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A Mies van der Rohe-Inspired Cottage in Johannesburg
A floating wall on a Johannesburg cottage draws inspiration from local mining moguls and Mies van der Rohe.
written by: Olivia Martin04.10.13 -
Top Drawer
Residents of this contemporary home in Koriyama, Japan, squeeze out every cubic inch of storage, courtesy of a centuries-old design concept.
written by: Winifred Bird11.26.12 -
Hide and Eat
In Manhattan, where space is the ultimate luxury, a clever design workaround makes a dining table disappear after supper.
written by: Jordan Kushins02.28.12 -
Lighting Up
A dim Toronto Tudor gets an airy new look, thanks to a top-level remodel and some bright ideas.
written by: Alex Bozikovic01.25.12 -
Shedded Bliss
A prefabricated shed sited on a Finnish island provides a perfect summer getaway.
written by: Jordan Kushinsphotos by: Arsi Ikäheimonen12.19.11 -
Social Heat
What’s the best way to warm a small studio? Ekaterina Voronova opted for a compact wood-burning stove to keep her space cozy.
written by: Jordan Kushins11.11.11 -
Rainbow House in Action
One of the more colorful architectural details we've run lately is that multi-hued staricase that gets the full-page treatment in Rainbow Flight by Jordan Kushins, the Finishing Touch in our July...
written by: Aaron Britt07.21.11 -
Sublime in the Coconuts
It’s hard to believe that this idyllic house sited in a coastal coconut grove in Nandgaon, India, is a mere hour’s drive from bustling Mumbai.
written by: Jordan Kushins06.07.11 -
A View To A Hill
Seven floors up, in an unassuming office building just shy of Chinatown, Dwell's San Francisco headquarters look out over the city we are happy to call home. Though the notorious fog drifts by on...
written by: Jordan Kushinsphotos by: Peter Belanger05.07.11 -
Take Five
The Miner and a Major is an experiment in communal living and fantastical form. A New York story of creativity born from hardscrabble circumstance, the project grew out of the joint imagination of...
written by: Mimi Zeigerphotos by: Spencer Lowell02.24.11 -
Hot Studs
The recent history of Janna Stark's San Francisco flat, located in an 1890's Victorian house, is literally burned into the wall.
written by: Lydia Leephotos by: Laura Flippen01.18.11 -
Brighten the Corners
When Jeff Taylor and Alex Miller designed the Pull House in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, they took “form follows function” one step further: Form describes function.
written by: Miyoko Ohtakephotos by: Gregory Cherin12.01.10 -
Pulltab's Mini Vertical Garden
Enlisted to renovate an apartment in Manhattan's East Village, architects Melissa Baker and Jon Handley, partners at the firm pulltab design, took inspiration from the city's plethora of...
written by: Jaime Gillin11.23.10 -
Magnetic Walls, and Storage Made Sexy
When architects Hayes and James Slade of Slade Architecture renovated a three-story brownstone in Brooklyn for Ricky Kenig, the owner of the New York City's ubiquitous Ricky's NYC stores, and his...
written by: Jaime Gillin11.17.10 -
Sands Castle
Jeff and Larissa Sand cut their commute down to a few flights of stairs when they moved their industrial design studio, architecture office, and metalwork shop into the first two floors of their...
written by: Deborah Bishopphotos by: Justin Fantl10.18.10 -
Reflects Well
“The first floor was about making something warm and woody that would blend into the natural environment,” architect Stephen Chung says of his Wayland, Massachusetts, home. &ldquo...
written by: Jordan Kushinsphotos by: Eirik Johnson10.18.10 -
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 Ohtakephotos by: Tim Van de Velde08.05.10 -
Flemish Farmhouse Kitchen
For this farmhouse in the Flemish town of Outgaarden, the Belgian architects 51N4E were charged with designing a new kitchen and adjacent storage space. They decided to split their allotted budget...
written by: Jaime Gillin08.02.10 -
Met Life
Climate-controlled high-rises make sense when the changing seasons bring extreme temperature shifts, but in Bangkok, year-round hot and humid days blend into similarly sultry nights. Enter the Met,...
written by: Jordan Kushinsphotos by: Tim Griffith06.09.10 -
Hide and Sleep
With the classic Murphy bed as muse, Japanese architect Toshihiko Suzuki transformed a standard Airstream into a versatile small wonder.
written by: Miyoko Ohtake04.06.10
