An email is nice and a letter is better, but for those whose epistolary habits begin and end with the postcard, an overlooked...

KieranTimberlake, Lake|Flato, and Bensonwood are harnessing decades of homebuilding experience to offer “no compromise” prefab...

Off the coast of British Columbia—on a site accessible only by boat—a family of Vancouver urbanites commissioned a sustainable...

The well-appointed estate in Tiburon looks out on San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge.

Bivacco Luca Pasqualetti is a cliffside prefab shelter designed to inspire remote alpine explorations and honor a fallen...

Preview the Editor’s Letter from our January/February issue, written by Dwell founder and CEO Lara Deam.

Read the Editor’s Letter from our upcoming November/December edition and look for the issue on newsstands in the first week of...

It has been nearly half a decade, but the Dwell Home II is back! Construction began this winter in the hills outside Los Angeles,...

Read the Editor’s Letter from our upcoming September/October edition and look for the issue on newsstands in the first week of...

At Casa Granja V, a warehouse-inspired exterior gives way to folksy living spaces anchored by a library of 5,000 books.

When a West Vancouver couple called on an architect to build their family home, he delivered—he just had to change the roof first.

Mining inspiration from the mountains of West Texas, two architects burrow a home into the terrain.

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with these forward-thinking designs by Chinese firms.

Camouflaged in a conservative setting, this Melbourne home for a foodie family centers on a spacious kitchen with perforated...

Clean lines aren’t just elegant.

Apart from the structural work and technical fittings, nearly everything was built by hand.

A designer couple build a contemporary retreat inspired by rural fences.

Mill Valley, California, might not be a hotbed of modernism, but it was here, ten years ago, that Dwell came into the world...

In the former Puppeteers’ Quarter of Sintra, Portugal, REDO Architects sets the stage for an enchanting home that blends old and...

Color has a unique way of transforming a space when used creatively to draw attention or capture a mood.

Ondo is a minimal house located in Tokyo, Japan, designed by MAMM DESIGN.

Green design should have won 30 years ago.

The northern Maine hideaway rests on piers above the forest floor and employs broad windows to frame the homeowner’s most prized...

LANZA Atelier’s Forest House is a triumph of artisanal expertise and sensitivity toward nature.

In this episode of Predicting Our Future, I’ll take you along as I explore the future of homebuilding, speaking with founders of...

Architect Rodrigo Simão gets carte blanche to design a home and studio for an empty-nester couple in Petrópolis.

Building forward-looking homes in England’s traditional villages can often prove tricky—but Featherstone Young rose to the...

In downtown Victoria, Superbaba is a Middle Eastern restaurant whose quirky use of color and form keeps a sense of humor.

In the remote San Juan Islands, an artist and an architect collaborate on a modern residence dedicated to creative pursuits.

The founder of Brooklyn catering company Day Into Night tells us why she’s always reaching for her grandmother’s serving spoon.

Prefab builder Pluspuu erects a rustic yet refined retreat an hour’s drive from Helsinki.

A thoroughly modern house in Baton Rouge owes its sleek and sustainable form to its vernacular roots.

Based in Brooklyn, New York, Future Green Studio is cultivating beautiful and sustainable landscapes throughout NYC, one...

Seven landscape architects across the United States explain how they mastermind inspired designs showcasing the best of their...

Even if you're working with a home that's more traditional that you'd like, there's still ways to modernize it without going...

Perfection is boring.