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'Design through the Ages' Kicks off City Modern
City Modern—Dwell and New York Magazine's collaborative week-long collection of talks, studio and home tours showcasing New York architecture and design—began Monday evening with the...
written by: Sara Dierckphotos by: Sara Dierck10.02.12 -
'Moving Meshes' at Domaine de Boisbuchet
Mesh and wireframe structures might typically be reserved for the architectural design realm, but Dutch designer Maria Blaisse aims to expand the rules of textiles and flexible materials with her...
written by: Abigail Doan09.06.12 -
10 Amazing Examples of Shipping Container Architecture
If you caught our recent round up of shipping container homes, you know there's no shortage of innovative adaptations to the boxy cargo pieces. We can't get enough of them, either, and here we...
written by: Diana Budds11.30.12 -
10 Design Tumblrs We Love
Spend blissful hours recharging your creative battery with these ten Tumblrs we've put together to make you feel inspired, keep you up-to-date, and occasionally say...WTF.
written by: Olivia Martin12.14.12 -
10 Diagrams that Changed City Planning
From now until February 15, SPUR in San Francisco is holding a rather interesting exhibition on the charts, diagrams, and visualizations that have changed the face of urban planning. From Ebenezer...
written by: Aaron Britt11.16.12 -
10 Modern Hotels Across the USA
From the high-drama NoMad in New York City to a revived mid-century gem in Desert Hot Springs, California, we've pulled together a selection of our favorite American hotels featuring modern...
written by: Sara Ost09.27.12 -
10 New Releases from Alessi
For the fall and winter 2012 collection, Italian design company Alessi has launched quite a few handsome products ranging from cookware to servingware to furniture. This season reflects a few very...
written by: Diana Budds09.12.12 -
10 Smart Small Spaces
The ingenuity of architects and design-minded residents is often best showcased in designs for homes with less than ample square footage. These spatial savants found clever ways to circumvent ...
written by: Jordan Plaut08.10.12 -
10 Tiny Houses We Love
We've dedicated the pages in our November 2012 issue to living large in small spaces, whether they're 235, 900, or 2,000 square feet. But there's more! The Dwell archive features scores of small...
written by: Diana Budds10.05.12 -
11 Bright Ideas in Lighting Design
No need to be lost in the dark when it comes to contemporary lighting—Dwell + AHAlife's latest curation is composed of 11 of our favorite pieces. From futuristic table lamps to a modern...
written by: Victoria Nguyen10.26.12 -
12 Beautiful Bedrooms
A holding cell for clutter, a landing pad for laundry. Why is the bedroom so often an afterthought? Nowhere is modernism a more welcome aesthetic antidote than in the bedroom, where a dose of...
written by: Sara Ost12.13.12 -
131-Day House
Architect Jayna Cooper had never designed a house before, much less played general contractor, when she broke ground on her new home in the middle of Los Angeles in 2009. After a grueling four...
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Mikey Tnasuttimonkol07.11.12 -
20 Modern Home Facades
While we can all heed that age-old axiom, "Never judge a book by its cover," we're swooning over the façades of these homes. Whether your design curiosity is piqued by the sight of a cozy...
written by: Sara Ost11.28.12 -
20 Modern Kitchens We Love
From an inviting kitchen in a charmingly renovated cypress clad home to a hand-hewn elm galley atop a houseboat to a peek at the glossy blue cabinets inside the iconic Miller House, these kitchens...
written by: Sara Ost12.05.12 -
2012 Dwell on Design Award Winners
This year's Dwell on Design exhibitors presented an impressive array of goods ranging from kitchen and bath, furniture and accessories, outdoor, and lighting products. In the following slideshow we...
written by: Diana Buddsphotos by: Alejandro Chavetta06.23.12 -
7 Airstreams We Love
In our September 2012 "Open House" issue, we covered the renovated airstream of Austin, Texas's Stubb's. With the help of designer Burton Baldridge, the renowned concert venue...
written by: Diana Budds08.21.12 -
7 Bath Products We Love
Every room in a home should reflect those living in it, and the bathroom is no exception. To create a space that would make modern design enthusiasts swoon, we've selected seven of our...
written by: Victoria Nguyen10.10.12 -
7 Clever Loft Spaces for Small Places
Crunched for space, the residents of these homes—mostly under 1,000 square feet—have the same ideas: look upward and compartmentalize. Lofted sleeping areas, closets, and reading nooks...
written by: Diana Budds09.15.12 -
7 London Houses We Love
Friday marked the start of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. In celebration of the city's finest works of residential design, we've collected seven homes—including one by...
written by: Diana Budds07.27.12 -
7 Outdoor Design Ideas
For some, the Great Outdoors might mean rugged mountains, untrammeled forests, or wide-open plains. The residents of these seven homes managed to carve out their own great outdoor retreats—a...
written by: Diana Budds11.03.12 -
7 Tremendous Tree Houses
Symbolic of both blissful childhood and the threshold between humanity and nature, tree houses hold a unique position in the world of modern architecture and design. We take a look at some of the...
written by: Jordan Plaut07.12.12 -
A John Lautner-Designed Hotel
A major perk of reporting the story "John Lautner's Desert Rose" for our June 2012 issue? Actually spending a night at the Hotel Lautner in Desert Hot Springs, California, which has been...
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Jaime Gillin05.31.12 -
A Lakeside Prefab in New Jersey
A New Zealand expat and her son use their prefabricated lakeside New Jersey retreat as an outdoorsy counterpoint to city life.
written by: Kelsey Keithphotos by: Mark Mahaney12.20.12 -
A Little Bit Country
Thanks to Matthew Hufft, their envelope-pushing architect and longtime friend, Hannah and Paul Catlett have a new home in southwestern Missouri that’s a fresh, unconventional take on the...
written by: Georgina Gustinphotos by: Joe Pugliese10.08.12 -
A Modern Prefab Addition to a Mid-Century California Classic
A 1950s Joseph Esherick home in Berkeley, California, inspires an addition that pays homage to the past yet is poised to host the next generation.
written by: Aaron Brittphotos by: Caren Alpert12.30.12
