April 2007
Breathing New Life Into Old Buildings; Backyard Modern, Additions That Work; Global Chilling, Our Expert Reviews Efficient Refrigerators.
Breathing New Life Into Old Buildings; Backyard Modern, Additions That Work; Global Chilling, Our Expert Reviews Efficient Refrigerators.
Features
Sun Mun Way Cool
Keep Your Eye on the Balto
WestEnders
Renovate! Reuse! Recycle!
Leif Parsons illustrates the importance of imagination in renovation and reuse. Story by Leif Parsons
Sun Mun Way Cool
The Berniers’ living room once served as a stage for Blondie and The Ramones. Now the family’s two boys bring down the house in Los Angeles’s Chinatown. Story by David Greene / Photos by Bryce Duffy / Illustrations by Leif Parsons
Keep Your Eye on the Balto
“Good juju” and java-fueled moxie helped Greg Martin turn a disjointed commercial building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, into his home. Story by Georgina Gustin / Photos by Cameron Wittig
WestEnders
Portland, Oregon’s, Jeff Kovel and Skylab Design Group reincarnated a former bathhouse, creating a mixed-use space as beatific as it is beautiful. Story by Aaron Britt / Photos by John Clark
Record Time
Sze Tsung Leong's photographs document the growing pains of China's rapid development.
Departments
My House
Off the Grid
Dwell Reports
Nice Modernist
Context
Conversation
Archive
Outside
Detour
In the Modern World
Marimekko, Muniz, Meier, and Magis: “M’m! M’m! Good!” shows, books, services, and sundries.
My House
Adding a third floor allowed these San Franciscans to build up equity without building out. Story by Reyhan Harmanci / Photos by Doug Adesko
Off the Grid
Prefab and sustainable for under $170,000? We'd like to see houses such as Youmeheshe's 7.83 Hz occur with more frequency. Story by Iain Aitch
Dwell Reports
Is your refrigerator running? Executive sushi chef Susumu Ueda catches up with energy-saving refrigerator technology. Story by Chelsea Holden Baker / Photos by Brad Hines
Nice Modernist
Since 1978, John Schaeffer's sustainable living company, Real Goods, has been fueled by a natural high. Story by Christopher Bright / Photos by Gabriela Hasbun
Context
Shared histories but divergent nationalities are breeding a new cool in the Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, and Lthuania Story by Michael Dumiak / Photos by Benjamin Savignac
What We Saw
Three is prime in Tokyo: Designer’s Week, 100% Design and Design Tide; plus Las Vegas’s Consumer Electronics Show.
Conversation
For the London firm FAT (Fashion Architecture Taste), architecture is a buffet—and they’re sampling every dish. Story by Christopher Bright / Photos by Julian Anderson
Archive
The lasting impression of architect Eliot Noyes: From MoMA to Mobil stations to Martha's vineyard, he made an imprint on the visual world. Story by Shonquis Moreno
Dwell Labs
Strap on your respirators: Architect David Baker outlines the ten steps of eco-friendly renovations. Story by Jennifer Roberts / Photos by Nathaniel Russell
Outside
Edible Estates ruminates on the American attachment to grass and shares the bounty of their front lawn garden victories. Story by Arnie Cooper / Photos by Fritz Haeg
Detour
Brian Keaney of TonfiskDesign may be Irish, but his Finnish is flawless; he guides us through icecold Helsinki’s hot spots. Story by Christopher Bright / Photos by Hertha Hurnaus
Sourcing
Don’t call us, we’ll call it out for you: The page where all the links to goods and services awaits!
Houses We Love
Apartments inside concrete-mixing silos sounds like a Cold War legend, but it’s the reality of reuse in Conway, Arkansas. Story by Rod Miller / Photos by Timothy Hursley
