This week, another piece in the ongoing expansion/renovation of the formerly dated and dreary Los Angeles County Museum of Art...

The benefits of using local stone in a building's structure are multifold.

The city's new green building legislation will result in the equivalent of taking more than one million cars off the road by 2030.

In Seattle, where others saw only a severe slope and lack of municipal hookups, one couple spotted their ticket to their dream...

A Brooklyn architect shows what a little elbow grease, a healthy dose of naïveté, and a decade can accomplish.

Cement tiles, terrazzo, and exposed shiplap boards are just a few traditional building materials that are experiencing a...

A forward-thinking architectural practice partners with a premier property guardian to create a concept for high-quality housing...

Uni, an international group of designers in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is riding out a self-professed renovation high that never...

“The Touch​” shows that great design is not just visually appealing—it engages all of the human senses.

While the Trump Administration is poised to mandate neoclassical architecture, France is building for a sustainable future.

Located in Tribeca, this residential development consists of a complete renovation and new construction—both concealed behind one...

With sensitivity to local building typologies, fresh construction finds a place in Amsterdam.

At the end of 2000, Tryggvi Thorsteinsson and Erla Dögg Ingjaldsdóttir, Icelandic natives and partners in the Santa Monica–based...

Behind the Dwell Magazine Redesign

Fifteen minutes from downtown Seattle, architects Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo transformed the neighborhood dump—a lot that had...

As New Orleans struggles to get back on its feet, one architect learns from the past while building for the future.

We asked five households that recently switched Los Angeles neighborhoods what they had in mind when picking a new place to live.

Architecture is the latest field to feel the double-edged sword of computerization.

A family of four makes a piece of New York history home.

The return of summer barbecues and back porch hangouts means that outdoor living spaces are again enjoying heavy foot traffic.

Icon’s House Zero has a low-waste, biophilic design by Lake|Flato that riffs on the form of classic ranch homes.

From a sleek A-frame cabin to a futuristic apartment building at New York’s High Line, these buildings are the year’s most...

Seeking a way to blend architecture into the natural environment, a pair of Ecuador-based designers invents a new modular...

Martha Thorne, executive director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, selects the most groundbreaking structures of the last...

From underwater restaurants to modest single-family homes, these are the biggest hits of 2019 according to ArchDaily.

From the neighborhood bodega to a dilapidated motorcycle shop, these once disused buildings were given a new life, thanks to...

A major market for our furniture, and the headquarters of some of our most important designers, Manhattan has long been Herman...

We’re excited to reveal a new way to shop products on Dwell, and it all starts with the new “Products” tab.

It was no exodus, of course, but when Kathleen Triem quit her job at a Manhattan design firm in July 1996, her associates were...

When Cecilia Tham and Yoel Karaso of Habitan Architects bought their first-floor apartment in an 1894 block of the Fort Pienc...

A two-story dwelling on an infill lot, the residence blends into the neighborhood with the help of cedar cladding, pitched roof...

Known for his stripped-back approach to home design, RIBA award-winning architect Piers Taylor focuses more on light and space...

Regularly cited as the father of "high-tech" buildings, Pritzker Prize-winning Italian architect Renzo Piano's designs showcase...

Frank Gehry's recognizable designs are often cited as being among the most important works of contemporary architecture.

Described as a "cultural shed for New York," The Shed is an expandable multi-use cultural venue designed by the NYC-based firm,...

The Bauhaus designer’s modern vision helped post-war American building see the future.