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Dwell Around the World
As we began dispersing for the holidays—heading our separate ways to SoCal and all the way to the Carribean—we take a look back at the best of what we saw worldwide in 2010.
written by: Miyoko Ohtake12.28.10 -
Academy Rewards
A pair of photographers employed a pair of architects (they're all buddies) to transform an aging schoolhouse into a modern marvel.
written by: David Hay12.23.10 -
Cool Chicken House
Who doesn't love a chicken run? This cool coop is by David Rosen, an Associate Producer at CBS News in New York. His goal, in addition to sheltering four egg-laying hens, was to design a...
written by: Jaime Gillin12.23.10 -
8 Exhibits to See Over the Holidays
With a few days off and some time to travel, now is your chance to catch new shows as well as the tail ends of the exhibitions you've been meaning to make it to. We've rounded up 8 must-see...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake12.22.10 -
Sneak Peek: Hyperlinks at AIC
In the new exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago titled Hyperlinks: Architecture and Design, AIC curator Zoe Ryan and collaborator Joseph Rosa, director of the University of Michigan Museum of...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake12.20.10 -
Garden Statement
On a once-vacant corner lot in a transitional Jersey City neighborhood, a pair of local architects devised a clever prefab for a resourceful client.
written by: William Lambphotos by: Samantha Contis12.19.10 -
Braided Rag Vessels
Ever since I got my hands on a copy of Meg Mateo Ilasco's latest book, Crafting a Meaningful Home, I've been flipping through trying to decide what to start working on first. Calling upon creative...
written by: Jordan Kushins12.16.10 -
Designs on Film by Cathy Whitlock
Newly released by Harper Collins, Designs on Film: A Century of Hollywod Art Direction is a compendium of images celebrating iconic interiors and architecture. Interior designer and...
written by: Amanda Dameron12.13.10 -
Introducing Home Work
Hello, friends! Welcome to Home Work, a new column on dwell.com. We’ll be visiting artists, designers, and creatives you know and love and introducing you to some whom you haven’t yet...
written by: Jordan Kushins12.10.10 -
Techbuilt House
The first residence built in Tuxedo Park, New York, after World War II wasn’t one of the Shingle-style mansions that proliferated there after the tycoon Pierre Lorillard IV developed the...
written by: Marc Kristalphotos by: Carl Bellavia12.08.10 -
Resnick Pavilion at LACMA
I was down in Los Angeles at the end of last week and between visiting clients, attending the Divine Design benefit, and generally sitting in traffic, it was a miracle I got a minute to...
written by: Aaron Britt12.08.10 -
Mexico City: Day 4
My fourth and final day in Mexico City was a real treat: the perfect blend of making a few new friends and finally clapping eyes on a building that feels like an old pal. I met up with graphic...
written by: Aaron Britt12.07.10 -
Roche Bobois Celebrates 50 Years
French luxury furniture retailer Roche Bobois turned 50 this year, celebrating this milestone with a retrospective at their Madison Avenue showroom. Evident through the timeline of chairs, sofas,...
written by: Diana Budds12.06.10 -
Salvaged Jungle Kitchen
In the jungles of Maui, artist and builder Tom Sewell has built his own oasis. Using discarded materials from the Hawaiian island's sugar mills, he's created his own home and outbuildings as well...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake12.06.10 -
Adventures in Oz
Having admired a project by Shane Blue of Bourne + Blue Architecture in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, James and Sue O’Sullivan asked the architect to help them create a beachside...
written by: Erika Heetphotos by: Simon Whitbread12.06.10 -
L.A. Creamery
Former pastry chef Jessica Goryl, who learned to make ice cream while working at a steakhouse, has just opened L.A. Creamery, which offers two dozen homemade flavors each day, churned onsite in a...
written by: Erika Heetphotos by: Erika Heet12.02.10 -
House, Rotated: Prototype 180
On November 11, 2010, New York artist Mary Ellen Carroll rotated a single-family home in Houston’s aging first-ring suburb, Sharpstown, a neighborhood characterized by rows of post-WWII...
written by: Michelle Whitephotos by: Kenny Trice12.02.10 -
The Chatwal Hotel
The prevailing approach to landmark preservation in New York tends to be either/or—i.e., if it’s not worthy of embalming, knock it down—which has deprived the city of many fine...
written by: Marc Kristal12.02.10 -
Mexico City: Day 3
My third day of Mexico City design tourism was one fraught with camera woes. Not only did many of the photos I took on my daylong wander not come through a vexing download (goodbye morning...
written by: Aaron Britt12.01.10 -
In and Around Reykjavik, Iceland
Iceland seems more remote than the four-and-a-half-hour flight from Boston feels. But Reykjavik, a city closer to Boston than San Francisco, is a world apart. The prime minister is in the phonebook...
written by: Chelsea Holden Baker11.30.10 -
Mexico City: Day 2
My second day of design tourism in Mexico City was as good as the first, in no small part because I had what may have been the best meal of my life at the restaurant Pujol. Chef Enrique Olvera...
written by: Aaron Britt11.29.10 -
Singapore Apartment Renovation
Paul and Elsa Seah, a lawyer and high school teacher living in Singapore, turned a 925-square-foot government housing flat—complete with bomb shelter—into a sleek but cozy home. The...
written by: Margot Dougherty11.28.10 -
Outside the Box: Cardboard Design
Cardboard has fully wiggled out of its boxy stereotype (Frank Gehry's 1971 Wiggle Chair is early evidence) and today plays a role in everything from packaging and product design to furniture and...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake11.25.10 -
NC Museum of Art Expansion
The North Carolina Museum of Art recently unveiled a new building to house its permanent collection: a 127,000-square-foot, light-filled structure designed by New York-based architects Thomas...
written by: Jaime Gillin11.24.10 -
Design Within Reach Spring Picks
This week Design Within Reach previewed their Spring 2011 collection where I got a sneek peek of some of their new products and furnishings. A current running throughout much of the furniture was...
written by: Diana Budds11.24.10
