Collection by Amanda Dameron
My Favorite Stories of 2015
As another year draws to a close, please find a few favorite stories from 2015. I'd like to thank all of the architects, designers, homeowners, writers, photographers, illustrators, and editors that delivered another year of incredible modern projects to the pages of Dwell—their combined efforts made the task of picking just one per issue very difficult! Here's to 2016, and Happy New Year!
The sunken bathtub in George Nakashima’s Sanso Villa mimics the shape of a swimming pool on the grounds. His daughter, Mira Nakashima, took over the studio after his death and now lives and works on the property. “A Japanese garden often has a central pond derived from the character for ‘heart’ or ‘spirit,’ and this may be an abstraction of that character,” she says of the tub’s sculptural form.
In realizing their dream to build a country retreat in upstate New York, Sandy Chilewich and Joe Sultan—proprietors of the textiles firm Chilewich|Sultan—eschewed a mountainous view for an understated wooded plot. At 800 square feet, the flat-roofed home is a modest structure for the expansive 10-acre property.