“Design is so simple. That’s why it’s so complicated.” –Paul Rand

10 Tiny Homes You Can Build
With a small budget, an open mind, and perhaps a little help from your friends, there's nothing stopping you from building your...
Design Build: Made
Brian Papa, Oliver Freundlich, and Ben Bischoff met their first year at the Yale School of Architecture, when they found...
Taylor Made
Architect Piers Taylor's renovation of an old gameskeeper's cottage, complete with a castellated roof and sweeping meadow below,...
American Made Design: Moran Woodworked Furniture
A trio of design studios forms a distinctly American picture of modern design: Despite their regional differences, all three...
How This Landscape Design Made a Home as Fun as a Playground
A hillside Virginia home located on a notch between two ridges is fun for the whole family.
Celebrate American Design With 15 Products That Are Made in the USA
One of the best ways to ring in Independence Day is to celebrate makers, artisans, and designers who are producing well-made...
Design Students Build Seven Modern Sheds in Rural Vermont
A chicken coop, a mobile sauna, and a sugar shack are just a few of the "rural interventions" built by architecture students in...
How to Build an Affordable America
There are as many solutions to the country’s housing crisis as there are causes. We need them all.
How to Build a Fire Pit
It’s not summer without a backyard s’mores station.
A London Couple Design and Build the Home of Their Dreams for Less Than $110K
This vibrant remodel of a run-down London home proves that high design can be achieved on a low budget.
How to Build a Floating Shelf
So you can take the perfect shelfie.
Made In: The West
Check out the best products crafted in the West in this installment of our 2019 Made in America series.
How to Build an Outdoor Shower
There's still enough time this summer to do a little DIY and build an outdoor shower in your yard.
Hand-Made Houses
Here at Dwell, we love houses with a good backstory.
How to Build a Floating Home
We spoke with architect Eric Cobb about the process behind building a floating home.
Made In: The Northeast
Check out the best products crafted in the Northeast, part of our 2019 Made in America series.
Made In: The South
Check out the best products crafted in the South, part of our 2019 Made in America series.
Made In: The Midwest
Check out the best products crafted in the Midwest, part of our 2019 Made in America series.
Made In: The Southwest
Check out the best products crafted in the Southwest, part of our 2019 Made in America series.
This Company Can Design, Build, and Deliver a Sustainable Prefab in Just 12 Weeks
Explore Ecospace Studio's modular buildings that serve a variety of valuable purposes.
Five of the Uncountable Contributions Virgil Abloh Made to Architecture and Home Design
Abloh, the Louis Vuitton menswear designer and prolific creative who died last month, applied his architecture training to build...
It Took a Neighborhood to Build This Beachside Bungalow
A California beach community rallies around a well-considered addition to its laid-back streets.
The 33 Hottest Sales to Shop This Fourth of July
The only things more explosive than Fourth of July fireworks are these amazing sales on bedding, mattresses, appliances, home...
It Took a Whole Family to Build This House
In upstate New York, two families unite to design a vacation house that will suit all their needs for years to come.
How to Build an Off-the-Grid Cabin
Suzanne Shelton’s life work is making sustainable lifestyles attractive and accessible.
An Architect Builds a Bunker-Esque Workspace That’s Designed for Future Updates
Architect Mathieu Levesque adds an office to his family’s Brisbane property with plans to renovate when his firm, LADA, grows out...
Made In America: In Plain Sight
Whether you’re taking on a renovation or just tired of the same old walls, U.S.-made window systems, shades, and wallpaper will...
Studio Visit: Hennepin Made
Hennepin Made cofounder Joe Limpert takes us behind the scenes of his creative process.
Made in America: At Your Doorstep
A new generation of companies has turned direct-to-consumer furniture into an outlet for well-made original design.
Made-in-America Design Brand Shinola Launches its First Hotel in Detroit
Luxury watchmaker Shinola ventures into hospitality with a 129-room property that engages with the local community.
The Power of Design
Preview the Editor’s Letter from our January/February issue, written by Dwell founder and CEO Lara Deam.
Visionary Design
Read the Editor’s Letter from our upcoming November/December edition and look for the issue on newsstands in the first week of...
Groundbreaking Design
It has been nearly half a decade, but the Dwell Home II is back! Construction began this winter in the hills outside Los Angeles,...
Design the Future
Read the Editor’s Letter from our upcoming September/October edition and look for the issue on newsstands in the first week of...
Retired Couple Build Modern in Mexico City
A retired couple looking to downsize find the solution right in their backyard.
How to Build a Tiny DIY Trailer On a Budget
A young couple on the move build a small home that will go wherever life takes them.

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