Features
Editor’s Note
Nearly 20 years after her first visit to the Eames House, editor-in-chief Allison Arieff reflects on the long-range impact of that fateful field trip.
L.A. Architecture
What is Los Angeles architecture? The answer is as varied as the city itself.

Domestic Democracy
In a code-happy L.A. suburb, how do you break the mold without breaking the law? Architects Alice Fung and Michael Blatt steer clear of anarchy with a little democratic design. Story by David A. Greene / Photos by Dave Lauridsen
Mutual Fulfillment
In Santa Monica, architect and activist Cory Buckner is working to preserve the living monuments of L.A.’s mid-century-modern past, including her own home by A. Quincy Jones. Story by Sam Grawe / Photos by Darcy Hemley

Way Out West
Leaving the bustle of Washington, D.C., architect Joe Day and his wife return to California and discover that life in a single-family dwelling isn’t as isolated as they had feared. Story by Raul Barreneche / Photos by Gregg Segal

Departments

In The Modern World
Who’s who and what’s what: a veritable Thomas Guide to this month’s peerless exhibitions, products, and the work of designers in all fields.

My House
Architects Olivier Touraine and Deborah Richmond take direction from filmmaker Wim Wenders and his wife, Donata, to produce a house in the Hollywood Hills.

Off the Grid
Two corporate architects shelved the AutoCAD while designing and building an inventive, eco-friendly bungalow for themselves in Santa Monica.

Dwell Reports
What spins, agitates, and is full of hot air? No, not a politician: a washer/dryer! Our expert, who put himself through school repairing them, assesses the latest.

Nice Modernist
In downtown Los Angeles, a duo promotes modern design and valiantly rescues wayward pets—all under one roof.

Elsewhere
In Berlin’s Savignyplatz neighborhood, amidst the café-lined streets, architects Frank Barkow and Regine Leibinger take the Berliner zimmer into the next century.

What We Saw
Editors visit N.Y.C.’s ICFF and Brooklyn Designs in those dueling design boroughs of New York, then are off to North Carolina for High Point.

Dwell Labs
When Bing Crosby crooned “Don’t Fence Me In” in 1944, he clearly hadn’t considered that there might be more to fences than white pickets.

Archive
The Midwest is home to most of Bruce Goff’s oeuvre, but his final project—the iconoclastic Struckus House—made its mark in Southern California.

Outside
Lawn mowers are so 20th century. Los Angeles architect Mark Rios takes a cue from California’s indigenous flora to create landscape architecture for today.

The Dwell Home
Renderings begone! Exclu-sive photos of the Dwell Home, from factory to freeway to foundation.

Transportation 101
Where did sprawl come from? What direction is car design heading? Can an SUV truly be green? Plus: adventurous ways to get from point A to point B.

Sourcing
Whether you need it, want it, or just plain have to have it, we’ll tell you where to find it.

Houses We Love
In Rancho Mirage, two young designers introduce old family friends to modernism and make two new fans for life.