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To usher in the long weekend ahead, click through our weekly round up of finds from the web.

After four years at NASA designing rest-eat-sleep spaces for astronauts aboard the International Space Station, architect Garrett...

The “Unfinished Spaces” of Cuba

A documentary explores the ambitious National Art Schools project designed by three young architects in the wake of Castro’s...

Architecture and the City 2011

This week, the AIA San Francisco kicks off its ninth annual Architecture and the City festival.

Q&A: Architect Tom Kundig Gives Us His Take on Building the Maxon House

Architect Tom Kundig of Olson Kundig Architects speaks to his client Lou Maxon about their decade-plus journey in building a...

A Green Home to Last a Lifetime in Austin

Austin couple Anne Suttles and Sam Shah built a house to last their lifetime—and longer.

iQ Test

A leisurely test drive of the 2012 Scion iQ—the moniker being the brand’s clear shot at the Smart Car—proved its absolute...

AC/DC on Rochester Castle

Okay, okay, this is a pretty blatant act of movie-meets-architecture branding, but man oh man I'm a total sucker for this amazing...

Modern NASA-Inspired Cricket Trailer

Part tent, part RV, the NASA-inspired Cricket Trailer is the go-to camper for the modern road tripper.

Fields of Old

Tatsuro Kiuchi finds beauty in the banal, even in a fleeting look at his homeland through the window of a bullet train.

The Frank Lloyd Wright Protégé Behind the Most Modern Town in Michigan

Dow Chemical put Midland on the map, architect Alden B. Dow—a local scion and former Taliesin fellow—transformed its landscape.

Raise High the Roof Beams

Creative bartering and a healthy dose of sweat equity allowed a young Charleston couple to transform a derelict 19th-century...

Pasta Pot by Patrick Jouin for Alessi

French designer Patrick Jouin and famed Michelin-starred French chef Alain Ducasse spent three years working together to create...

Meeting Dieter Rams

I had the rare pleasure Friday of meeting and interviewing German industrial design legend Dieter Rams.

Record Revival

As far as we know, MP3s might be the end-all musical medium. Comforting to know, yes (no more Discmans).

Eastern Promise

A 400-year-old icon of Japanese design inspires generations of modern architects.

Video: Prefab Japanese Joinery

In our September 2011 Japan Style issue (now on newsstands!) we showcase a plethora of Japanese-influenced houses as well as...

Molding the Modern City

Many of us have taken “professional development” courses, if only to keep up with the pre-teens already coding their own social...

Jeff Sherman’s Favorite Buildings

For this week’s “Three Buildings” column I turned to Jeff Sherman of the New York architecture firm Delson or Sherman.

Video: Studio H Chicken Coops

In our July/August 2011 family- and play-themed issue we featured three very cool chicken coops designed and built by a cadre of...

This Lake House Is a Living Piece of Architecture History

A retired couple retreats to the modern masterpiece by Richard Meier.

lamesadevenn: Part One

In this series, trace the story of lamesadevenn, a green live/work space in Santa Fe, New Mexico, created for two community...

Almost Perfect

Inspired by tansu chests and raw materials that show patina, a pair of Sydney-based architects renovated their own home—slowly.

Friday Finds 8.19.11

Discover the delightfully obscure, the strangely humorous, and the downright good design that the editors of Dwell found this...

Inspiration Nation

Writer Lisa Katayama sees innovation triumphing over tragedy in Japan in the wake of the Sendai earthquake.

Named “House 2.0,” This Isn’t Your Run-of-the-Mill Eco-Home

In Amsterdam, architect Pieter Weijnen demonstrates the exponential rate at which green design is advancing.

Japanese Design Online

As much as we admire Japanese design here at Dwell—peep the current issue, Japan Style—we rarely get across the Pacific to visit.

TerraTrellis Modern Trellises

Though it may be a little late to start planting, it's the perfect time to add items to your next year's gardening wishlist.

New Prospects

A Brooklyn architect shows what a little elbow grease, a healthy dose of naïveté, and a decade can accomplish.

Friday Finds 8.12.11

We present to you our weekly roundup of all things interesting, exciting, and design-related that we discovered on the web.

Dwell Reviews 6 Modern Desks

The right workspace can transform your creative life. Dwell puts six desks to the test.

And the Methodology Winner Is...

Dwell and method, two arbiters of style that aim for pride of place on your shelves, dared you to defy us with your concepts for...

Kickstart Some Design II

Around this time last year I cruised through the fundraising site Kickstarter in search of a few design-related projects that...

Marimekko Pilvi Bag

If you're like me, you have more totes than you know what to do with.

Noguchi and "Night Journey"

This month, we're celebrating all things Japanese and modern with our September 2011 issue, Japan Style.

Japan Relief: Designs to Inspire

One of the most devastating crises to hit Japan in over 60 years, the March earthquake and tsunami left the country shocked,...

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