After months of planning and construction, the Memphis house that's been renovated as a result of the Home Today, Home Tomorrow...

Architect-author Dan Maginn of El Dorado Inc. gives us the inside track on one of his favorite subjects: contractors.

The American Dream, some say, is all about owning a home.

Mention universal design and see your companions’ eyes start glazing over.

Thanks to a prefab in-law unit, an octogenarian modernist lives independently on a peaceful, verdant site in Northern California.

Fuss all you like about sprinklers and guardrails, we need building codes. Here's how to get your architect to play along.

Ever since Adam and Eve’s unfortunate eviction, their descendants have been plunging hands and seeds into the earth in hopes of...

The kitchen has evolved from a closed-off satellite to the most open, doted-upon room in the house—and repository of our dreams...

As anyone who has been to Peru, or Bali, or Timbuktu can tell you, travel is not merely the experience of going somewhere.

Eating has always been a sociable event, from primitive campfire cooking to reclining on lectuli at lavish Greek and Roman...

The profession of landscape architecture is very much rooted in the European tradition of garden design, and it didn’t germinate...

The ancient Greeks did it in the agora; the Romans did it in the forum; Persians did it in the bazaar (“the place of prices”);...

Last night I went to a corner liquor store to buy some toothpaste.

Preview the Editor’s Letter from our January/February issue, written by Dwell founder and CEO Lara Deam.

Read the Editor’s Letter from our upcoming November/December edition and look for the issue on newsstands in the first week of...

It has been nearly half a decade, but the Dwell Home II is back! Construction began this winter in the hills outside Los Angeles,...

Read the Editor’s Letter from our upcoming September/October edition and look for the issue on newsstands in the first week of...

Universal design doesn't need to be ugly--and, more so, shouldn't be. Done well, it's undifferentiated design for the whole...

The basic principle of prefab, whereby a home is fabricated in one location and then delivered to another, has been around for at...

Mill Valley, California, might not be a hotbed of modernism, but it was here, ten years ago, that Dwell came into the world...

Aside from that mischievous caveperson in France who used a piece of charcoal to draw a line around some stick figures that...

One of the oldest proclamations in Western literature—maybe the very oldest, depending on how you see things—is “Let there be...

Ondo is a minimal house located in Tokyo, Japan, designed by MAMM DESIGN.

Green design should have won 30 years ago.

If the design world feels like an endless parade of products, then the gnashing maws of industrial production assuredly underpin...

When David Carmel decided to propose to Kirsten Axelsen, he was at home in Manhattan and she was in Ethiopia, working to...

Color has a unique way of transforming a space when used creatively to draw attention or capture a mood.

In the remote San Juan Islands, an artist and an architect collaborate on a modern residence dedicated to creative pursuits.

A thoroughly modern house in Baton Rouge owes its sleek and sustainable form to its vernacular roots.

Seven landscape architects across the United States explain how they mastermind inspired designs showcasing the best of their...

Perfection is boring.

Big names and installations in art and design make this small town in Texas a significant destination.

In coastal Norway, a guesthouse serves as a sculptural refuge.

Richly layered and elegant with an edge, the capital of Mexico is brimming with incredible art, design, history, and architecture...

This historic city’s under-the-radar modernism scene makes it worth a weekend visit.

A skilled and spiritual craftsman, George Nakashima crafted wood furniture that elevated and showcased natural forms.