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THX-Certified Door Reins in the Home Theater Noise
That 10.2 channel receiver you just snagged may give you the audio equivalent of an IMAX experience in your living room, but chances are your neighbors don’t share the same level of...
written by: Bryan Gardiner09.06.08 -
Prefab Killers?
As Hurricane Gustav approaches the Gulf Coast, this may be an opportune time to recall that Lowe's is selling Katrina Cottages. Well, they're not selling the cottages themselves, but rather...
written by: David A. Greene09.06.08 -
Arizona, Accordions, and Architecture: A Discussion with Erin Moore
Avid readers of Dwell will already know about Erin Moore of FLOAT Architecture Research and Design (from page 132 of the October 2008 issue). I wrote that story about the Watershed, a completely...
written by: Aaron Britt09.07.08 -
Salt 'N' Peppa
They're three words that bizarrely could refer to a hip-hop group, a distinguished hair color style, or delicious dust to shake on food. In the case of Munire Kirmaci, we're referring to the latter...
written by: Jamie Waugh09.08.08 -
Miele Self-Opening Dishwasher
Miele's new La Perla series dishwashers (available in late fall 2008) have an automatic door opening and closing system that aids in air-drying your sparkling-clean dishes, saving energy used by...
written by: David A. Greene09.08.08 -
How to Maintain a Minimalist Home
Maintaining a minimalist home definitely has benefits. Among them: less 'stuff' to take care of, less storage needed, less money spent on things and the freedom to use your home the way you really...
written by: Laure Joliet09.08.08 -
Sporting Stairway
While surfing around, I found this intriguing use of sports-arena flooring as a residential wall material in a house in progress by Bates-Masi architects on Noyack Creek in Southampton, NY.
written by: David A. Greene09.08.08 -
Great Balls of Residential Energy
When it comes to sustainable energy sources for the home, wind turbines tend to get left out of the discussion.
written by: Bryan Gardiner09.09.08 -
Living Walls
A tiny bit like the Renzo Piano-designed Pompidou Centre that wears its insides on its outside (pipes, ducts, all the 'ugly' stuff), this office building wears a garden.
written by: Laure Joliet09.09.08 -
Battery Park City Community Center
Approaching 9/11, New York's unspoken heart is in Battery Park. Relevant, then, is the community center Hanrahan Meyers is developing immediately north of Ground Zero. It's condo central in those...
written by: Jamie Waugh09.09.08 -
High Profile Utensils
It's no secret that architects and designers stray from their main medium and try their hand at various smaller scale projects. Philipe Starck has made an entire career on rethinking and...
written by: Laure Joliet09.10.08 -
Design Your Dwelling Winner Announced
This just in: After countless hours of tense deliberation, labored hand-wringing, and heated debate, the Google SketchUp and Dwell.com Design Your Dwelling contest grand prize winner has been...
written by: Christopher Bright09.10.08 -
Judge a Book's Cover: AIGA 50/50 Exhibition
I love books. I will buy one if, after reading the first page, I want to turn it. But before reading the first word, it's generally necessary to pick up the book; and when faced with a bazaar of...
written by: Jamie Waugh09.10.08 -
No Way Out
The fun-house signage in the parking garage of the Eureka Tower in Melbourne, Australia is the brainchild of German graphic designer Axel Peemöller.
written by: David A. Greene09.10.08 -
September 11th Memorial & Museum
On the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we turn our attention toward building plans for ground zero, where a 24-foot-by-9-foot, 7,770-pound beam National September 11 Memorial & Museum project...
written by: Jamie Waugh09.11.08 -
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2nd Annual Park[ing] Day LA
GreenMeme is getting ready to launch their second ever Park[ing] Day LA.
written by: Laure Joliet09.11.08 -
City Bike
The Eurobike trade show just ended, and among the offerings at the world's largest bike-geek festival was Cannondale's Hooligan.
written by: David A. Greene09.11.08 -
New TiVo DVR Boasts a Terabyte of Storage
So much television, so little time. With fall TV lineups now in full swing—including some of the best shows that have aired in years—your cable company or satellite-issued DVR is likely...
written by: Bryan Gardiner09.12.08 -
Hope for the Jet Set
I'm about to hop on a transatlantic flight and am not looking forward to 12 hours in the same tiny seat.
written by: Laure Joliet09.12.08 -
Design Your Dwelling: Runners-Up
We were overwhelmed with the quality and creativity of the Design Your Dwelling submissions, so decided to share these amazing designs from our Runners Up. Take a gander at five more compelling...
written by: Greg McElroy09.12.08
