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20th-Century Fox
Eero Saarinen’s legendary Miller House opens to the public this May for the first time. Leslie Williamson gives us an intimate tour of this Columbus, Indiana, treasure.
written by: Leslie Williamsonphotos by: Leslie Williamson05.02.11 -
A Neoclassical Gallery Home in Belgium
In this Brussels mansion, nothing has a price tag, but almost everything is for sale. Here, two design experts curate their fantasy house.
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Chris Tubbs05.13.13 -
A Northern Haven
North Haven, a rocky island in Maine’s Penobscot Bay, is quintessentially New England. As it happens, so is this boat barn–inspired brand of rugged, regional modernism.
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Raimund Koch06.17.09 -
A Piece of Home
Made of hardy Scottish materials and holding a Japanese heart, this Edinburgh house shows that two architects from disparate cultures can design a home that bridges the gap.
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Ben Anders07.27.11 -
A Rational Approach
Typography guru Erik Spiekermann and his wife, designer Susanna Dulkinys, hate clutter. That’s why they love the supersleek Berlin domicile they constructed to have just the right lines...
written by: Sally McGranephotos by: Pia Ulin06.28.10 -
Above the Fray
How a Bay Area architect who toggles his time between the coasts found his home away from home in a modern Manhattan high-rise.
written by: Kevin Sintumuangphotos by: Brian Finke08.21.12 -
All in the Family
Young architects often design homes for their parents. But for Toronto's Julia Knezic, it was an especially intimate job: her mom Susan Farkas's new house is next to her own. When the property...
written by: Alex Bozikovicphotos by: Sean Galbraith08.06.12 -
All Together Now
When Svetlin Krastev and Dessi Nikolova had their second child, they saw two options: Go broke buying a bigger apartment, or renovate their existing 620-square-foot home.
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: David Allee02.06.11 -
All You Need Is LV
In the most unlikely of places—rural Missouri—Rocio Romero has designed and built a prefab empire.
written by: Donovan Finnphotos by: Dean Kaufman02.19.09 -
Appetite for Construction
Six years ago, architect Jorge Gracia came to Dwell’s attention with a house he built for his family that was radically different from any other in his hometown of Tijuana, Mexico, where the...
written by: Frances Andertonphotos by: Paco Perez Arriaga03.29.11 -
Baroque Meets Modern in San Francisco
Thanks to a contemporary interior that she’s been updating for a decade, modern architect Abigail Turin has learned to love her traditional 1925 San Francisco home.
written by: Andy Isaacsonphotos by: Justin Fantl02.20.13 -
Big Easy Living
In the hot and humid South, time seems to stand still and the architecture is often no different. But in New Orleans, Bild Design, headed by local boy Byron Mouton, is hoping to change that.
written by: Donovan Finnphotos by: Amy Eckert07.01.09 -
Building Community
With a clean-lined new loft building designed by El Dorado Inc., a fleet of hip galleries, and a burgeoning creative class, Wichita is anything but plains.
written by: Georgina Gustinphotos by: Jake Stangel09.16.11 -
City Modern Home Tours: Brooklyn
A rainy start to the Brooklyn Home Tour—the closing event of City Modern—didn't deter those who turned out for a peek into five unique homes in Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, and Boerum...
written by: Sara Dierckphotos by: Sara Dierck10.12.12 -
Collector's Choice
In southwest England, interior designer and avid furniture collector Kathryn Tyler built her home around the vintage pieces she’d amassed over a decade.
written by: Alyn Griffithsphotos by: Andrew Meredith05.27.12 -
Communal Lakeside Vacation House in Ontario
On a lakeside plot outside Toronto, four friends forge a new kind of vacation house.
written by: Alex Bozikovicphotos by: Lorne Bridgman04.19.12 -
Creative Re-Use in Oakland
Stephen Shoup is the kind of person to see potential in things that others might miss. In 2005, looking for a property that would house himself and his design/build firm, building Lab inc., he...
written by: Kelly Vencill Sanchez02.28.11 -
EastEnders
Thanks to designers Nina Tolstrup and Jack Mama, an aging workshop in London’s once-gritty Bethnal Green is reborn as a colorful, custom-built guesthouse.
written by: Iain Aitchphotos by: Ben Anders11.05.12 -
Echo Logical
Los Angeles is not all mini-malls and highways. As Eric Garcetti, president of the City Council, shows, it is eminently possible to live green in the City of Angels. By putting solar power and...
written by: Frances Andertonphotos by: Misha Gravenor02.26.09 -
Family Matters
The open spaces and transparency of modern architecture turn out to be extremely useful when there’s a house full of relatives.
written by: Lydia Leephotos by: Justin Fantl07.18.11















