Dwell.com Renovates—February 2007

Hello!
It's a big day over here at dwell.com. With the release of the first video in our Building Green in Harlem series, a podcast on the growing green movement, and an expanding network of design enthusiasts at Dwell Connect, we are excited to offer more inspiration, more resources, and more chances to interact with our community.

Here are a few of my favorite (new) things:

Press Play
The inaugural series of Dwell Video chronicles the Dwell-inspired renovation of a townhouse in New York. Building Green in Harlem, a 10-segment series follows, husband and wife actors David Basche and Alysia Reiner as they live through the realities of making their first home their own.

Hear It Here
Listen to leading voices in modern design and architecture in conversation with Frances Anderton, Dwell Los Angeles editor and host of KCRW’s DnA: Design and Architecture. Longtime sustainability advocate Jennifer Roberts discusses the growing green movement, and contributing editor Mark Kristal discusses Philip Johnson and the Glass House.

Come visit soon,
Christina Amini
Online Editor, Dwell

Assistant Editor Christopher Bright, on Transportation:
For me, traveling is usually a pleasure, especially when it’s on the company dollar. So it was with great anticipation that I prepared for my most recent trip to the International Consumer Electronics Show in the homey little town of Las Vegas, NV. Flight arrangements came easily, but only after nine phone calls to various hotels did I find a place to rest my weary head after the full days of power walking and technical jargon ahead. I steeled myself for the onslaught of unwashed masses and overstimulated gaming enthusiasts. What I wasn’t ready for was the small matter of getting there.
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