A retired couple looking to downsize find the solution right in their backyard.

Art and life meet in the middle at a creative family retreat in Central Mexico.

An architect designs a cost-effective home for his parents that allows for multigenerational living and responds to the harsh...

Roam Architects designs an airy addition with a timber roof, a two-way fireplace, and generous glazing that connects it to the...

Johnsen Schmaling Architects design a linear residence recalling the path of ancient glaciers on the Kettle Moraine.

Built with materials carried to the site by hand, Chalet M is a 270-square-foot cabin that treads lightly on its woodland site.

A green-roofed retreat slots gently into a wooded dell in southern Brazil.

Annie Ritz and Daniel Rabin, the couple behind And And And Studio, didn’t shy away from texture or color when it came to...

Architect Rodrigo Simão gets carte blanche to design a home and studio for an empty-nester couple in Petrópolis.

Centered in a lush garden, the single-level dwelling by Edition Office features softly textured brick and burnished concrete that...

On a remote hillside in wine country, a Los Angeles couple build an energy-efficient prefab with stunning views.

By building a modern property next to their traditional cabin, a couple starts fresh on familiar land.

Two linked 1,000-square-foot pavilions are greater than a sum of their parts.

Among the many problems of urban living in Portland, Oregon, are raccoons, deer, and falling trees.

Designed around a specimen oak, this renovated midcentury has walls of glass and a natural palette to achieve a seamless...

After escaping over the years to Lake Huron’s Manitoulin Island, a pair of painters tap Solares Architecture for a sustainable...

Apart from the structural work and technical fittings, nearly everything was built by hand.

Influenced by the Case Study Houses and Frank Lloyd Wright, Chevalier Morales weaves a riverside dwelling into its bucolic...

Up-and-coming Argentinian architect Florencia Rissotti’s first built-from-scratch residence is an homage to simple living.

Salvaged wood interiors flesh out a skeleton of concrete, glass, and steel in the Mohawk Trail State Forest.

French builder Baluchon created Ala Köl for their clients’ life on the road.

Designed for gatherings, Nuestro Sueño features living spaces that flow one into the next, all surrounding a central open-air...

Working remotely? Take some inspiration from these homes from the Dwell community that caught our editor’s eye this week.

Any one of these modern home offices and workplaces is perfect for studying, reading, and getting work done.

Who knows how much work we’d get done in these gorgeous home offices and studies—we’re hoping a lot.

Taking inspiration from a John Donne poem, FMD Architects brings in angled shapes that represent the union of two former clients.

After treating their fixer-upper to a four-year remodel, creatives Danielle Moore and Bryan Wang are adapting to a new normal.

Architects Frank and Megan Lin revitalize an uninspiring 1960s ranch home, forging a connection to the outdoors and creating a...

Slow Studio uses passive design techniques to create a brick house with a surprisingly light footprint.

Clad in cypress and charged with color, the North Fork getaway of author Julie Satow and editor Stuart Elliott is something to...

Tucked into a heavily wooded parcel in rural Iowa, the Ravine Residence blurs the boundary between interior and exterior with...

Built on a tight budget of $120,000, a retirement home in the mountains delivers unexpected contemporary design to a rural...

On the shores of Mary Lake in Port Sydney, Ontario—just two hours north of Toronto—the Bridgehouse is a modern wooden home that...

These modern retreats lend themselves to the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku, or forest therapy.

A simple, gabled form and clever storage define this compact one-bedroom home in Wanaka, New Zealand.

Síol Studios gives a 1920s Spanish Colonial house a bespoke renovation that frames an amazing art collection.