A New Slant
In Seattle, where others saw only a severe slope and lack of municipal hookups, one couple spotted their ticket to their dream...
Before & After: Clever Changes Bring Out the Charm in a 1920s Seattle Bungalow
SHED Architecture & Design fine-tunes the home’s floor plan—and then knits it all together with custom casework.
Rios Clementi Hale's Nowita Residence
After living in what was once a poky little Venice, California, bungalow for nearly 20 years, married architects Frank Clementi...
Before & After: A Remodel Brings a Famous Cartoonist’s Former Home Back to Life
This Seattle house high above Lake Washington once belonged to illustrator Irwin Caplan.
The Answer Is Jens Risom
Jens Risom (1916-2016) changed America's perception of Danish modern furniture.
A Breezy Hawaiian Residence by Olson Kundig Hits the Market at $6.95M
Hale Nanea—or the Wave House—takes advantage of its sloping site on the south shore of Kauai for dazzling views.
Before & After: A Seattle Midcentury Shakes Off a Wacky Addition
SHED Architecture + Design fashions a more coherent layout for a Seward Park home with refreshing lake views.
How to Strike a Work/Life Balance in a Tiny Apartment, According to Design Experts
Feeling cooped up and stressed out? Here are some essential tips from designers and builders of small spaces.
You’d Never Guess This Japanese-Style Home in Tiburon Is a Kit House
More Japanese minka than Sears, Roebuck & Co., a kit home in the Bay Area—complete with a meditation room—provides the right...
Before & After: An Architect Upgrades a Blah Berkeley Bungalow With a Stylish Addition
By adding 450 square feet of space, architect Rudabeh Pakravan was able to completely reimagine her family’s 1926 home in West...
A Midcentury Beach House by a Renowned East Coast Architect Asks $1.7M
Built by architect Andrew Geller on the north shore of Long Island, New York, the 1968 home offers spacious living areas with...
5 Easy Tips From Modern Condos For Creating a Scandinavian-Inspired Interior
Here at Dwell, we love Scandinavian design and believe there's a lot to learn from all types of projects that incorporate its...
Before & After: A TV Writer’s Chelsea Loft Is Saved From a Hodgepodge of Outdated Remodels
Through a process of subtraction, the architects were able to highlight the penthouse’s unique elements.
8 Times Historical Architecture Took a Walk on the Modern Side
Traditional architecture is something that can and should be preserved whenever possible.
9 Impressive “Before & After” Remodels of 20th-Century Homes in Seattle
These smart Seattle renovations embrace their sylvan settings to the fullest.
A Hybrid Prefab Home in Upstate New York
For a vintage design dealer seeking a respite from the city, architect William Massie conceptualized a mostly prefab home around...
A Dark and Dreary Welsh Row House Gets a Dazzling Reinvention
A renovation by Benjamin Hale Architects presents “a template for bringing Cardiff houses into the 21st century.”
Before & After: Touring Midcentury Homes Was an Obsession. Then They Got to Revive One by Saul Zaik
Removing a mezzanine level shrouding a skylight in the 1963 Portland residence was just the first step.
They Brought a Touch of Japan to Their Lakeside Renovation
A couple used architectural photos from their travels as inspiration for the overhaul of a 1950s home in Seattle.
A Restaurateur From Seattle’s “First Family of Phở” Crafts Her Dream Kitchen for Hosting
The space, revamped for just under $170K, incorporates pops of the same pink pastel hue used since the 1980s as a signature color...
A Small Development in Los Feliz Offers Scandinavian-Inspired Urban Living
Created by Integrated Development, this small-lot development that opened in October 2016 includes six modern homes that were...
Reading Time: Creative Books for Kids
From picture books for pint-size readers to more involved, didactic tomes that parents can read to their kids, break out these...
Daring Dormers Breathe New Life into a Derelict 1930s Farmhouse
Old meets new in this transformed brick farmhouse in Silverdale, Washington.
Before & After: A Couple Crack Open a Cramped Brick House on a Washington Oyster Farm
SHED Architecture + Design refreshes a Kitsap Peninsula home by taking down walls, doubling down on dormers, and polishing up its...
Partners in Design
A design career spanning decades has left this pair of Design Research–alumni with a thing or two to say concerning the state of...
Beyond The Red Door
This Victorian farmhouse in Granville, Ohio barely survived years of “keggers” and student housing at its university locale...
A Weathered Beach House Becomes a Breezy, Live/Work Pad in Northern California
Architect Malcolm Davis revives a sun-bleached property in Pacifica, adding a detached studio wrapped in Cor-Ten steel.
An Introduction to Universal Design
Mention universal design and see your companions’ eyes start glazing over.
Compostmodern 09: Thinking Wrong with Project M
One day at Compostmodern equals about a week in standard time, and much more if you add up the many hours' worth of Web-surfing...
Sustainable, Rural Design by Auburn's Rural Studio
A director and professor at Auburn’s acclaimed architectural lab talk about the next 20 years of sustainable, rural design.
Here’s Everything We’re Eyeing in Nordstrom’s Home-Sale Section
Including some very good deals on Ferm Living and Staub.
Is There a Way Out of Hawaii’s Housing Crisis?
The Aloha State is drowning in a flood of the same factors creating a housing crisis all over America.
Legendary Ladies Of Motorsport: Hellé Nice
If you were standing at the finish line at the 1930 all-Bugatti Grand Prix in Le Mans, you would have seen 3rd place scream cross...
Emily Pilloton
In January 2008, Emily Pilloton founded Project H Design in an effort to "turn criticism into action" by connecting socially...
Halving It All
David Sarti’s little red house in Seattle’s sleepy Central District proves that a bit of land, ambition, and carpentry know-how...

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