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Home Schooled
The house at 157 Congress Run in the Cincinnati suburb of Wyoming was a fine little place, a sturdy 1940s brick Cape with trim, boxy rooms and an undulating yard punctuated with old trees. In...
written by: Georgina Gustinphotos by: Chad Holder01.16.09 -
Rising Above It All
Set atop a 1908 warehouse in the Courtenay Precinct of Wellington, New Zealand, the three apartments by Architecture Workshop glow like lanterns at dusk, signaling a new day for this once-seedy...
written by: Jaime Gillinphotos by: Richard Powers01.17.09 -
Cooler Ranch
After searching in vain for an empty lot to build on, architect Brian White settled for a nondescript 1960s ranch that nobody else wanted—and proved that building from the ground up doesn’t always...
written by: Sam Grawephotos by: John Clark01.18.09 -
Pursuing Perfection
Resuscitating a classic can be time-consuming and pricey, but when it comes to the rehabilitation of neglected masterpieces, one Connecticut couple finds it’s worth every minute and cent.
written by: Marc Kristalphotos by: Mark Seelen04.27.09 -
Compound Addition
A pair of environmentally attuned architects combined adjoining properties in a Los Angeles canyon to house their modernist menagerie.
written by: Sarah Amelarphotos by: Catherine Ledner05.13.09 -
Casa Study House #1
Traditions collide in Los Angeles when architect Jeremy Levine hotwires SoCal Spanish with international haute-moderne. The resulting house of courtyards, shelves, and even some repurposed car...
written by: Frances Andertonphotos by: Tom Fowlks06.17.09 -
Domestic Democracy
In a code-happy L.A. suburb, how do you break the mold without breaking the law? Architects Alice Fung and Michael Blatt steer clear of anarchy with a little democratic design.
written by: David A. Greenephotos by: Dave Lauridsen06.15.09 -
Pacific Heights Remodel
In the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, what started off as a decorating job turned into a full-blown renovation for Nicole Hollis, founder of Nicole Hollis Interior Design. "...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake08.24.09 -
Mod Men
Todd Goddard and Andrew Mandolene have a spring in their step since completing their restoration of the near-derelict 1957 home of architect Arthur Witthoefft, who says, “I can’t get...
written by: Marc Kristalphotos by: Jason Schmidt01.20.10 -
Windows Vista
When artists Ramona Trent and Anthony Pearson teamed up with architects Escher GuneWardena for a full-scale renovation, they bestowed a remarkable view upon an unremarkable bungalow.
written by: Mimi Zeigerphotos by: Noah Webb09.18.10 -
The Homemakers
How a highly productive collaboration among a trio of creative Angelenas—and a good dose of Barragán—turned a dark and beleaguered mid-century house into a family home for...
written by: Sarah Amelarphotos by: Lisa Romerein07.19.12 -
The Tree of Ghent
Just as the famed Treaty of 1814 called for peace between the United Kingdom and the United States, the large beech tree on Dieter Van Everbroeck's property harmonizes the relationship between site...
written by: Jane Szitaphotos by: Hertha Hurnaus01.15.09 -
Norwegian Wood
Designing a house for this setting was a thrilling puzzle of aesthetics and terrain for a young architect. The house they built that year suited the couple for 30 years of long summer vacations,...
written by: Margit Bisztrayphotos by: Pia Ulin03.04.09 -
Time and Again
“I can show you what it was…and what it is,” Joe Dolce says, delineating the slight, 250-square-foot addition to his Long Island summer home.
written by: Amber Bravophotos by: Raimund Koch03.04.09 -
Architectural Adventure
When people ask architects Apurva Pande and Chinmaya Misra where they live, they never get a straightforward answer. The couple's home lies at the end of a cul-de-sac somewhere between Culver City...
written by: Chloe Veltmanphotos by: Bryce Duffy01.18.09 -
New Beginnings
Uni, an international group of designers in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is riding out a self-professed renovation high that never seems to cease.
written by: Virginia Gardinerphotos by: Adam Friedberg04.21.09 -
Opdahl Remastered
Case Study architect Edward Killingsworth’s masterpiece, the 1957 Opdahl House, fell into ruin, but thanks to a musician with a passion for modernism, it is celebrating its 50th anniversary...
written by: Sam Grawephotos by: Catherine Ledner01.12.10 -
Designed In-House
Mill Valley, California, might not be a hotbed of modernism, but it was here, ten years ago, that Dwell came into the world alongside founder Lara Hedberg Deam’s first home—now...
written by: Sam Grawephotos by: Dustin Aksland09.07.10 -
Heart of Gold and Pine
An architectural designer and an artist harnessed the collective power of their design firm to remake a dilapidated mid-century gem into a hillside perch for their family.
written by: Addie Broylesphotos by: Brent Humphreys09.24.12 -
Highway Hideaway
Most beachfront houses treat the ocean as part of the visual landscape with panoramic views and wraparound balconies. Tom Lloyd-Butler’s beach house by Ernest Born, however, is deeply interior, and...
written by: Katrina Heronphotos by: Robert Schlatter01.16.09 -
Basic Living
Live/work is a centuries-old practice turned overused architectural trend. By melding history and innovation, Turin’s Basic Village offers up a compelling reinvention of the concept.
written by: Allison Arieffphotos by: Jacob Langvad06.03.09 -
Mies van der Rohe, Lafayette Park
High-rise superblocks and identical clusters of row houses set apart from the urban grid have been much maligned as some of the major wrongdoings of modernism, but Detroit's Lafayette Park&mdash...
written by: Sam Grawephotos by: Raimund Koch01.14.09 -
Community of Vision
A mere eight miles from Mount Vernon, George Washington’s Georgian neoclassical plantation home, and just nine miles south of Old Town Alexandria, the colonial bastion that provides much...
written by: Sam Grawephotos by: Eric Laignel03.16.09 -
The Siple Life
A devastating accident could have made Murray Siple a bitter man. Instead, he decided to renovate a house. The result is a masterful achievement of modern design that has allowed the filmmaker to...
written by: Amara Holsteinphotos by: Misha Gravenor04.27.09 -
Level Best
Los Angeles architect Ray Kappe built a multilevel house for his family back in 1967, and the results still resonate today.
written by: Frances Andertonphotos by: João Canziani01.21.09
