A Powerful New Project in Baja California Involves 44 Renowned Architects
Tucked in a natural reserve with over a mile of coastline outside Ensenada, Mexico, CuatroCuatros is poised to host residents and...
An Exquisite Beach Resort on Baja California Sur Lies Where the Water Meets the Horizon
Hotel Mar Adentro, located in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, designed by Miguel Ángel Aragonés, is a boutique resort that sits...
A Breezy, Self-Sufficient Home in Los Cabos Keeps it Cool—Literally
This off-grid residence by FabrikG is finely tuned to its seaside locale to regulate temperature.
A 480-Square-Foot Lake Austin Cabin Fits a Whole Family—Grandchildren Included
A family matriarch enlisted an architect, an interior designer, a builder, and a landscape architect to help realize her vision...
The Lakeside Getaway That Entertains All Ages
A family matriarch enlisted an architect, an interior designer, a builder, and a landscape architect to help realize her vision...
An Airy A-Frame Home Connects a Community in Rural Japan
Designed by Takeru Shoji Architects, the Hara House opens up to the outside world.
Escaping to a Mini-Villa in Baja California
Each week, we tap into Dwell's Instagram community to bring you the most captivating design and architecture shots of the week.
Budget Breakdown: A Creative Couple in Minneapolis Build a Multipurpose Backyard Studio For $18K
The 195-square-foot, shingled studio includes a library, reading nook, and workstation—and it’s DIY inside and out.
10 Modernist Beach Home Rentals to Escape to This Summer
Modernist beach homes offer more than just close proximity to the ocean—their clean, bold designs and abundance of natural light...
Foster Your Child's Creativity With These Modern, Architectural Building Toys For Kids
Many parents find themselves constantly searching for creative and well-designed building toys for their children.
Australian Artist Jeremyville Lists His Luminous Bed-Stuy Brownstone For $2.7M
This circa-1880 brownstone in Stuyvesant Heights has been thoroughly renovated for modern-day living.
A Minimalist Sanctuary in Baja California Sur Hits the Market for $3.8M
Airy, organic living areas are paired with an abundance of outdoor spaces to make this home a tranquil getaway.
In Cabo, a Luxe Beachfront Condo Brimming With Creature Comforts Asks $2.8M
Chic interiors, coastal panoramas, and resort-like amenities make this home in Cabo San Lucas a tranquil getaway.
Q&A with MUJI Art Director Kenya Hara
If any contemporary designer embodies the stark but somehow perfect use of space and form that characterizes a certain branch of...
At a Japanese Flower Art School, Nendo Drapes an Ivy of Mirrors Over a Stone Garden by Isamu Noguchi
Nendo cut a thin stainless-steel sheet with a mirror finish into 2,000 rhombus-shaped pieces to construct an "ivy of mirrors."
Dwell 24: Kusheda Mensah
Large abstract forms zigzag, curve, and tumble in captivating shades of ochre, ivory, and powder blue, like oversized building...
Become a Hotelier in a Surfer's Paradise With This Chic Boutique Property Asking $2.6M
Adventure travel meets modern design in this highly rated hotel that just hit the market in San José Del Cabo's Art District.
A Norwegian Summer Cabin Embraces the Rocky Terrain
Balancing on irregular, rough-hewn rocks along the Norwegian coast, this renovated summer cabin near a town called Larvik in...
A Dusty-Pink Rammed Earth Home Appears to Rise Out of the Baja Desert
Layers of soil matching the landscape form the brutalist retreat in Todos Santos.
Scoop Up This Sprawling Frank Lloyd Wright–Inspired Midcentury for $370K
Designed by Wisconsin architect John Randall McDonald in the ’50s, the Prairie-style home features an interior of wood cladding,...
Design Icon: 8 Buildings by Hans Hollein
The late, Pritzker-winning Viennese architect was a key proponent of postmodernism.
The Community-Run Cedar House by Airbnb and Go Hasegawa Welcomes Guests in Rural Japan
Now available to book through Airbnb, Yoshino Cedar House serves as a shared space for the rural community of Yoshino, Japan, and...
Dwell 24: Studio Paola Sakr
Paola Sakr’s projects include vases made with discarded concrete cylinders‚ as well as biodegradable containers made of coffee...
A Barcelona Apartment Gets a Softly Modern Renovation
A updated apartment reveals its Catalan roots.
8 Companies That Are Revolutionizing Kit Homes
With seemingly limitless plans, styles, and sizes, kit homes are an intriguing alternative for homebuyers.
A Tall, Skinny Home Makes the Most of a Narrow Lot in Portland, Oregon
Despite its name, Waechter Architecture’s Slender House stretches out to make its site the real home.
The Nobu Hotel Los Cabos Fuses Japanese Minimalism With Mexican Craftsmanship
This Pacific-facing hotel expertly blends two architectural traditions into one luxurious escape from everyday life.
Stephen Burks
For years there’s been a divide between manufactured first-world luxury items and handmade third-world crafts, but industrial...
Design Digest: Yayoi Kusama, Gucci ArtLab, a Powerful Lynching Memorial, and More
Keep up with the design world: Yayoi Kusama redirects her dot obsession to flowers, a powerful memorial in Alabama honors victims...
7 Affordable Prefab Homes and Other Alternative, Inexpensive Home Options
Nowadays, innovators in the world of prefab and kit home design have continued to push the boundaries on what they can do—their...
In Baja Sur, a Chef Turns a Historic Property Into a Compound for His Creative Community
Ernesto Kut Gomez restored its 1800s brick buildings and added new ones to create a sanctuary.
Q&A with Japanese Architect Shigeru Ban
The Japanese architect—and winner of the 2014 Pritzker Prize—is working with Muji on a new endeavor: using furniture as a module...
10 Modern Vacation Homes in Mexico That Guarantee an Epic Escape
Any excuse is a good excuse for a vacation getaway to Mexico.
11 Women-Owned Companies Creating Real Change With Good Design
Devoted to creating a more sustainable, ethical, beautiful world, these entrepreneurial women are the names to know.
A Completely Dysfunctional Nevada Kitchen Becomes Everyone’s Favorite Spot for Parties
A luminous new kitchen and dining area bring a 1968 tri-level residence in Reno into the 21st century.
The Dwell 24: Blue Green Works
At Blue Green Works, creative director Peter B. Staples creates lighting fixtures inspired by film, architecture, and New York...

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