The city’s chief design officer explains why Los Angeles is America’s creative capital and what the mayor is doing to make...

The artfully redesigned home in Los Angeles is the unique brainchild of both architects’ life work.

Here’s how to combine pop art, street art, and space-age furniture à la Florentino.

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Homeowner and surfer Christopher Hansen envisions a secluded oceanfront retreat that lets him keep an eye on the waves.

Completed over the span of five years, a Sydney home sports a refashioned rear that’s delightfully different from the original...

When an internationally renown designer and a fabricator get together, great things can happen.

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

Acting as their own general contractors, the homeowners respectfully update architect Doug Rucker’s redwood-clad Hogan Residence.

At the front of the property, a spacious deck and sunken firepit overlook the surrounding hills and city.

Stepping into the holiday home of interior designer Denise Portmans is like visiting her Los Angeles design shop—a revelation in...

Each week, we tap into Dwell's Instagram community to bring you the most captivating design and architecture shots of the week.

Casa Comunal, a passion project begun by an avid surfer and his friends, is a new Caribbean getaway that embeds travelers in the...

Flora Grubb Gardens, the hippest plant merchant in the Bay Area, takes up residence in a new building as green as it is...

Elizabeth Paige Smith and Christopher Stringer’s hilltop retreat is a lucent gem on an impressive perch.

DIY Furniture 2 offers instructions and inspiration for furniture making.

We editors have started to put together the panels and programming for Dwell on Design 09 in Los Angeles, and I'm very excited to...

A modern addition in Annandale strengthens a home's connection to the outdoors and enhances natural light.

Artist Christopher Florentino’s Ghost Loft is a delightful mix of midcentury treasures, Pop art, and Japanese design.

The legendary late rapper’s Brooklyn condo, which he once called his “one-room shack,” is available to rent starting July 1, 2019.

A sneak preview of the modern house tours coming to Fire Island this summer, including the work of architects Horace Gifford,...

Wedge-shaped house nestled into Petersham, Sydney

Painter Christopher Florentino explains how he revived a 1963 house in Winter Haven by modern architect Gene Leedy.

Learn how to build an easy, versatile shelving system designed by Christopher Deam using this step-by-step video and guide.

This recently renovated midcentury home is bright, open, and full of high-end finishes.

In our annual look at furniture, fixtures, lighting, and accessories, we’re celebrating the endless potential of these...

Megowan Architectural orients the concrete-and-wood Two Angle House on the Mornington Peninsula to best capture views of the sea...

Designed by Sarah Graham and Marc Angélil of AGPS Architecture, the award-winning residence (now under contract for $2,295,000)...

Now on the market for the first time in decades, the Squire House presents a serene facade and an impressive, all-glass rear.

Within just 580 square feet, a New York architect carves out a comfortable “vertical loft”—no clutter in sight.

With a Murphy bed and a revised layout, a studio apartment becomes a transformable one-bedroom.

Set on a historic tree-lined street, the swanky abode boasts a master suite that takes up an entire floor.

The L.A.-based collective brings the city its first new streetlight design in more than 60 years.

New York– and Miami–based artist Christopher Florentino reveals how his picturesque Gene Leedy-designed house in Winter Haven...

In order to save a Meiji-period machiya in Kyoto's Higashiyama District, four friends pooled together their resources and had the...

If you haven't already marked your calendar—now's the time. Here’s how to make the most of Palm Springs Modernism Week.