Dwell Magazine

Two designers take on the restoration of a British masterpiece.

A literary couple embrace the quirks of a California modernist. Twice.

Generations come together in a pair of homes on a single property in Vancouver.

A renowned chef blends his culinary philosophies into the design of his home in Taiwan.

A Bay Area landscape designer works her yard like a jigsaw puzzle, packing a bevy of distinctive destinations into a steep and diminutive plot.

By taking advantage of economies of scale, a Houston native and a pair of mod-minded developers team up to create nine affordable row houses in the Houston Heights.

A reimagined home in the tallgrass region of Kansas strives to honor its past and the land around it.

A tech entrepreneur goes off the grid and learns to work with his hands as he remakes a geodesic dome in the California desert.

The first to develop aesthetically pleasing motorized shading technology, J Geiger offers a modern alternative to dated, visually distracting window coverings.

A gadget-based guide to the post-cable future.

Leo Miele’s Georgian Bay Cottage was one of five first-class cabins we featured in our November 2009 Concepts feature—which showcased works with a modern twist to the familiar log...

After debating whether to renovate or rip up a wobbly old house, a family in Portland, Oregon, opts to start fresh and unlock the site’s full potential.

The Swiss architect discusses his design for a British vacation retreat and his notoriously contemplative working process.

Two city-dwellers take a small shiplap cabin in the Hudson Valley from bad funky to good funky, while creating more room to breathe.

Designer Fernando Mastrangelo is a master at pushing the limits of media, both material and social.

A green-roofed retreat slots gently into a wooded dell in southern Brazil.

An empty-nester discovers the perfect place for a compact new dwelling at the edge of her own property in Melbourne.

The flora comes first at a leafy enclave just minutes from downtown Palo Alto.

In Paris, a makeshift duplex is tailor-made for a couple, their toddler, and their cat.

A 200-year-old factory in Umbria is transformed into an inviting home by designer Paola Navone.

An American architect in Paris experiments with Corbusian perceptions of interior and exterior space.

Burglary borrows equally from the skill sets of a technical science and theatrical improv; it follows careful rules yet just as easily abandons those rules for a...

When a traditional architectural style meets handmade details, the result is a quietly modern retreat.

In Boston’s South End, a design-savvy couple creates a clean-lined home with a textural surprise.

Three small pavilions connected by a deck form a summer retreat that balances privacy with a panoramic view—all in less than 900 square feet.

Architectural harmony defines a family’s home near Lake Tahoe.

A creative twist on the traditional shingle clads a Connecticut home.

In the Australian bush, a sculptor and an architect collaborate on a house built to withstand fire.

A family enlists Brooklyn design-build firm MADE to renovate a brownstone using surplus and salvaged materials for a budget-conscious patina.

Finding inspiration in the work of Tadao Ando, a Houston couple designs the concrete house of their dreams.