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Explore - Preservation
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Preserving the Keokuk Union Depot
Dwell visits Keokuk, Iowa, to check out the winner of our Sub-Zero-sponsored Rethinking Preservation contest—and to learn more about the town, the railroads, and the once modern and bustling depot.
08.10.12 -
Conversations in Context at The Glass House
The Conversations in Context program series offers visitors the opportunity to join a leader in architecture, art, landscape, history or design for an evening tour of The Glass House campus...
09.14.12 -
Ron Tanner: From Animal House to Our House
The San Jose Women’s Club and the San Jose Preservation Action Council of San Jose’s new event "Ron Tanner: From Animal House to Our House" explains the importance of...
06.29.12 -
The Architecture of Public Housing: Preserving a Post-War Legacy
Following World War II, the United States and Europe sought to address the dire need for public and affordable housing through new construction. The post-war decades saw the development of many...
03.05.12 -
Palm Springs Modernism Week 2013
Palm Springs Modernism Week is an 11-day celebration of mid-century modern design, architecture, and culture in Palm Springs, California. This design aesthetic originated in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s...
01.04.12 -
Dan Flavin: Drawing
Best known for his fluorescent light installations, Dan Flavin was also an avid draftsman. This first retrospective of his drawings will include over one hundred sheets representing every phase...
01.01.12 -
House Keeper
Today the Iconic Houses website, a new resource for travelers and fans of 20th-century houses, goes live. With its handy map interface, the site identifies dozens of iconic Modernist houses around...
written by: Jane Szita11.05.12 -
The Artful Dodger
In 50 years, more than 176 million fans have entered the turnstiles at Dodger Stadium, the mid-century modern ballpark nestled in Los Angeles’s Chavez Ravine. Taking a page from stat-happy...
written by: Kevin Roderick10.01.12 -
Restoration Station
A Burnham and Root–designed train depot in small-town Iowa scores a $10,000 preservation grant.
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Drew Kelly09.28.12 -
Family Matters
Charles Gwathmey’s residential masterpiece, a modest but pioneering home for his parents in the Hamptons, looks as fresh today as it did in 1965.
written by: Kelsey Keithphotos by: Norman McGrath09.18.12 -
Refinishing Alvar Aalto's Finnish Pavilion
Alvar Aalto’s Finnish Pavilion for the Venice Biennale, originally designed as a temporary demountable structure, was built in 1956 and stayed solidly in a place for nearly 56 years until...
written by: Linda Taalmanphotos by: Patricia Parinejad09.12.12 -
Design Destination: Columbus, Indiana
Dwell readers and fans of NPR, unite. Public radio stations have been airing a summer travel series from NPR's Arts Desk called "Destination Art" that explores "off the beaten track...
written by: Kelsey Keith08.20.12 -
This Way, Gentlemen
A killer bachelor pad in Hollywood, the manliest chair of the 20th century, and expert advice from a king of interiors: This is our guide to the best in masculine design. Men, you now have no...
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Justin Fantl06.30.12 -
Featured Panel: Historic Restorations
On Saturday, June 23, join our conversation at Dwell on Design about what goes into refreshing icons of mid-century design. Architects Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena of Los Angeles firm ...
written by: Diana Budds06.20.12 -
A John Lautner-Designed Hotel
A major perk of reporting the story "John Lautner's Desert Rose" for our June 2012 issue? Actually spending a night at the Hotel Lautner in Desert Hot Springs, California, which has been...
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Jaime Gillin05.31.12 -
Anti-Demolition Petition in Goshen
It's been well-documented that architect Paul Rudolph's brutalist yet expressive aesthetic hasn't held up well to the whims of fashion. Popular in the 1960s, Rudolph completed a spate of...
written by: Kelsey Keith03.30.12 -
Ralph Walker Renaissance
To Frank Lloyd Wright, Ralph Walker was “the only other honest architect in America,” and to The New York Times, he was the “architect of the century.”* Throughout his...
written by: Alicia Chiu03.27.12 -
Restoring Mies's Villa Tugendhat
Most home renovations don’t require trips to New York’s MoMA to look at original construction plans. But when you are working on one of architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s best...
written by: Jacy Meyerphotos by: David Židlický03.26.12 -
Illuminated Texts
Personally wired by Thomas Edison, J. Pierpont Morgan’s home was the first electrified residence in New York. A recent LED retrofit delivers the library into a new age.
written by: Dwell Staff03.10.12 -
And the Winner of Rethinking Preservation Is...
We received 132 total entries that featured 118 individual landmarks deserving of preserving. We posted the entries for popular vote and watched the votes roll in. With 71,000 total votes it was a...
written by: Ralston O'Neill03.08.12
