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Budget Breakdown: They Built a Minimalist $437K ADU—to Live and Work Out of Themselves

Budget Breakdown: They Built a Minimalist $437K ADU—to Live and Work Out of Themselves

Turning Simple Materials and Recycled Finds Into a New-Old New Orleans Home

Turning Simple Materials and Recycled Finds Into a New-Old New Orleans Home

Here’s How Those Instagram Vintage Sellers Find Their Best Stuff

Here’s How Those Instagram Vintage Sellers Find Their Best Stuff

30 Families Wanted to Build a Home Together. Two Architects Tell Us How They Made It Happen

30 Families Wanted to Build a Home Together. Two Architects Tell Us How They Made It Happen

This $53K Kitchen Renovation Is the Anti-HGTV Aesthetic

This $53K Kitchen Renovation Is the Anti-HGTV Aesthetic

This Napa Family’s $226K ADU Repurposes Skateboard Wheels and Vineyard Stakes

This Napa Family’s $226K ADU Repurposes Skateboard Wheels and Vineyard Stakes

Budget Breakdown: They Built Their $60K Home to Preserve the Surrounding Forest

Budget Breakdown: They Built Their $60K Home to Preserve the Surrounding Forest

We Check in With Dwell’s First Editor-in-Chief About a House 20 Years in the Making

We Check in With Dwell’s First Editor-in-Chief About a House 20 Years in the Making

A Roaming Couple Recalibrate a 1975 Argosy for Creative Work and Off-Grid Bliss

A Roaming Couple Recalibrate a 1975 Argosy for Creative Work and Off-Grid Bliss

Architect Rick Cook Designed a Home for His Family—Then Discovered Someone Had Done It Better

Architect Rick Cook Designed a Home for His Family—Then Discovered Someone Had Done It Better

She Dreamed of Living in an Ancient Tower—and It Came True

She Dreamed of Living in an Ancient Tower—and It Came True

Nifemi Marcus-Bello Finds Inspiration in Lagos’s Culture of Recycling

Nifemi Marcus-Bello Finds Inspiration in Lagos’s Culture of Recycling

In Baja Sur, a Chef Turns a Historic Property Into a Compound for His Creative Community

In Baja Sur, a Chef Turns a Historic Property Into a Compound for His Creative Community

How John Cameron Mitchell Turned His New Orleans Home Into a Queer Art Church

How John Cameron Mitchell Turned His New Orleans Home Into a Queer Art Church

Your Home Doesn’t Need to Be “Smart”

Your Home Doesn’t Need to Be “Smart”

This Sculptural San Francisco Flat Is Anything But Cookie-Cutter

This Sculptural San Francisco Flat Is Anything But Cookie-Cutter

Creature Comforts

Creature Comforts

Two Vintage Furniture Dealers Remake a Maine Home to Fill With Their Prized Collection

Two Vintage Furniture Dealers Remake a Maine Home to Fill With Their Prized Collection

The Tide Turns for a Trio of Prefab Pod Houses in the San Juan Islands

The Tide Turns for a Trio of Prefab Pod Houses in the San Juan Islands

This Ohio Midcentury Had Charms—They Just Needed to Be Turned On

This Ohio Midcentury Had Charms—They Just Needed to Be Turned On

A Bibliophile Couple’s Brooklyn Apartment Finds a Smart Storage Solution for More Than 1,000 Books

A Bibliophile Couple’s Brooklyn Apartment Finds a Smart Storage Solution for More Than 1,000 Books

They’d Already Renovated an Iconic Midcentury. What’s One More?

They’d Already Renovated an Iconic Midcentury. What’s One More?

Construction Diary: A Maine Designer Builds His Family’s Home Completely by Hand

Construction Diary: A Maine Designer Builds His Family’s Home Completely by Hand

In a New Light

In a New Light

Miniature Marvel

Miniature Marvel

Something Old, Something New

Something Old, Something New

A Canary Yellow ADU Brings a Sense of Community to a Saint Paul, Minnesota, Backyard

A Canary Yellow ADU Brings a Sense of Community to a Saint Paul, Minnesota, Backyard

A Nonprofit Development in Arizona Offers a Model for Affordable Home Ownership

A Nonprofit Development in Arizona Offers a Model for Affordable Home Ownership

He Only Built One Home—So They Gave It a Singular Renovation

He Only Built One Home—So They Gave It a Singular Renovation

Who Owns Frank Lloyd Wright’s Legacy? It’s Complicated

Who Owns Frank Lloyd Wright’s Legacy? It’s Complicated

A Forgotten Philip Johnson Home Gets a New Lease on Life

A Forgotten Philip Johnson Home Gets a New Lease on Life

Why Architect Melissa Shin Adds Drawings of Smurfs to Her Project Plans

Why Architect Melissa Shin Adds Drawings of Smurfs to Her Project Plans

They Needed More Office Space—But Just a Little Bit More

They Needed More Office Space—But Just a Little Bit More

Clearing the Way

Clearing the Way

Raising the Bar

Raising the Bar

A Breath of Fresh Air

A Breath of Fresh Air

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