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Middle Ground
Adding less than $100,000 of improvements to an off-the-shelf prefab model resulted in a clean-cut structure at the eastern base of the Sierra Nevada.
written by: Olivia Martinphotos by: Scott Palamar12.19.12 -
Design Army, Washington, D.C.
For co-founders Jake and Pum Lefebure of Design Army, family and business work well together. The married graphic designers have created a design firm with a distinct point of view and for that,...
written by: Lara Caldwell12.07.12 -
Highland Living
A new prefab prototype on a Scottish island demonstrates a smart—and superlocal—approach to building in far-flung locations.
written by: Georgina Gustinphotos by: Marcus McAdam12.05.12 -
Linked In
Jared Levy of Connect:Homes wants to streamline the construction process down to the very seams, while making it affordable for all.
written by: Erika Heet12.03.12 -
Into the Woods
The efficiency and aesthetics of prefab proved appealing to the owner of this Dwell Home, built on a rugged island off Canada’s western coast.
written by: Diana Budds11.30.12 -
10 Amazing Examples of Shipping Container Architecture
If you caught our recent round up of shipping container homes, you know there's no shortage of innovative adaptations to the boxy cargo pieces. We can't get enough of them, either, and here we...
written by: Diana Budds11.30.12 -
Winter Wonderlands
The chill of winter is soon to set in. Thinking toward blustery days ahead, we've corralled a series of modern homes set amid snowy surroundings and with cozy interiors, ranging from a cabin built...
written by: Diana Budds11.29.12 -
20 Modern Home Facades
While we can all heed that age-old axiom, "Never judge a book by its cover," we're swooning over the façades of these homes. Whether your design curiosity is piqued by the sight of a cozy...
written by: Sara Ost11.28.12 -
We've Been Clad
Eight years after construction began, this lakeside weekend home 80 miles outside Johannesburg, South Africa, received the long-awaited finishing touch that makes it an eye-catching thermal wonder.
written by: Aaron Britt10.31.12 -
Into the Great Wide Open
For this rural Ontario home, building sustainably was less about high-tech gizmos than learning to truly love the land.
written by: Alex Bozikovicphotos by: Derek Shapton10.08.12 -
A Little Bit Country
Thanks to Matthew Hufft, their envelope-pushing architect and longtime friend, Hannah and Paul Catlett have a new home in southwestern Missouri that’s a fresh, unconventional take on the...
written by: Georgina Gustinphotos by: Joe Pugliese10.08.12 -
Ozark Original
A fresh approach to the region’s rural vernacular architecture
written by: Georgina Gustinphotos by: Joe Pugliese10.08.12 -
The Depot Home
To create their rural Connecticut getaway, Lisa Gray and Alan Organschi layered their modern design sensibility atop an early 20th-century stone foundation.
written by: William Lambphotos by: Andrea Chu10.03.12 -
New Frontiers
An airy addition on the back of a historic house in Boise is a model of sensitive renovation, seamlessly melding new and old.
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Lincoln Barbour10.01.12 -
Restoration Station
A Burnham and Root–designed train depot in small-town Iowa scores a $10,000 preservation grant.
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Drew Kelly09.28.12 -
Little Cabins on the Prairie
With these modern-day lodges for Kansas City campers heading to the country, a Missouri architecture firm puts a fresh face on a 100-year-old Girl Scout tradition.
written by: Kelsey Keithphotos by: Mike Sinclair09.24.12 -
Family Matters
Charles Gwathmey’s residential masterpiece, a modest but pioneering home for his parents in the Hamptons, looks as fresh today as it did in 1965.
written by: Kelsey Keithphotos by: Norman McGrath09.18.12 -
Mississippi Queen
When architect Brett Nave and his partner, architect Kelley Bishiop, began developing the Heron Park neighborhood in the coastal town of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, they managed to lay 1,200 feet...
written by: Chris Tackett08.22.12 -
Design Destination: Columbus, Indiana
Dwell readers and fans of NPR, unite. Public radio stations have been airing a summer travel series from NPR's Arts Desk called "Destination Art" that explores "off the beaten track...
written by: Kelsey Keith08.20.12 -
Trailer Flash
Most folks who kit out a vintage Airstream intend to take it on the road, but Burton Baldridge’s design—a hip new green room for one of the most respected music venues in Austin, Texas...
written by: Addie Broyles08.20.12



















