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While some of Joe Columbo’s designs have proven the test of time (Alitalia still uses his plastic flatware), others were simply...

Joining the Grecian urn, the much-rhapsodized IKEA cabinet finally gets its poetic due as a heroic ode.

The American kitchen is a complicated affair.

Architect Justin Korhammer kept the hallway of this Manhattan bachelor pad free and clear with a kitchen that folds away with the...

There was a lot to see at the International Builders’ Show last week. Here are four things that caught my eye.

It’s become increasingly common to hear the term“zero energy” or “zero carbon” used to describe buildings that achieve complete...

I was corresponding with Dwell contributor Sally McGrane a few days ago when she sent this unusual little table my way.

Of note this week in New York was the announcement of the finalists in the Young Architects Program, the competition that...

Derek Chen likens his job as founder of Council Design to that of a matchmaker.

Sunlight transportation systems are the pinnacle of innovation in energy-efficient design.

The standard pear-shaped incandescent bulb thatmost of us have been using for ages has a bad reputation among environmentalists...

Few things use more energy at home than the pursuitof the perfect indoor temperature.

If necessity is the mother of invention, then the coupled concerns of population growth and resource depletion might be...

The Puti Trees series of posters look like a cross between a modern subway map and children's book illustrations, so you probably...

Yellow brings cheer—this is one conclusion by color theorists.

Most prefab manufacturing facilities house loads of heavy machinery, but not every design must be constructed on the factory line.

A look back through the history of prefab reveals a few failures that proved to be great opportunities for learning and...

In order to fairly evaluate the pros and cons of today’s prefab design, we broke it down according to various criteria.

The basic principle of prefab, whereby a home is fabricated in one location and then delivered to another, has been around for at...

The historicization of modern architecture is quick to lionize Mies, Gropius, Wright and others, but too often treats them as...

In the San Francisco offices of Yves Béhar’s industrial design and branding firm, the work environment suits the work.

The new office complex by J. Mayer H. Architects sits on the edge of downtown Hamburg, bordering the Aussenalster waterfront.

In Shibaura, this former bowling alley is now the shared offices of international advertising agency TBWA and Japanese agency...

Inside a 47,000-square-foot warehouse, Clive Wilkinson built a veritable campus for Pallotta TeamWorks, a national charity-events...

Herman Miller’s National Design Center in Atlanta achieved a LEED Gold rating for commercial interiors.

Now that work can be done anywhere, what qualifies as an office?

The future of the office is about providing a balanced response to the environment and the person in the office—–or at home, in...

The distinction between professional and personal life has blurred.

The conventional version of theopen-plan office is now regarded as a failure.

Looking for a cheap calendar that will never run out of pages? Think you're clever enough to think like a computer? Then this is...

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With our airwaves packed with celebrity chefs, Americans are proving to have a solid appetite for what Julia Child would call...

Due to the advent of the cell phone, wristwatches are dying a slow death, surmises Keith Moskow, principle of Moskow Linn...

Modernism and Manhattan's Bloomingdale's have not exactly been close bedfellows over the years.

House hunting isn’t just about roving the streets and stopping at For Sale signs anymore; instead, prospective buyers will spend...