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Explore - Dining Room
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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 -
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 -
Modern Meets Ancient in a Renovated Italian Vacation Home
The acclaimed Italian designers Ludovica+Roberto Palomba carve a serene retreat out of a 17th-century oil mill in Salento, filling it with custom creations and their greatest hits.
written by: Arlene Hirstphotos by: Francesco Bolis05.24.13 -
Orchard Jam
The McKenzie residence sits within the grid of a commercial apple orchard, its roof and upper parts floating above the trees to echo the surrounding hills. Although its steel cladding is suggestive...
photos by: Patrick Reynolds05.13.09 -
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 -
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 -
Pacific Heights Remodel
In the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, what started off as a decorating job turned into a full-blown renovation for Nicole Hollis, founder of Nicole Hollis Interior Design. "...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake08.24.09 -
Knotty by Nature
In snowy Sweden, where pine planks and the democratic design incubator Ikea reign supreme, a local architect pays homage to his patrimony, making a small, slatty home feel like a rather big deal....
written by: Grant Gibsonphotos by: Pia Ulin04.03.10 -
Seoul, South Korea
When Seoul architect Byoung-soo Cho set out to design his urban dream house, he turned to the city’s architectural history for inspiration. The result—–four overlapping boxes...
written by: Winifred Birdphotos by: Jeremy Murch05.25.10 -
Living in a Mini House
When San Francisco–based architect Christi Azevedo and her partner bought an investment property in Oakland, what was billed in real estate listings as a 'detached garage' turned out to be a...
written by: Jaime Gillin08.17.10 -
Kind of New
For Brussels-based furniture designer Christiane Högner, inspiration comes less from glossy design mags than the castoffs she finds on the streets of Belgium.
written by: Sally McGranephotos by: Céline Clanet01.12.11 -
Restoring Breuer's House in Garden
Kykuit, the Rockefeller estate in Pocantico Hills, New York, hearkens from the days of robber barons and captains of industry. Acres of manicured lawns, a six-story stone-clad mansion, carriage...
written by: Diana Budds02.20.11 -
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 -
Fine Finnish: Living/Dining Room
The focal point of the living/dining room is an oak table from Ikea. “We like to draw, read newspapers, sew, and invite friends over, so a generous table suits our lifestyle.” No couch?...
03.07.11 -
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 -
The Farm by Cindy Rendely
Draw a barn. Now look at the shape. It almost certainly features a triangular roof. When a Canadian couple approached Cindy Rendely to design a home for them in the Ontario countryside, however, it...
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Tom Arban05.09.11 -
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 -
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 -
Raising the Barn
Architect Preston Scott Cohen resurrected an early 1800s barn as a vacation home for a literary couple and their family, calling to mind both the agrarian spaciousness of the structure’s former...
written by: Marc Kristalphotos by: Raimund Koch01.15.09 -
Mid-Century Mash-Up
Although postwar California modernism is generally associated with Southern California, the Bay Area’s own tradition has begun in recent years to be more widely acknowledged, and its surviving...
written by: Sam Grawephotos by: Misha Gravenor01.16.09











