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Virtue Street Before and After
Reigo & Bauer's facade makeover for a house in Toronto's West End updated a run-of-the-mill and rundown family home at the end of a cul-de-sac into a modern beacon.
written by: Kelsey Keithphotos by: Ben Rahn / A-Frame Inc05.02.13 -
A Look at Kitchen Renovations
A collection of some of our favorite kitchen renovations from our archives.
written by: Dwell Staff02.01.13 -
Modern Meets Traditional in a Swedish Summer House
On an 18th-century farmstead in rural Sweden, two Copenhagen designers handcraft a summerhouse that seamlessly melds the modern and the traditional.
written by: Lindsay J. Westleyphotos by: Åke E:son Lindman01.25.13 -
A Renovated Flat in Moshe Safdie's Habitat '67
A flat renovated by a pair of fashion insiders breathes new life into architect Moshe Safdie's iconic Habitat '67 building.
written by: Alex Bozikovicphotos by: Alexi Hobbs12.30.12 -
Jens Risom's Block Island Family Retreat
Designer Jens Risom returns to his 1967 prefab off the coast of Rhode Island, readying it for his family's next generation.
written by: Amanda Dameronphotos by: Floto + Warner12.24.12 -
lamesadevenn: Part 6
In this series, trace the story of lamesadevenn, a green live/work space in Santa Fe, New Mexico, created for two community groups, La Mesita and La Resolana. Rather than simply becoming a building...
written by: Seth Biderman12.05.12 -
Building the Pentimento House
David Barragan and Jose Maria Saez call their Pentimento House "an architecture to be naked to connect with its surroundings." Built using a new, Lego-like modular prefab system the two architects...
written by: Diana Budds11.16.12 -
Mini Apartments and Next-Wave Prefab, Part 3
This blog series profiles a new prefab development in San Francisco's SOMA neighborhood—a LEED Platinum-targeted building containing 23 "micro-studios." Built in a California factory in a...
written by: Jaime Gillin10.24.12 -
Mini Apartments and Next-Wave Prefab, Part 1
This seven-part blog series profiles a new prefab development in San Francisco's SOMA neighborhood—a LEED Platinum-targeted building containing 23 "micro-studios". Built in a...
written by: Jaime Gillin10.03.12 -
Santa Cruz Home's 'Bale Raising'
For "Gotta Bale," the Off the Grid story in our October 2012 issue, we visit the Santa Cruz, California, home of college professors Bernie Tershy and Erika Zavaleta. Though there's a lot...
written by: Aaron Britt09.18.12 -
A New Beginning
One family’s effort to “smuggle a modern house into a historic district” in Washington, DC, results in a brightly transformed space made for family life.
written by: Amanda Dameronphotos by: Eli Meir Kaplan09.10.12 -
Renovating the Swan House: Part 3
In this three-part series, expanding on our July/August 2012 "Designers at Home" theme, Los Angeles–based architect Barbara Bestor tracks her hands-on, ten-month renovation of the...
written by: Barbara Bestor07.24.12 -
Renovating the Swan House: Part 2
In this three-part series, expanding on our July/August 2012 "Designers at Home" theme, Los Angeles-based architect Barbara Bestor tracks her hands-on, ten-month renovation of the Swan...
written by: Barbara Bestor07.17.12 -
University Place Apartment
After a young couple purchased an apartment in New York City's Greenwich Village, they turned to Matthew Miller of local firm StudioLAB to rescue its dark, closed-off interiors. The 800-square-foot...
written by: Diana Budds06.07.12 -
Living in Marina del Rey
When Joe Borst saw an affordable bungalow in a Marina del Ray neighborhood filled with either condos or mansions, he knew he found a perfect place for him and his girlfriend Maria Torres to live in...
written by: Carren Jao03.08.12 -
Test Kitchen Before-and-After
In our February 2012 issue we featured the new experimental test kitchen and dining space of Tasting Table, a daily email service that serves up food and drink news from across the country....
written by: Jaime Gillin02.03.12 -
Kimball Art Center Finalists
Last week I was in Park City, Utah, home of the Kimball Art Center. Founded in 1976, and housed in what was once the Kimball Bros. auto garage, the Kimball is a living museum offering the...
written by: Aaron Britt01.25.12 -
Designing the Ruche Sofa
When I was in France earlier this year to report our latest Process story, which appears in our February 2011 issue and online here, I had the opportunity to not only tour Ligne Roset's...
written by: Jaime Gillin01.03.12 -
Building a Prefab House
A highlight of reporting "A Simple Plan," my story about the Marmol Radziner-designed prefab in Ukiah, California (in our December/January 2012 issue, and online here) was sitting down...
written by: Jaime Gillin11.24.11 -
A Zero-Energy Community: Part 5
Project Manager Brad Liljequist chronicles the building of the zHome, a ten-unit townhome in Issaquah, Washington—the first multifamily zero-energy community in the United States. Part 5:...
written by: Brad Liljequist11.16.11 -
lamesadevenn: Part Four
Site in hand, lamesadevenn began developing a design and program that would be cutting-edge and strikingly original—and of questionable feasibility. ...
written by: Seth Biderman11.15.11 -
A Zero-Energy Community: Part 4
Project Manager Brad Liljequist chronicles the building of the zHome, a ten-unit townhome in Issaquah, Washington—the first multifamily zero-energy community in the United States. Part 4: A...
written by: Brad Liljequist10.26.11 -
lamesadevenn: Part Three
A joyous moment: The site that Alba and Lopez discovered, on the developing southside of Santa Fe, offered the space, the views, and a promising pack of neighbors. The land also came with a well,...
written by: Seth Biderman10.06.11 -
Emeryville Renovation: Part 3
In our latest Backstory series, we'll be previewing the loft renovation that is the featured My House in Dwell's November issue—our first-ever online sneak peek. Here, Emeryville, California...
written by: Peter Benoit09.26.11 -
Refurbishing A Lane Coffee Table
I purchased this table months ago from a thrift store in Chicago. It was a mistake. As you can see from the before photo, it's more of a project than it is a table. And I swore to myself I would ...
written by: Katherine Raz09.23.11
