taking the custom out of houses doesn’t necessarily mean cutting corners. Story by Frances Anderton / Photos by Daniel Hennessy
All You Need Is LV
Rocio Romero’s alliterative, instantly recognizable name is illustrative of prefab’s popularity. So are her chic and simple home designs. Story by Donovan Finn / Photos by Dean Kaufman
The Proof is in the Prefab
Prefab or site built? Architect Michelle Kaufmann built an eco-friendly version of each simultaneously and got her answer. Story by Allison Arieff / Photos by Randi Berez
Departments
Architecture
My House
Off the Grid
Dwell Reports
Nice Modernist
Conversation
Archive
Dwell Labs
Outside
Detour
Bathrooms 101
Houses We Love
Architecture
Dwell does its best Behind the Music and checks up on the homes still inhabited by those who commissioned Frank Lloyd Wright to design them. Story by Fred A. Bernstein
Perpetual Motion Vol. 3
Robert Sullivan finds the airport of his dreams in Austin; learns that the bicycle is making a comeback in Albuquerque; and discovers a hiking trail in downtown Indianapolis, of all places.
In the Modern World
From the little galleries that could to big furniture manufacturers that can, we bring you the best matter to consider and consume.
My House
An engineer and an architect design a new modular building system to more efficiently build up the land down under. Story by Catherine Franklin / Photos by Patrick Bingham Hall
Off the Grid
In Los Angeles, a technology entrepreneur turned residential developer introduces a new line of modern, LEED-certified prefab houses. Story by Frances Anderton / Photos by David Lauridsen
Dwell Reports
Despite its underwhelming moniker, flatware can be edgy and elegant, not to mention an all-around great topic of conversation for a dinner party. Story by Amber Bravo / Photos by Nathan Perkel
Nice Modernist
Fred Friedmeyer’s easily assembled structures may provide a smart way to house the Gumuz, one of Ethiopia’s many rural populations. Story by Donovan Finn
Conversation
Dwell talks with Catalan “ex-designer” Martí Guixé. He claims he can’t cook, but that didn’t stop him from giving food a complete redesign.
Story by Jane Szita
Archive
Where do a paper architect’s dreams become reality? In the Netherlands, of course. John Hedjuk’s Wall House 2 is Groningen’s #1 architectural anomaly. Story by Virginia Gardiner
Dwell Labs
One man’s trash can be another man’s treasure but how to keep it all under control? Our crack team will help you get your drawers in order. Story by Christopher Bright
Outside
Patrick Blanc, who covered Jean Nouvel’s Musée du Quai Branly with 15,000 plants, does the same with the interior of this Paris apartment. Story by Michelle Hoffman / Photos by Jessica Antola
Dwell Home II
Words of wisdom from consultants of every creed have helped keep the Dwell Home II moving toward its eventual groundbreaking date. Story by Andrew Wagner
The Architecture of Happiness
What makes a building beautiful (or ugly)? Alain de Botton pursues the topic in his latest book, The Architecture of Happiness.
Story by Iain Aitch
Detour
They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but once you leave, you may have trouble banishing Sin City from your mind.
Story by David Greene / Photos by Roy Zipstein
Bathrooms 101
Contemplating the proverbial “throne” the world over, Virginia Gardiner wonders why modernism hasn’t caught on to the john. Also, bathroom swag on parade.
Story by Virginia Gardiner
Sourcing
You want it, we know how to get it. Check out this page and our new website and you will, too.
Houses We Love
We present the Big Dig House—perhaps the only bright spot in a project gone terribly wrong. Story by Shonquis Moreno
