Buy a Piece of Ettore Sottsass Apartment at Christie's
This week in New York City, a chance to ogle pieces from Italian designer and Memphis maestro Ettore Sottsass's personal...
Airbnb Launches Every Traveler Deserves a Home
San Francisco–based Airbnb provides a unique hospitality experience for worldly and local travelers alike that allow them to...
A Modern Park Pavilion Rises in Dallas
In a modest park on the western edge of Dallas, a modern picnic pavilion is a gathering point.
Shine Brighter (and Smarter) This Holiday
Tis’ the Season for holiday décor, and if you’re like most families, chances are you’ve already begun stringing up Christmas...
A Look Back at Lina Bo Bardi
Happy birthday, Lina Bo Bardi! The influential modernist architect would have turned 99 this week, so we celebrate her...
Indianapolis Museum Unveils New Contemporary Design Galleries
Fans of contemporary design in the Midwest—as well as those planning a visit, or merely passing through—have much to celebrate...
Dwell Celebrates Another Successful City Modern
As an extension to the sold-out "Creativity & Constraint" event at the #DellVenue during Dwell's City Modern 2013, Designer...
8 Modern Paneled Rooms
In our long history of construction, paneling has run the gamut from ornate boiserie to simple sheets of plywood.
A Picturesque Desert Prefab
Jim Murren’s prefab house in Sin City, designed by Marmol Radziner, is as artful as it is art-filled, thanks to an asymmetrical...
A Compact Prefab Vacation Home
A New Zealand family taps into the creative capital of architecture students to make their dream home a reality.
A Modern Bungalow in Venice Beach
A house designed to be part of the landscape is at home among the trees in Venice, California.
Prefab Builder Blu Homes to Disrupt the Construction Industry
Prefab builder Blu Homes, helmed by CEO Bill Haney, aims to disrupt the construction industry supply chain by interacting...
Contest Spotlights Four Innovative Sustainable Building Materials
The first annual Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation Challenge heralds four innovative, sustainable building materials.
Dwell Home Venice: Part 22
In this series, Sebastian Mariscal designs a home in Venice, California, that brings the outside in. We track the project from...
A Sustainable Mid-Century Beach House
Thanks to a disciplined devotion to mid-century principles of design, a curator’s bachelor pad in the Hamptons is reborn.
A Sophisticated Penthouse in Cape Town
A view-filled waterfront penthouse in Cape Town, South Africa, turns to natural elements for design inspiration.
Dwell Media Announces Winner of Dwell Vision Award: SLO Architecture
Dwell Media in partnership with the Big Ass Fan Company is proud to announce the winners of this year’s inaugural Dwell Vision...
360 Panoramic Tour: Venice Home
We previously featured a 19-part start to finish home design series by designer Sebastian Mariscal.
A Clever Belgian Couple Renovate Their Aging Brick Home
By introducing chic new elements, a Belgian couple takes a gentle approach to transforming a tired house into a vibrant workshop.
A Prefab Housing Concept in South Africa
It took 11 years of traversing through three different countries for Eric Bigot to develop his Zenkaya prefab housing concept.
Reinventing a Traditional Edwardian near Lake Ontario
When a family couldn’t part with a traditional Edwardian, their architect introduced a world of design inspiration instead.
A Curated Apartment Turned Showroom in Copenhagen
An innate design sensibility shines through a furniture showroom when the proprietor and her family live upstairs.
A Prefab Texas Boathouse Gets Delivered to Lake Austin
Designed as a prefabricated monolithic steel grid, the boathouse’s orthogonal frame was delivered from Houston by truck and then...
A Sophisticated Renovation in Montreal
A simple space becomes sophisticated with a single ornate gesture.
Lakeside Home in Washington
After rescuing an aging structure, a mid-century home’s views are reborn.
A 1960s English Deckhouse Returns to Its Original Glory
A design-minded pair ensures that their tiny seaside getaway on stilts in Hampshire, England, is shipshape.
Inside Designer Peter Fehrentz’s Berlin Pied-à-Terre
After a much-needed renovation, the multihyphenate creative’s 646-square-foot flat embraces a confident color palette and clever...
America’s Growing Micro-Dwelling Movement
From crowded cities to a trailer park of tiny houses planned for Sonoma County, California, multiunit micro-housing complexes are...
A 93-Square-Foot Former Boiler Room Becomes a Guesthouse With a Sleeping Loft
Making the most of vertical space unleashes the potential of a petite San Francisco project.
The Tiny Hollywood Home of “Mad Men” Star Vincent Kartheiser
The actor has all he needs in his 580-square-foot “Japanese industrial–style” cabin loft.
A “Bent House” Fits Into a Staggeringly Tight Tokyo Lot
In the Japanese capital, where the houses are crammed cheek by jowl, two old friends from architecture school create a...
Space-Saving Furniture Folds Into the Walls of This 520-Square-Foot Backyard Retreat
Custom woodwork, clever built-ins, and an open interior define the flexible space for a busy family in Portland, Oregon.
With $20K, a Chilean Architect Builds His Mom a Low-Maintenance Beach House
Mathias Klotz’s first project, a deceptively simple coastal refuge, was commissioned by his mother on a shoestring budget.
This Two-Part Landscaping Renovation Includes a Green Roof and an “Outdoor Playroom”
In an unusual collaboration among birds, wind, and one of San Francisco’s leading landscape architects, a California designer...
Makeshift Society's Eastward Expansion
San Francisco–based co-working outfit Makeshift Society has its sights set on a Brooklyn outpost.
Design Tips for Privacy: Solutions to Common Issues
To further explore privacy in the modern world, we present three common problems—from noise to peeping neighbors—and a fleet of...