Design and architecture inspiration for modern homes from Dwell.

At Home in the Modern World

2011 Issues

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Smaller & Smarter

Great Designs that Do More with Less

November 2011, Vol. 12 Issue 01,

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Conversation

Street Smart

mindful gaze illustrative portrait

Pursuing his passion for painting gave Fabian Debora a means to transcend his troubled past.

101

101 Renting

renting 101 an introduction to renting illustration

The American Dream, some say, is all about owning a home. Here's how you can live the dream without the picket fence or the mortgage.

In The Modern World

Walk This Way

elephant path pedestrian landscape

No path? No problem. The desire lines in this Dutch photo essay prove that people are quite comfortable going their own way.

Finishing Touch

Social Heat

photoSquare

What’s the best way to warm a small studio? Ekaterina Voronova opted for a compact wood-burning stove to keep her space cozy.

Dwellings

Tunnel Vision

painted tunnel kitchen dining room

To maximize every square inch in this Manhattan apartment, LOT-EK knocked down walls, added dozens of recycled doors, and built in a bevy of secret compartments.

Square Meal

Reign of Terroir

winery headquarters courtyard exterior

Nestled in the small village of Tadten, Austria, the Erich Sattler Winery takes advantage of the soil’s temperature and sun’s trajectory to create the ideal environment for producing…

Houses We Love

Row House

photoSquare

With a modernist palette of concrete, glass, and steel, Ziger/Snead Architects constructed an ode to rowing in rural Virginia.

Dwellings

Level Headed

custom floating shelves in kitchen

To convert a musty mid-century house with a nonsensical floor plan into a modern and space-efficient family home, three intrepid designers played a bit of architectural Tetris.

Houses We Love

Float On

modern floating home with cedar cladding in seattle washington

A once-plain floating home on Seattle’s Portage Bay receives a much-needed renovation ten years in the making.

My House

Clad Romance

modern wooden storage box unit

Persistence paid off for this Cali­fornia couple who worked overtime for two years to tackle their all-in-one loft renovation.

Dwell Reports

Top Shelf

modern wall shelf storage solutions

Bar the bookcase and forswear the end table; a striking wall shelf may be all you need to refresh a sagging interior.

Outside

From Torrent to Current

infrastructure impact on social landscapes

In her book Du Torrent au Courant, des Barrages et des Hommes en Savoie (From Torrent to Current: Dam and Man in Savoy), photographer Céline Clanet documents the infrastructure of hydropower…

Dwellings

All We Need

residential urban wooden box harpoon house

This pair of handy Portlanders doesn’t crave any more of Oregon’s territory than what’s taken up by their 704-square-foot home, hard-working garden, and smartly designed outdoor…

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