Explore - Live/Work

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   House Tours

   Undivided Intentions

   The late architect David Boone was always one to take his work home with him—he just kept it in the home’s office. The new residents of his 1972 house embrace a more fluid approach to...

   written by: William Bostwick

   photos by: Noah Webb

   10.18.10

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   Finishing Touch

   Hobby House

   Retirement often offers couples more time together, but when René Menten and Mikey Bienkens left the working world, they built a house that emphasized their individual activities. The...

   written by: Miyoko Ohtake

   photos by: Tim Van de Velde

   08.05.10

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   Travel Reports

   Artist Kii Arens: Live/Work Studio

   While researching affordable Pop Art for Dwell last month I came across the art of Kii Arens. He designs the posters for the shows at The Hollywood Bowl and I was smitten by the images he created...

   written by: Bradford Shellhammer

   photos by: Bradford Shellhammer

   04.27.10

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   My House

   Village People

   Amidst the pedestrian-friendly maze of leafy streets in New York City’s West Village, LOT-EK, a firm whose designs focus on the creative reuse of industrial materials, inserted a gut...

   written by: Geoff Manaugh

   photos by: Dean Kaufman

   03.05.10

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   House Tours

   Engraved House

   As artist Christopher Griffin and aesthetician Oresta Korbutiak prepared to renovate their live-work space in Ottawa, the couple sought an architect who would respect the bones of the building, the...

   written by: Erika Heet

   11.11.09

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   Design 101

   A Tale of Two Houses

   When Ulrich Fleischmann approached architect Maki Kuwayama, of Unit A Architecture in Stuttgart, Germany, to design a home and office space, he was looking for a deal. Fleischmann wanted two houses...

   written by: Deborah Bishop

   02.01.09

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   House Tours

   Houston, TX

   In Houston, where bigger means better and suburbanites in SUVs dominate the highways, architects Dawn Finley and Mark Wamble are anomalies: Their domestic lives fit into 1,200 square feet, and...

   written by: Georgina Gustin

   photos by: Daniel Hennessy

   01.16.09

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