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At Home in the Modern World

2007 Issues

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Homes With History

Mixing Modern With Tradition

June 2007, Vol. 07 Issue 07,

My House

The Raiser's Edge

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Mike McDonald, an Oakland, California–based builder, faced a common problem for Bay Area homeowners: an aesthetically pleasing, historically significant, but structurally shaky Victorian.

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Mid-Century Mash-Up

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Although postwar California modernism is generally associated with Southern California, the Bay Area’s own tradition has begun in recent years to be more widely acknowledged, and its surviving…

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Palace Intrigue

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In the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, architect Rytis Mikulionis spent several years property hunting for his first nesting ground and finally ended up inside a former Soviet army barrack, which was…

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The Italianate Job

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With a little faith and a lot of foresight, Keisha Martin entrusted Laura Briggs and Jonathan Knowles to revitalize a derelict rowhouse, returning it to its original splendor and then some. Martin’s…

Detour

Hecho in Mexico City

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Gallery owner Hilario Galguera escorts us through Mexico City, walking the line of life and death, problem and promise.

Profile

Plain and Sempé

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A maker of unfussy, elegant design objects, Inga Sempé delights in things both great and small—even if she doesn’t own any.

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Dog Beds

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Dear Dwell: Our dog is spending more time in bed than my husband; I think its time to get her one of her own. Can you recommend designs that a pampered pup will enjoy? —Ella Zupen, San…

Off the Grid

The Country's Best Yurt

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Lakes of ink have been spilled over a peculiarly American wanderlust, whether it’s our ancestors’ push westward or our current penchant for cross-country moves at the drop of a…

Dwell Reports

All Aboard!

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While styles, and items in the overhead compartment, may shift, these comely carry-ons will make you feel like a member of the jetset, even on JetBlue.

Outside

Stoked to Soak

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Compelling custom solutions to off-the-shelf problems are often hard to come by. But landscape architects James A. Lord and Roderick Wyllie relished the challenge of making a standard hot tub the…

Nice Modernist

Pooling Our Resources

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After disappearing almost 70 years ago, the New York floating pool is making a comeback.

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Stuck Inside of Somerville

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In the late winter of 2003, I watched out my window as a fuel truck idled below, belching black smoke. A hose, snaking through the frozen grass, stretched from the back of the truck to the side of…

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