Photo of the Week: Floating Concrete Staircase by Architect Arthur Erickson Each week, we tap into Dwell's Instagram community to bring you the most viral design and architecture shots of the week.
Top 5 Homes of the Week With Standout Staircases These staircases are a step above the ordinary.
Top 5 Homes of the Week With Sublime Staircases More than just a way to get from point A to point B,
the stairways in these homes have been upgraded from functional features...
Top 5 Homes of the Week With Spellbinding Staircases These modern staircases are a step above the rest.
Top 5 Homes of the Week With Scintillating Staircases Spiral, jagged, wooden, metal—these modern staircases are a step above the rest.
Top 5 Homes of the Week With Stellar Staircases These staircases from the Dwell community are next-level.
Top 5 Homes of the Week With Captivating Staircases Scaling these exceptional staircases is the perfect way to meet your 10,000 steps-a-day goal.
Before & After: A Resuscitated Row House in Philadelphia Seeks $825K After gut-renovating a 1918 row home in Center City, a husband-and-wife design team place it on the market.
A Marin County Eichler With a Matching Backyard Studio Just Listed For $1.3M Just think what you could do with a 120-square-foot studio in your backyard.
Before & After: A Remodeled L.A. Home Dazzles With Fresh Materials and Color Veneer Designs brings a “blank ’90s box” into the 21st century.
The Rise of the Kidney-Shaped Pool—and Its Unexpected Impact on Skate Culture Who knew Southern Californian skaters owed so much to Alvar Aalto?
In San Francisco, a Developer Proposes Packing People into Underground Pods The 50-square-foot subterranean sleeping pods are expected to rent for $1,000 to $1,375 a month.
San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid Is For Sale—For the First Time Ever The landmark structure—bundled with two adjacent buildings—is on the market for an estimated $600 million.
In Vancouver, a Cedar-Clad Masterwork by Arthur Erickson Asks $3.8M Lifted on stilts above a steep site, the sharp-cornered Catton House recalls the form of a spaceship.
Top 5 Homes of the Week That Rock Their Concrete Features The industrial material of choice is making its rounds in the residential realm.
Top 5 Homes of the Week That Champion Concrete Design These modern concrete homes rock their features with elegance.
This Double-Height Apartment in
Barcelona Features Historic Details and a Floating Staircase Two formerly separate levels are linked and combined into a double-height volume in this 1,464-square-foot apartment in...
9 Small Spaces With Color From city apartments to vacation rentals and boutique hotels, a daring and creative use of colorful paint, textiles, and other...
Design or Remodel Your Modern Home With the Help of Dwell Photos Here at Dwell, we believe that “a picture is worth a thousand words,” and when it comes to designing or renovating your home, the...
An Architect’s Bright and Airy Family Home Thrives Within a Brutalist Concrete Structure At the family home of an Israeli architect, modern and light-filled interiors enliven a brutalist, raw concrete structure.
14 Architectural Gingerbread Houses That Are Definitely Not Cookie Cutter These tasty and tasteful gingerbread houses and campers take cues from the best in iconic architecture and design.
A Usonian Masterpiece by Frank Lloyd Wright Is on the Market For $1.5M One of Wright's Usonian homes in New York hits the market for the first time in 20 years.
How to Build a Floating Home We spoke with architect Eric Cobb about the process behind building a floating home.
7 Modern Architects at Home We take a look back at Salone del Mobile's 2014 special exhibition—Where Architects Live—with a sneak peek into the personal...
10 Dazzling Modern Staircases Follow us step-by-step to 10 astounding modern staircases.
Before & After: Twinning Homes in Melbourne Go From Ramshackle to Ravishing Mairead Murphy of Maike Design renovates two matching houses on the same block in Brunswick East, imbuing each with its own...
15 Brilliant Designs That Work Around Nature Instead of chopping down trees or cutting branches, many architects have come up with smart design solutions to avoid disturbing...
This Sculptural Staircase Shapes an Entire Home How is a 921-square-foot, 44-level house possible? Witness Tokyo architect Akihisa Hirata’s mind-bending, shape-shifting...
An Architect’s Remembrance of the Great Ray Kappe Architect William Hogan recounts the stroke of luck that introduced him to Ray Kappe, and the profound influence Kappe would have...
A Modern Concrete Home in Peru Behind a traditional colonial in Lima, an angular house attuned to its site takes shape.
9 Best Modern Staircase Designs While staircases are functional by nature, many architects use them as an opportunity to introduce a graphic design statement to...
A Concrete Hideaway in the Italian Countryside An Italian architecture studio offers an updated take on the vacation cabin.
Photo of the Week: A Peek Into a Living, Breathing Staircase Each week, we tap into Dwell's Instagram community to bring you the most viral design and architecture shots of the week.
Modern Concrete Getaway in Paradise You might think a Brutalist-style concrete structure would be out of place in a lush, beach-resort island like Vieques.
The Architect Next Door In Halifax, Canada, this modern multi-use residence by Susan Fitzgerald Architecture fosters a sense of community through living,...
This Architect’s Tiny Studio Is the Ultimate Backyard Workspace Nestled in the backyard of a Toronto home, this architect’s self-designed work studio is an experiment gone right.