Sept. 2007
Naturally appealing homes; Green cladding options; 6 chef's knives put to the test; Special design report: the latest from Milan.
Naturally appealing homes; Green cladding options; 6 chef's knives put to the test; Special design report: the latest from Milan.
Features
Highway Hideaway
Terra Ephemera
Where the Wild Things Aren't
Outdoor Odyssey
Thomas Church
Landscape architect (and sometimes prophet) Thomas Church’s 1955 crystal ball projection still applies today.
Highway Hideaway
Aidlin Darling Design’s recent addition to Ernest Born’s Great Highway House in San Francisco did little to alter the classic’s sylvan singularity. Story by Katrina Heron / Photos by Robert Schlatter Story by Katrina Heron / Photos by Robert Schlatter
Terra Ephemera
Part artist, part botanist, Paula Hayes creates terrariums, vessels, and landscapes that truly are earthly delights. Story by Amber Bravo / Photos by Raimund Koch Story by Amber Bravo / Photos by Raimund Koch
Where the Wild Things Aren't
In Vieira do Minho, Portugal, Guilherme Vaz stonewalled nature with a concrete getaway built for his father. Story by Kieran Long / Photos by David Hughes Story by Kieran Long / Photos by David Hughes
Walls Gone Wild
Thomas Wrede documents landscape photography on the domestic front.
Outdoor Odyssey
From Sweden to San Francisco, these four residences look to the outdoors for living room. Story by Michael Cannell
Departments
My House
Off the Grid
Dwell Reports
Nice Modernist
Conversation
Archive
Outside
Detour
Houses We Love
In the Modern World
From ambitious plans for a port-side concert hall in Germany to mobile homes for tiny tots, it seems the modern world is under construction.
My House
This couple’s long-distance design affair ends happily in Accra, Ghana, where their “inno-native” home favors family life and harmony over perfection. Story by Frances Anderton / Photos by Dook
Off the Grid
For less than $100 per square foot, the rockin’ Brill brothers made an honest racket in L.A. with their equally eco- and acoustic-friendly home. Story by Frances Anderton / Photos by Noah Webb
Dwell Reports
Anyone who’s been watching “Top Chef” knows the shape of a chef’s knife: It’s the show’s logo. For all of you at-home-heroes of the kitchen, slicing and dicing with Band Aids on your fingers, the September issue of Dwell brings you the best chef’s knives. Story by Chelsea Holden Baker
Nice Modernist
L.A.’s TreePeople leave tree-sitting protests to Daryl Hannah, and LEED by green example instead. Story by Aaron Britt
What We Saw
Dwell broke through the pipeline between kitchen and bath factions to bring you the latest and greatest from K/BIS, Las Vegas.
Conversation
Editor-in-chief Sam Grawe talks with Henry Urbach, who recently gave up his New York gallery to take on SFMOMA’s department of architecture and design. Story by Sam Grawe
Archive
For legendary landscape architect Robert Royston, life is like a picnic: best enjoyed outdoors.
Story by Deborah Bishop
Dwell Labs
If you’d like your house with a side of green, then check out these options in sustainable cladding. Story by Chelsea Holden Baker / Photos by Peter Belanger
Outside
Shallow as they may be, these reflecting pools offer in-depth design. Story by Deborah Bishop
Essay
Charles A. Birnbaum, founder and president of the Cultural Landscape Foundation, goes grass roots in the fight to preserve masterpiece landscapes in America.
Detour
Mason Florence, ex-rodeo rider, photo gallery director, and publisher of Bangkok 101, steers us through Thailand’s “Venice of the East.” Story by Ron Gluckman / Photos by Dave Lauridsen
Special Design Report: Milan
Laden with the latest from Milan, editor-in-chief Sam Grawe plays Scattergories, design-style.
Sourcing
A literal geyser of contact information.
Houses We Love
Although it’s a cliffhanger, the story of this house in Green Lake, Wisconsin, has a happy ending. Story by Aaron Britt
