Here at Dwell, we love houses with a good backstory.

Zecc Architects and Roel van Norel show just what can happen when great minds work together.

Architect Lee de Wit and his relatives work together to create a getaway where nearly everything in sight tells a story.

Perched high above San Francisco, the one-of-a-kind residence offers the unique chance to live within a historic four-story...

Practice good hygiene (and get a mini spa treatment in the process) with these luxurious liquid hand soaps.

At age 70, Eddie Oribin built the house for himself and his wife to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary.

LVMH is pausing perfume production in three factories to pump out free hand sanitizer for France.

Upon relocating to the Methow Valley, a family finds their compact cabin to be a little too cozy—so they roll up their sleeves...

A couple, their kids, and two sets of grandparents share a boldly imagined house in upstate New York.

Originally built for famed author Vicki Baum in 1933, the grand Art Deco estate boasts quite a notable Hollywood pedigree.

Wedding registries, meet Agave.

A family spent seven years handcrafting this geodesic manse lined with hidden messages—and it's now for sale for under a million.

Founder Ryan O’Donnell takes us inside three of his artful, handcrafted tiny homes and camper vans.

The deep purple glaze, Prune, is only here for a limited time.

“What would Hans Wegner say?” I tweeted upon seeing a citrus-tinged Wishbone chair on Design*Sponge.

The latest Play Date at Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art was held last weekend, to much applause and hands-on revelry in...

Producing power by harnessing kinetic energy from human and animal movement is a great idea but one with few good results.

Recently I've been on a kick of watching behind-the-scenes videos.

As a parent, I'm always on the lookout for innovative and stylish ways not to break my kid.

An asymmetric retreat in Quebec is an exquisite cadaver, one part sculpture and two parts architecture.

Apart from the structural work and technical fittings, nearly everything was built by hand.

The film, television, and video game actor worked hand in hand with designer Mandy Cheng to create a dreamy L.A. house that...

After hands-on study, a Northeast landscape architect sows a free-growing meadow.

After an unexpected disaster, a homeowner takes a rebuild into his own hands (literally).

In a world of planned obsolescence, it's hard to convince people to buy a product that can never be one-upped by the shinier,...

A simple garage renovation becomes so much more at the hands of architecture firm Bau10.

Olson Kundig crafts a weekend escape with massive, hand-cranked shutters that respond to the capricious climate.

The selection includes a minimalist fire pit and swing, as well as hand painted canoe paddles.

Building prototypes by hand helped Antonio Monserrat explore form and function in the making of his imaginative pad in...

For her store in Edina, Minnesota, founder Maura Doyle seeks out brands led by women and people of color, immigrants, and...

Building Arts Architects transported materials by barge to the rocky shore of Kawagama Lake, and erected the spectacular...

While the rest of us slather on hand sanitizer and self quarantine, the elite are taking social distancing to the extreme.

Made almost entirely of hand-poured concrete, a passive solar retreat in Ecuador hits all the right grooves.

A tech entrepreneur goes off the grid and learns to work with his hands as he remakes a geodesic dome in the California desert.

Built with materials carried to the site by hand, Chalet M is a 270-square-foot cabin that treads lightly on its woodland site.

Keep the elements at bay with these hand-built, fully customizable teardrops from Denver-based manufacturer Timberleaf Trailers.