Hobby Rooms, Light-Filled Hallways, and Courtyards Set Up a Couple for Retirement in MexicoThe brick-and-glass residence accommodates limited mobility with a lift between levels and seamless thresholds between indoors...
Nature Takes Center Stage at This Mountaintop Home in MexicoIn Valle de Bravo, Ignacio Urquiza and Ana Paula de Alba craft an elemental home that embraces its wild, cliffside site.
A Family Retreat Outside Yosemite Frames California Gold Country Like a PostcardMexico City firm PPAA punched a large hole through its center for picture-perfect views of oak trees, boulders, and rolling hills.
In Mexico, This Growing Network of Prefab A-Frames Offers an Escape Off the Beaten PathWander Cabins’ newest retreat in the mountains of Malinalco provides visitors a quiet diversion—and a new income source for local...
Meet the Young Firm Shaking Up the Design Scene in MexicoChuch Estudio plays with color and form to create furnishings and spaces that are seriously fun.
A Mexico City Artist’s Home and Studio Frames Open Spaces With Sculptural FormsDesigned by architects Luis Beltran del Río and Andrew Sosa of local firm Vrtical, the live/work residence uses simple materials...
6 Modernist Icons You Shouldn’t Miss in Mexico CitySoulful, surprising, and awe-inspiring, these architectural stops need to be on your itinerary.
These Dreamy Villas on Santorini Take Inspiration From Traditional Cave DwellingsEmbedded within a dramatic, volcanic landscape, the villas of Vora Santorini feel like minimalist cocoons.
Thailand’s Jungle Bubbles Let You Sleep in an Elephant HabitatIn Chiang Rai, Anantara Golden Triangle Elephant Camp & Resort gives guests the chance to camp alongside elephants in transparent...
Over 80 Years Later, Fallingwater Still Has Lessons to Teach UsCompleted in 1938, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater is as relevant as ever—and it’s a model of architectural conservancy.
5 Groundbreaking Airports That Are Must-See Destinations in Their Own RightFrom massive cocoons in Azerbaijan to a sprawling public park in Berlin, you’d be surprised at what you can find at these...
How a Friendship Between Isamu Noguchi and Saburo Hasegawa Helped Shape Midcentury DesignA new exhibit at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum tells the story of how two midcentury masters met, and how their shared...
A New Finn Juhl Monograph Reveals The Danish Designer’s Rebellious StreakThe just-released monograph, “Finn Juhl: Life, Work, World,” is more than a coffee table book.
How Graphic Designer Saul Bass Revolutionized the Movie PosterSaul Bass helped define the visual culture of the 1950s—most notably through creating memorable movie posters that are still...
Alexander Girard’s Short-Lived Textiles & Objects Shop Was a Joyful Experiment Far Ahead of its TimeIn 1961, Herman Miller and Alexander Girard opened the Textiles & Objects Shop in New York, selling the preeminent designer’s...
6 Simple, Sophisticated Paul McCobb Designs to Know and LoveHe has the best legs in the business.
Floods Threaten the Farnsworth House Every Year—Now, a Plan to Save ItWe visit Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s famed residence to learn how we can help save a major piece of modernist architectural...
After a Thousand-Mile Journey, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Mäntylä Opens to Overnight GuestsMeticulously restored and relocated by the husband-and-wife team behind Polymath Park in Pennsylvania, Mäntylä opens to tours and...
Tiny Homes in This Palm Springs Community Start at $155KPalm Canyon Mobile Club is a community of prefabricated tiny homes that takes the headache out of zoning and utility hookups for...
How Neutra’s Kaufmann House Got Its Groove BackThe exhaustive restoration of the famed Palm Springs compound by the prominent modernist took five years of meticulous work—and...
The Untold Stories Behind the Legendary Homes of Luis BarragánDwell visits Casa Gilardi and Cuadra San Cristóbal in Mexico to learn what life is like within the homes of Pritzker-winning...
Before & After: A Cape Cod-Style Home Becomes a Modern MarvelAn architect remodels his 1949 Cape Cod-style home in Portland, Oregon, to fit the needs of his growing family.
A Modern Farmhouse in the Colorado Mountains Teems With ArtStudio B Architecture + Interiors allow one couple’s art and artifacts to take center stage in this modern farmhouse in Aspen.
A Staggered Concrete Home in Argentina Nestles in the WoodsHugging a gentle slope on the Argentine coast, Casa Bosque by Besonías Almeida Arquitectos integrates with its forest...
An Old Grain Silo Makes an Enchanting Tiny Home in PhoenixTucked into the urban grid, a 340-square-foot grain silo becomes an unexpected desert oasis that overcomes several design...
Run, Don't Walk to This Frank Lloyd Wright-Inspired Bar in ChicagoEast meets Midwest at Prairie School, a cocktail haven for architecture buffs that touts a noteworthy beverage program by...
Can These Tiny, Modular Smart Homes Relieve the Demand For Affordable Housing?Prefabricated and stackable, Kasita's high-density units may be a solution to America’s affordable housing crisis—with...
Elvis Presley’s Former L.A. Midcentury Is Now a Swoon-Worthy Design ShowroomA midcentury modern owned by the King of Rock and Roll is now home to the "anti-retail" outpost of design gallery The Future...
Architect Gert Wingårdh Builds a Dazzling Emerald Office in a Swedish CemeteryReplacing a former administration center that was non-accessible, Wingårdhs develops a prefabricated, low-impact solution that...
An Architect’s Cabin Rises From the Ashes After a Devastating Forest FireMinimalism is taken to the max when architect Eric Logan rebuilds his family cabin on a Wyoming mountainside.
A Knitting Mill in San Francisco Becomes an Unbelievable Loft For Two Art CollectorsThe vintage bones of an industrial loft serve as a stunning backdrop to a museum-worthy art collection.
Jonathan Adler Reveals His Redesign of the Parker Palm SpringsGroovy, hedonistic, luxury—Jonathan Adler’s depiction of his design at the Parker is not how you’d describe a typical getaway in...
Donald Wexler Himself Helped Renovate This Palm Springs Prefab RentalNot only did the father of Palm Springs modernism design this steel-and-glass prefab, but he also stepped in to oversee its...
Walk OnWood flooring has come a long way since the 1600s, with its solid wood and standard species.
Show Stoppers: Salone del Mobile 2016No stranger to year-round style, Milan becomes the center of the
design world when thousands of designers descend on Salone...
An Architect in Her Own WrightElizabeth Wright Ingraham had big shoes to fill. Her father, architect John Lloyd Wright, invented Lincoln Logs.