This arresting Los Angeles–area residence echoes the style of the designer’s Case Study House #16B.

Designed by Buff & Hensman in 1983, the award-winning Harry Dorsey Residence in Playa del Rey has a dramatic, three-story atrium.

Throughout U.S. history, the row house has endured and adapted as an underappreciated model for accessible urban housing.

The Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law 30 years ago. Here’s what it achieved, and where it still falls short.

Check out what architects have dreamed up—then send us your designs with #dwellspire.

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With barracks dating back to 1785, this former fort has been carefully renovated and extended to now house a family, as well as...

Aptly named The Publishing House, a just-opened bed-and-breakfast in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood avoids the kitsch of...

The Harpel Residence II is one of a select few homes the master architect designed outside of California.

Bob Chappelle used polystyrene panels, coated with mud and cement, to build the four-domed structure.

Here's a random fact for the day: July 17, 2012, marks the 110th anniversary of the humble air conditioner.

In the 2010s, design/build programs were the cutting edge of architectural education.

The lighting designer—and one of this year’s Dwell 24—hunted down the quintessential director’s chair.

In the summer of 1961, The Dow Chemical Company approached Alden B. Dow with a proposal to design a research test house that used...

Less than an hour drive from Venice or Verona, La Mugletta is a modern B&B located in the Euganean Hills of Northern Italy.

Far be it from me to suggest you spend your spare computer time reading—those R. Kelly vids are certainly not going to watch...

The Alden B Dow Home & Studio in Central Michigan showcases the extraordinary vision, imagination, and craftsmanship of the...

At Under, a Snøhetta-designed restaurant balanced on the Norwegian coast, guests dine 16 feet below the ocean surface.

After suffering years of neglect, a pair of dilapidated stone villas has been brought back to life with a $88,000 budget.

These artists, makers, and small businesses are essential voices in the design community.