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Design 101
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To Be or Not to Be . . . Licensed
In the United States, it’s illegal to call yourself an architect unless you have been licensed by a state—a process requiring a degree in architecture, years of apprenticeship, and a...
written by: Hope Reeves05.27.09 -
Five Questions About Working With Architects
The idea of building or renovating your home can be daunting. Design schemes flood your brain as you stare at an empty lot or cramped kitchen. How can you best translate those visions into reality?...
written by: Andrew Wagner05.27.09 -
The Architectural Insider
The old joke “Enough about me, let’s talk about you. What do you think about me?” isn’t a joke to architects, it’s part of their profession. Dwell asked one design...
written by: Donlyn Lyndon05.27.09 -
The Architectural Outsider
The architectural profession is shrouded in mystery. What goes on in those offices is as foreign to most people as what goes into making Spam. So Dwell asked an inquisitive non-architect for his...
written by: Robert Sullivan05.27.09 -
101 Travel
From trains to planes, see how travel is inextricably linked to design. Plus is Philippe Starck coming to a Motel 6 near you?
written by: Sam Grawe05.27.09 -
The Bilbao Effect
In the last 15 years, many a postindustrial city has redefined itself as a design center. Glasgow after its year as European City ...
written by: Jane Szita05.26.09 -
2007: A Space Odyssey
Any cachet attached to the potential of space tourism was placed in dire straits when N’Sync heartthrob Lance Bass signed up to hitch a ride on a manned Russian rocket to the International...
written by: Dianna Dilworth05.26.09 -
Back on Track
What is it about trains that gets kids going gaga? Undoubtedly it has much to do with their wheels of steel, whistles, and distinc- tive chugga-chugga sound.
written by: Andrew Wagner05.26.09 -
Putting the Motel in Hotels
When design hotels first appeared in the ’80s, with their stylish bars, big-name designers, and excessive tariffs, many of us could have been forgiven for thinking that they were merely...
written by: Iain Aitch05.26.09 -
Branding the Friendly Skies
In Barbara S. Peterson’s new book, Blue Streak: Inside JetBlue, the Upstart that Rocked an Industry, she recounts the rise of the design-meets-discount airline through the biography of its...
written by: Dianna Dilworth05.26.09 -
Cabin Envy
I’m tired of hearing about the golden age of flight, that era when air hostesses (never hosts) wore Pucci uniforms, Pan Am logos adorned everything from complimentary socks to midtown...
written by: Sam Grawe05.26.09 -
An Introduction to Landscape Design
The profession of landscape architecture is very much rooted in the European tradition of garden design, and it didn’t germinate as a distinct profession in the United States until the 19th...
written by: Amber Bravo05.26.09 -
101 Landscape
Garden design is only a fraction of the landscaping tradition. Residential or commercial it's a balance fo aesthetics and function that makes for sucess, and we take a look into (and upon) the field.
written by: Amber Bravo05.26.09 -
101 Airports
Modern air travel is about far more than merely making it from point A to point B. The journey is the destination, and we take a look at airport design and how terminals are evolving: which...
written by: Tom Downs05.13.09 -
An Introduction to Airport Design
As anyone who has been to Peru, or Bali, or Timbuktu can tell you, travel is not merely the experience of going somewhere. Travel design must convey a complex message: of place, of pleasure, of...
written by: Tom Downs05.13.09 -
Waste Opportunity
While the Western world forgets its waste with a flush, 2.6 billion people don’t even have toilets. Virginia Gardiner ventures to the World Toilet Summit in search of sanitation’s future.
written by: Virginia Gardiner05.13.09 -
At Home in the Zone
Sustainability doesn’t have to mean monasticism and darkness—with this zone-by-zone guide to the domestic world you know best, going green can be both more efficient and fun.
written by: Dan Maginn05.12.09 -
An Introduction to Kitchen Design
The kitchen has evolved from a closed-off satellite to the most open, doted-upon room in the house—and repository of our dreams of domestic fulfillment.
written by: Deborah Bishop04.16.09 -
101 Kitchen Design
No matter how cozy your living room or den, the kitchen is usually the heart of a home. Whether you use yours to reenact Iron Chef or simply to zap a TV dinner, you'll find helpful how-tos and...
written by: Deborah Bishop04.16.09 -
101 Prefab
Everything you wanted to know about prefab but were afraid to ask! We've tapped the brain behind popular web resource FabPreFab to explain the birds and bees of manufactured housing.
written by: Michael Sylvester04.16.09
