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Each month in Dwell, we highlight the best of what’s happening In the Modern World in art and architecture, with a listing of our...

As I trekked northward to Maine last month for a lobster-filled weekend getaway, I stumbled upon the Ogunquit Museum of American...

Connecticut birders happily swap their waterlogged Wellies and foggy field glass for the Wesleyan student–designed SplitFrame, a...

It is perhaps a bit ironic that the official guide to the London Design Festival was fairly poorly designed—the maps in the back...

For 35 years, John Cronin has safeguarded New York’s waterways, investigating dozens of pollution cases and authoring three laws...

Pieces from furniture and textile designer Zoe Murphy were among of the standouts during our weekend tour of Tent London, an...

Among the ever-expanding sea of wood alternatives, Kirei -- the Japanese character signifying 'beautiful' or 'clean' -- makes...

Marianne Lien and Lasse Altern Halvorsen opened Pur Norsk in Oslo in 2006 to seek out and promote the finest in Norweigan design.

Tired of gliding between floors in bland metal boxes, Dutch artist Darrin Umboh designed an elevator interior for Antwerp-based...

You can have your pick of a wide assortment of couches, chairs and tables at the 100% Design trade fair at Earl's Court in...

I'm not sure whether “pop-up” is just a buzz word or a new trend, but the "pop-up" label has been slapped on sorts of events and...

First came the idea. Then came the late nights of Craigslist searching.

Single mod-loving gal seeks North Jersey split-level for a match made in Hoboken.

Though the market has rarely looked worse, our primer on the past, present, and future of modern real estate gives you the inside...

A modernist facade can't keep some developments from suffering from that very American malady: sprawl.

When it comes to creating a sense of community, cozying up to your neighbor proves that density rules.

While the main venue hosting the 100% Design trade fair is at Earl's Court in West London, more than 200 events and exhibitions...

In the heart of Atlanta, Shawn Moseley worked closely with designer Scott Ball to design and build his new house not ten minutes...

From commentary in The Incidental (a community-generated newsletter and website tracking the design buzz this week in the British...

I picked up this copy of Kicked a Building Lately? by the onetime New York Times architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable while on...

I was thrilled to discover that East London is chock full of design do-gooders.

We celebrated the start of London Design Festival with tea and itty bitty cupcakes at British textile and surface designer Ella...

It's rare that in a resident-architect collaboration, the resident picks the more dramatic design scheme than the architect.

I wandered into the Curiosity Shoppe in San Francisco this weekend and was pleased to discover this rather winsome little set of...

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Architect Ken Meffan’s 10-years-in-the-making home is in the tiny Northern California town of Rough and Ready—a term that might...

After lunch today I ambled down to Spur (San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association) to see how they, and the Great...

I ride my bicycle quite a lot, and often find myself in the position of having a few things to carry with me, but not really...

It's the last day of the work week, and you know what that means—favorite links and online musings from our intrepid staff.

Presently on tour to support his massive new work Imperial, journalist, novelist and National Book Award winner for 2005's Europe...

We recently received a letter from a reader, Kristy Krone, after she read the article Hive Design in our September issue, which...

Dishwashers don’t seem to hold the same cache as some of the more lust-worthy kitchen appliances (looking at you, gas ranges).

A few years ago, Ben Lord surveyed the garden sheds on the market in his native England and didn’t like what he saw.

While most Dwell readers know Artek as the Finnish design company founded by Alvar and Aino Aalto, there's another Artek not too...

When you're running a company out of your home, you'd better hope you've got the space to keep everything in its place.

How many people can say that they've lived a chunk of their lives inside the walls of a starchitect-designed building? In light...