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Explore - Green Architecture
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Trading Shingles for Shrubs
Dwell explores the extensive reasons why the grass is intensely greener when it's on the roof.
written by: William Lamb04.21.09 -
Green Depot Pop-Up Store
Earth Day has come and gone, but the celebration continues in New York. Sustainability is here to stay. And so is good design. And shopping. And home supplies. Just opened, as part of EarthFair...
04.26.09 -
Low-Tech Utopia
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, which probably isn't an issue when the glass house is a commune.
written by: Femke Bijlsmaphotos by: Alessio Guarino04.30.09 -
Tait Modern
When building a second home, most people don’t consider traveling farther than upstate. But the Taits built theirs 30 hours away on the coast of Tasmania.
written by: Catherine Franklinphotos by: Peter Hyatt04.30.09 -
The Lowest Utility Bill on the Block
Hybridization is hit or miss (i.e., the jackalope). But this Houston home combines two housing types to create a conscientious alternative.
written by: Sam Grawephotos by: Misty Keasler05.04.09 -
Pole Star
By creatively manipulating the angles and levels of exterior surfaces on this modest Polish country house, architect Peter Kuczia achieved exceptionally high solar exposure, increasing its capacity...
written by: Michael Dumiak05.13.09 -
The New David Brower Center
The David Brower Center opened this week in Berkeley, California—a new, green-built facility for Bay Area non-profit organizations working on sustainability issues. Named after one of the...
05.12.09 -
Casa Study House #1
Traditions collide in Los Angeles when architect Jeremy Levine hotwires SoCal Spanish with international haute-moderne. The resulting house of courtyards, shelves, and even some repurposed car...
written by: Frances Andertonphotos by: Tom Fowlks06.17.09 -
Building a Green Collar LA
Dwell in Design is a mere three weeks away and we're getting excited to welcome dozens of speakers and thousands of visitors to the LA Convention Center for the big weekend. On Friday June 26, the...
written by: Sarah Rich06.04.09 -
Made for the Shade
The rusted red corrugated-steel canopy that covers Jim Austin’s home at Rimrock Ranch is visually striking in its desert surroundings
written by: Nate Berg06.17.09 -
Re:Vision Dallas Winners
With plans to turn a massive downtown Dallas parking lot into an exemplar of green design, Re:Vision Dallas announced last week that it had chosen three finalists in an architecture competition...
written by: Aaron Britt06.06.09 -
New Trio from Stout Publishers
One of the joys of coming in to Dwell every morning is passing by William Stout Architectural Books, maybe the best design bookstore I've seen. In addition to shelves and shelves of books on...
written by: Aaron Britt07.15.09 -
Stainless Chef
Designer John Picard isn’t afraid of getting his hands dirty in the kitchen, or washing the sand off his feet in the bathroom. This ecological pioneer’s half-lot home is designed for...
written by: Sam Grawephotos by: Gregg Segal07.27.09 -
The Self-Sufficient City
In modern home design, going green is no longer the exception but the norm. While we've summited this hill, there's still an ominous mountain before us: off-the-grid cities. For the third Advanced...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake08.01.09 -
Green Light District
On a former brownfield site across the river from downtown Boston, a renovated turn-of-the-century lithography factory trades in carbon copies for a lighter carbon footprint.
written by: Amber Bravo08.06.09 -
Venezuela's Eco Cabanas
An architectural idealist, Kristofer Nonn answered an online job posting for an ecological builder in Venezuela. The result of his short tenure in the country is two elegantly simple housing shelters.
written by: Amara Holstein08.18.09 -
Passive Houses in Stockholm
Back in early 2008, we wrote about a new suburban development by Swedish architecture firm Smedshammar + Holmberg, which was meant to set a new precedent in Sweden for housing innovation. Now...
written by: Sarah Rich08.24.09 -
Architectural Reuse in Tokyo
In Japan, “old” is a relative term. While the country is known for its exquisite ancient temples, when it comes to residential architecture, many houses are considered ready for the...
written by: William Lamb08.26.09 -
HIB-System: Snap Together a House
You may not have realized it at the time, but if you played with LEGOs a lot as a kid you were giving yourself good training for the future of housing, when you'd be able to snap together your own...
written by: Sarah Rich09.02.09 -
OAN's Classroom Design Winner
Earlier this year we wrote about Open Architecture Network's challenge to create a better classroom design that can accommodate the anticipated surge in student numbers worldwide over the next five...
written by: Sarah Rich09.08.09
