An Astounding Tessellated Home in Greece Burrows Into the Earth
A 10-year project on the island of Milos culminates in a sunken residence shaped by a 19th-century math formula.
Dwell Patterns with Heath Ceramics
Dwell and Sausalito–based Heath Ceramics have more than a few things in common. We're both design-focused Bay Area companies.
An Artful Lakefront Deck Invites Family Gatherings in Minneapolis
Perfect for summer fetes, this spacious circular deck features striking inlay and a gently curved stair.
How to Homeschool During the Coronavirus Pandemic
First, don't feel bad that you are not adequately prepared for this crisis—most of us aren't.
Bright Renovation of a Tiny Manhattan Apartment
A husband-and-wife architect team transforms a 607-square-foot Manhattan apartment into an open and bright home for two graphic...
Before & After: A Super-Skinny Row House in Brooklyn Gets an Airy, Loftlike Makeover
A brilliant blue core runs through all four floors of art consultant Priscilla Caldwell’s reworked townhouse in Cobble Hill.
Here’s What 50 Years of Prefab Innovation Looks Like
Founded in 1968 to build A-frame homes for resort communities, Deltec has evolved to specialize in bringing quality,...
Designer Sean Brown’s Toronto Apartment Elevates the Y2K Aesthetic
The creator of the beloved CD rug mixes business and pleasure, treating his own digs as a life-size vision board for his home...
Everything You Need to Know About Building an ADU in Chicago
A new pilot program by the city to add housing has yet to catch on—but that could soon change.
Dusen Dusen's Brooklyn Studio Is a Playground of Color
“I've personally always been so drawn to color,” Van Dusen says. “And I'm, like, why? Why am I just like obsessed with this thing?
Rural Studio’s 20K Homes Reveal the Systemic Problems Behind Affordable Housing
In rural Western Alabama, a student-led program evolves from building $20,000 homes to creating a blueprint for sustainable,...
8 Designers and Architects Share the Crucial Lessons They Learned From Dad
Whether bankers or builders by trade, these dads of design have plenty of wisdom to share.
They Lived in a “Secret Mall Apartment” for Years. Now, They’re Telling the Story
A group of artists turned a hidden shopping center nook into a clandestine home: “At that time, I had a copy of Dwell and I was...
Jason Pontius on Blog Themes
Recently I had the idea of asking a well-placed, well-respected web designer who understands the vagaries of design, branding,...
5 Great Home and Bedding Presidents’ Day Sales
We’ve got a springy bathmat and a great deal on rugs.
Why Architect Melissa Shin Adds Drawings of Smurfs to Her Project Plans
Never one to take things too seriously, the cofounder of Los Angeles firm Shin Shin turns her childhood toys into watermarks.
Editor’s Letter: Crunching the Numbers
Welcome to our annual Money Issue, where compromises lead to creativity as we dig into what great design actually costs.
This House Tells the Time With an Oculus
In Galileo’s day, men counted their pulses to tell time.
10 First Steps to Follow When Planning the Perfect Lighting For Your Home
Properly lighting your home may seem like a no-brainer, but once you start laying out the particulars—budget, style, function,...
Interview: Emily Pilloton of Project H
As an architect, industrial designer and writer, Emily Pilloton realized it wasn't enough to talk about design that made a...
Friday Finds 5.06.11
Happy May 6th to you all.
An Introduction to Architects
Aside from that mischievous caveperson in France who used a piece of charcoal to draw a line around some stick figures that...
Best in (Grad) Show 2016
Culled from art and design schools across the world, these top-notch student projects earned a spot on our honor roll.
Compostmodern 09: Saul Griffith Demands Heirloom Design
Saul Griffith knows how to deliver grim planetary outlooks with irreverent humor.
Influential Women in Architecture
Can you name just one influential female architect?
A Bibliophile Couple’s Brooklyn Apartment Finds a Smart Storage Solution for More Than 1,000 Books
Design-build firm Spot Lab reimagine an old 980-square-foot corner unit with birch-plywood built-ins for the family’s home...
DIY Electronics Company Aims to Turn Even the Least Savvy Users Into Smart Tech Wizards
Through her company littleBits, MIT-trained engineer Ayah Bdeir turns humble objects into remote-controlled, Internet-connected...
Before & After: A SoCal Surfer’s Choppy Kitchen Catches a New Wave
Designer Lisa Carolla streamlines her space for post-beach bites, communal cooking, and everyday living in Encinitas.
Ocean-Inspired Porcelain Designs by Maria Moyer
In essence, wabi-sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection, profoundness in nature and valuing authenticity...
Kendrick Bangs Kellogg, Pioneer of Organic Modernism, Dies at 89
The Southern California architect spun Frank Lloyd Wright’s philosophies into an iconoclastic body of work that includes the...
“Asteroid City” Is a Midcentury Western With a Wes Anderson Twist
Production designer Adam Stockhausen discusses the meticulous detail that went into crafting the desert outpost, and creating a...
Talking to DOD Keynote Dan Pink
Big-thinker Daniel H. Pink has quickly established himself as an authority on the rapidly-transforming concept of work, and along...
30 Families Wanted to Build a Home Together. Two Architects Tell Us How They Made It Happen
Anda and Jenny French of Boston architecture firm French 2D specialize in “strange” housing types where people can reconsider...
A Fox-Shaped Tree House Came to Her in a Dream. So, She and Her Husband Spent Years Building It
The Maine couple pulled off their unconventional ode to the woodland creature without an architect or engineer.

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