The Future of Homebuilding: Home-in-a-box
In this episode of Predicting Our Future, I’ll take you along as I explore the future of homebuilding, speaking with founders of...
Stacked Boxes Form an Experimental Hillside House
Built into a steep slope, this contemporary spec house hopes to raise the bar for hillside development in Los Angeles.
14 Subscription Boxes That Do the Work for You
Whether you’re a hiker, an oenophile, or a beauty enthusiast, there’s a subscription box for you.
Rough and Refined Details Play Nice in This Reimagined Melbourne Victorian
Behind a traditional facade, textured concrete ceilings combine with svelte surfaces for a deliciously moody effect.
Small Box Home With Black Metal Facade in Japan
Drawing on an inherited plot of land, his father’s steel company, and his brother-in-law’s architectural know-how, Motoshi...
Small Space Live/Work Box Home in Japan
This flower shop, art gallery, and home for two looks like the simplest of cubes.
Roll Up Your Sleeves and Build This DIY Office in a Box
You might want to push out those weekend brunch plans—Japanese design firm Nosigner is giving away plans to create a compact...
This Hip Brazilian Loft Keeps the Bedroom in a Nest-Like Box
Created for a design showcase in São Paulo, Loft Ninho is a warm, oak-wrapped space with an en suite bedroom box.
This Sleek Austrian Home Turns Into a Cozy Light Box at Night
Nestled on the edge of a small alpine settlement in Upper Austria, this modern, rectangular home harmonizes with nature on a...
Behold, the Bedroom Box: 10 Small-Space Sleeping Nooks
Feeling the squeeze? These cabinet rooms, storage walls, and sliding doors partition living and sleeping areas while eking out...
A Crafty Remodel Recasts a Dreary Kitchen as an Inviting Jewel Box
A revised layout, smart sight lines, and an earthy palette turn the back of this Australian home into a relaxing hangout spot.
On Mallorca, a Hillside Home Captures Views With Strategically Stacked Boxes
Floor-to-ceiling glass and clever angling allows this coastal home to frame spectacular views.
A New Box Set Captures Harry Bertoia at the Sonambient Barn
Late in life, designer and artist Harry Bertoia built hundreds of sound-making sculptures, clusters of thin metal rods that...
Dwell’s Holiday Gift Guides Are Perfect for Everyone on Your Nice List
We made our lists, and we checked them twice: These are our top presents to give your loved ones this season.
Six Concrete Boxes Make a Jaw-Dropping Martha's Vineyard Home
Despite being set in concrete, an idyllic modular retreat is built to go with the flow.
13 Sophisticated Lunch Boxes for Adults Who Are All Grown Up
Get that back-to-school feeling, without all the homework.
A Giant Golden Cube Hides the Bedroom in This Tiny Jewel Box Apartment
In Greenwich Village, Messana O’Rorke uses a minimalist yet luxe material palette to give a compact studio apartment the illusion...
White Metal Boxes Transform a Madrid Loft Into a “House Within a House”
Inspired by contemporary Japanese architecture, a converted loft in Madrid gains functionality and minimalist charm without...
Twice as Nice
Within the mix of warehouses, detached brick bungalows, and dusty pubs of the Sydney, Australia, suburb of Alexandria, local...
A Jewel Box Floating Home on Seattle’s Lake Union Lists for $3.5M
Vandeventer + Carlander used an inverted floor plan to fit in multiple outdoor spaces and a bedroom overlooking the water’s edge.
Dwell’s Holiday Gift Guides Are a One-Stop Shop for Everyone on Your Nice List
From stocking stuffers to surprises for the one who has it all, these ideas take the headache out of searching for the perfect...
“N” Is for Nice
Sometimes all the numbers don't add up, but at least they can look cool.
Designer Lauren Rottet Thinks Outside the Box to Renovate Her Montauk Retreat
Hexagonal rooms and interior shingles are just part of the charm—and challenge—in this rare home originally designed by...
A Jewel Box Home in Melbourne Gets a Minty-Fresh Kitchen With a Cat Door
Architect Lisa Breeze expands the kitchen of a 1940s residence and includes cool-green cabinets, terrazzo floors, and a...
Before & After: A Light-Catching Glass Box Brightens Up a Tribeca Loft
Interior designer Nina Blair blends Ghanaian and Scandinavian influences in her family’s Tribeca apartment.
Interior Designer Andee Hess’s Gift Guide Has Something for Everyone on Your Nice List
The Portland native suggests quirky gifts by fellow creatives in her hometown, like velvet-and-wool circle pillows or a Bermuda...
This New Shipping Material Is 50% More Efficient Than Cardboard Boxes—and Way Easier
All you really need is a pair of scissors.
Neutra Box
When Hector Perez couldn't find the ideal mailbox to install outside of his Eichler in Oakland, California, he decided to make...
Light Box
For Tad Beck, making a home out of a stolid, windowless warehouse meant opening it up from the inside out.
A Multipurpose Bedroom Box Is This Tiny Apartment’s Genius Solution
Batiik Studio fashions a minimalist black box that integrates the bedroom, bathroom, and storage to save space in this small...
In and Between Boxes by LUKSTUDIO
In and Between Boxes is a minimal space located in Guangzhou, China, designed by LUKSTUDIO.
Designing Inside the Box
Fort Collins-based Otterbox could easily have looked outward to design a new building for the creative teams who develop its...
Tidy Books Box
Conceptualized by a Parisian violin maker and handmade of limewood with a water-based finish, the Tidy Books Box allows kids to...
Think Outside the Box
The final step in the creation of a Good Small Space involves its connection to the 2.5 zillion square feet that exist outside...
Pandora's Strong-Box
It was only a matter of time before the sea-going shipping containers that have entranced the prefab architecture crowd made it...
Tired of the Traditional Christmas Tree? Here Are 15 Festive Alternatives
’Tis the season to think outside the box.

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