After years of travelling the world for work, an Australian family was ready to create their ultimate home base on twenty acres.

These reflective homes, cabins, and hotels seem to disappear into their surroundings.

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

A modest weatherboard house receives a playful update to accommodate a family of five in Sydney.

Canada's Magdalen Islands offer a seaside retreat to landlocked Quebecers, two of whom have turned the local vernacular on its...

The benefits of using local stone in a building's structure are multifold.

Mirrors have long been associated with magic and illusion.

If you're looking for a way to make a bold architectural statement from the outside of your home, an experimental screen-like...

Frank Gehry's recognizable designs are often cited as being among the most important works of contemporary architecture.

The Bauhaus designer’s modern vision helped post-war American building see the future.

Alvar Aalto, one of Finland’s greatest architects, made modernist masterpieces with a human touch.

Eight exceptional Frank Lloyd Wright projects have officially made it onto the UNESCO World Heritage List—the first modern...

Nominated by the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, the works include Fallingwater, Taliesin, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim...

An impeccable apartment building brings the steel-and-glass sleekness of modern architecture into a historic London neighborhood.

The late, Pritzker-winning Viennese architect was a key proponent of postmodernism.

An enticingly tactile aluminum facade attracts attention in the Dutch city of Arnhem.

Thanks to a careful renovation that included a handful of preservation challenges, a family's Spanish beach house is given new...

Creating a children’s space that won’t be instantly outgrown is all about finding the fun in functionality.

A new monograph by gestalten shines a light on the visionary works of Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill, whose bold forms often...

Cement tiles, terrazzo, and exposed shiplap boards are just a few traditional building materials that are experiencing a...

Leap into spring with these hot-off-the-press design books.

A baby's arrival is cause for celebration—and for many, it's also a time to confront limited living space.

At the end of 2000, Tryggvi Thorsteinsson and Erla Dögg Ingjaldsdóttir, Icelandic natives and partners in the Santa Monica–based...

Reflective facades camouflage these prefabs in their forested setting, giving visitors a new way to escape.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, what’s the fairest angle of them all?

Set amidst a leafy forest near Ontario's Kawartha Lakes, this modern cabin beautifully mirrors nature with its contemporary...

The decommissioned structure was built in the 1950s for France’s La Cité Radieuse Housing Project in Briey-en-Forêt.

Preview the Editor’s Letter from our January/February issue, written by Dwell founder and CEO Lara Deam.

Read the Editor’s Letter from our upcoming November/December edition and look for the issue on newsstands in the first week of...

When you’re not ready for an overhaul but still want to spruce up your space, sometimes changing one or two things can be...

A gut renovation and a landscaping makeover help a couple reconnect with the outdoors.

It has been nearly half a decade, but the Dwell Home II is back! Construction began this winter in the hills outside Los Angeles,...

Read the Editor’s Letter from our upcoming September/October edition and look for the issue on newsstands in the first week of...

This fresh take on the midcentury ranch home features a pleated roof and dark siding that retreats into the trees.

A heritage inter-war, functionalist-style house gets a dose of contemporary Australian cool.

ÖÖD House’s tiny glass cabin makes the perfect home office or backyard guesthouse.