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Latest Slideshows
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7 Innovative Rooftops
In an era of sustainability, nothing should go to waste, and a roof should be no exception. We take a look at seven innovative rooftops where lush gardens and garden parties alike can thrive.
written by: Victoria Nguyen05.13.13 -
Dwell Green Gift Guide: Part Two
From a geometric container-housed candle to portable planters, take a look at the next accompaniment to yesterday's offering of green design-minded gifts.
04.24.13 -
Dwell Green Gift Guide: Part One
Mother Nature and green design enthusiasts, rejoice! April is Earth Month! From stylish, reusable food wrappings to non-toxic nail polishes, peep through to see our top green design picks. And stay...
04.23.13 -
Product Spotlight: Carpet of Life
Using authentic crafting techniques handed down through generations, women from rural villages in the oasis of M’hamid El Ghizlane in the Sahara Desert transform cast-off textiles and donated...
written by: Abigail Doan04.16.13 -
Product Spotlight: Wooden Toys by Twig Creative
For the budding photographer not yet familiar with apertures, shutters, and ISO speeds, look no further than these wooden toy cameras designed and handcrafted by Twig Creative. The Salt Lake City,...
written by: Eujin Rhee03.28.13 -
Day of the Living Wall
Why limit our oxygen-releasing flora friends to the indoors when you can flank them on buildings of all proportions, thanks to the highly-skilled hands of a botanist? Take a step outside to see six...
written by: Eujin Rhee03.25.13 -
Organic Living
As we previously explored in Modern Gables, these five homes provide a well needed break from the hustle and bustle of city life. Take a closer look at these strikingly innovative barn residences.
written by: Jami Smith03.22.13 -
Bring in the Green
The Pantone color for 2013 may be emerald, but we are excited about another continuing trend in a different shade of green: The living wall. Also known as green walls or vertical gardens, these...
written by: Megan Hamaker02.28.13 -
An Eichler-Inspired Modular Home in California
With a sleek prototype in Emeryville, California, under its belt, Simpatico Homes sets out to redefine prefab's cost—and footprint.
written by: Joanne Furiophotos by: Jake Stangel12.22.12 -
A New Kind of Hardware Store: TreeHouse
After the Dwell prefab popup party at SXSW Eco this past October, we spent the next Saturday checking out a number of modern homes and happenings around Austin, where we stumbled with delight...
written by: Sara Ost12.07.12 -
The Life Aquatic
Aquaponics, currently receiving funding on Kickstarter, looks to combine a fish tank and a sustainable garden all-in-one.
written by: Skylar Bergl11.26.12 -
Highlights from Greenbuild 2012
Greenbuild is charging full steam ahead at the Moscone Center in Dwell's home town of San Francisco. From November 11–16, an estimated 35,000 people will trawl the show floors, seeking the...
written by: Diana Budds11.15.12 -
Materials and Innovation at BIO 23 Ljubljana
The BIO biennial in Ljubljana has been highlighting contemporary trends in international design for close to fifty years now, but not everyone on the global circuit might be aware of the diverse...
written by: Abigail Doan10.30.12 -
An Innovative Air Purifier
An ingenious filtration system keeps air clean through a set of cell-like modules and a network of tubes that harnesses the organic technology of plants.
written by: Skylar Bergl10.12.12 -
Dwell Party Highlights: Celebrating Prefab Design at SXSW Eco
What better place for Dwell to host our SXSW Eco party than a prefab pop up at the design complex of the woman who founded the Austin Modern Home Tour? Go behind the scenes in our story and...
written by: Addie Broyles10.10.12 -
Into the Great Wide Open
For this rural Ontario home, building sustainably was less about high-tech gizmos than learning to truly love the land.
written by: Alex Bozikovicphotos by: Derek Shapton10.08.12 -
Six Upcycled Design Picks
Upcycled and reclaimed products are losing their stigma as burlap sack and bottle top creations. Slowly but surely, they are infusing the design world with sharp ideas and a feel-good ethos. Here...
written by: Olivia Martin09.24.12 -
Gotta Bale
How an unfussy, nearly zero-energy family home in Santa Cruz, California, wound up with hay bales in the walls, a state-of-the-art heat pump system, and six very happy residents.
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Gabriela Hasbun09.17.12 -
Passive Progressive
Among the first Passive Houses in France, this bamboo-clad farmhouse by the Parisian firm Karawitz Architecture brings a bit of green to tiny Bessancourt.
written by: Anne Stark Ditmeyerphotos by: Nicholas Calcott08.18.12 -
Highlights from Dwell on Design 2012
You may have already spied our show floor recaps of Modern Lifestyle, Furniture and Accessories, Kitchen and Bath, and perennial favorite Dwell Outdoor, but here we share our greatest hits...
written by: Diana Budds06.27.12 -
Top Ten Green Projects of 2012
On April 19th, AIA’s Committee on the Environment (COTE) announced the COTE Top Ten Green Project Awards: their selection of the most sustainable buildings across the country. COTE advocates...
written by: Olivia Martin05.02.12 -
E+ for Effort
The E+ Green Home, a concept house located an hour outside Seoul, not only points the way to a greener South Korea, it may well be the most sustainable house in the country.
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Sergio Pirrone03.25.12 -
Grateful Shed
A family discovers the joys of DIY design—and muddy feet—in their home made up of distinct pods that blends harmoniously with its surroundings in the rainy mountains of Kauai.
written by: Erika Heetphotos by: Linny Morris03.12.12 -
A Sweetheart Deal
Decades after they met as teenagers on a Montauk beach, Manhattanites Victoria and Greg Pryor returned to Long Island to build a sustainable second home together.
written by: William Lambphotos by: Ty Cole12.14.11 -
Henry Wilson's "Things Revisited"
When Australian designer Henry Wilson moved to the Netherlands to study for a Masters Degree at the Design Academy Eindhoven, he says he experienced a "philosophical shift away from the...
written by: Jaime Gillin09.30.11
