Stacked Concrete Squares Make Up This Incredible Vacation Home in Aragon, Spain
Sitting on the edge of Puertos de Beceite national park in Aragon, Spain, is Casa Solo Pezo, the first property in the Solo...
Dwell 24: Ryan Edward Studio
Ryan Edward Studio's three-piece light collection, Orbit—a sconce‚ a pendant‚ and a Calderesque chandelier—proves that lighting...
A New Prefab Office Pod Lets You Work From Practically Anywhere
The Denizen Archetype offers everything you need to get things done—whenever and wherever you desire.
Dwell Made Presents: DIY Concrete Stool
Build your own stylish, industrial concrete stool using this step-by-step video and guide.
Budget Breakdown: A DIY Couple Turn an Aging Barn House Into a Dreamy Catskills Getaway for $55.6K
Undeterred by the pandemic—and with their one-year-old daughter in tow—Danielle and Ely Franko spend seven months overhauling a...
Dwell Made Presents: DIY Walnut Side Table
This how-to video and guide shows you how to flatten a rough slab of walnut and turn it into a table.
Dwell Made Presents: DIY Shoe Shelf With a Macramé Curtain
Build a simple, trendy shoe shelf to help declutter your closet with this easy-to-follow video and guide.
A Former Corner Shop in Sydney Becomes a Family Home Full of Art Nouveau Flair
The sensuous residence draws inspiration from Scottish architect and artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh and traditional Japanese...
Dwell Made Presents: DIY Walnut Dining Table
Craft your own live-edge walnut dining table with this step-by-step video and guide.
Pro Van Converters Share Their Design Approach—and #Vanlife Tips for DIYers
Nomadic duo CarpenterIngram launched their van conversion business after falling in love with life on the road.
In “The Queen of Versailles Reigns Again,” an Unfinished Mega-Mansion Is Not a Home
The follow-up to a deft documentary that made a couple building the largest single-family home in America seem human—even...
50 New Smart Home Products That Caught Our Eye
We survey the latest in connected gadgets, from thermostats to toothbrushes.
My Dad, Richard Neutra, Through the Lens of a Landmark Psychological Study
The legendary architect’s youngest son examines his father’s internal architecture, weighing the findings from a 1958 UC Berkeley...
Social Media Convinced Me to Refinish a Dresser. I Lived to Tell the Tale
All it took was an orbital sander, some elbow grease, and determination to see it through.
These Picture-Perfect Mirrors are Made for the Selfie Era
Whether wall-mounted, freestanding, or handheld, these adventurous sculptural shapes and accents have us reflecting upon the...
In Northern Michigan, a Geodesic Dome Offers Visitors an Escape Pod From Daily Life
The designers of the 385-square-foot space turned a prefab structure into a one-of-a-kind guesthouse in the woods.
Tools of the Trade
Design-build practices invest considerable time in setting up shop and tremendous capital in tools.
British Designers Craft for the Crown
Two radically different design installations will celebrate London’s craft heritage.
Can Landscape Design Humanize New York’s Hudson Yards?
Landscape architect Thomas Woltz is lending a human scale to the Manhattan megadevelopment.
Saudi Arabia’s The Line Megadevelopment Gets A Lot Shorter
The controversial planned city was supposed to cut across 105 miles of desert. Now, not so much.
Four Friends Joined Forces to Realize This Idyllic Forest Retreat Outside Toronto
Two homes combine under one roof in this unique lakeside structure.
Parsing Perec
A few months back I received a pair of new books from the small Wakefield Press in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and have come to...
Aligned with Nature
When Dominique Gettliffe saw the site his clients had purchased in tiny Crestone, deep in southwest Colorado, he didn’t see...
Designy-ness vs. Design
Where is the line between design and "designy-ness"? A recent essay got us thinking about how consumers identify real innovation...
The Self-Taught Architect Who Became the “Modern Maverick of Malibu”
Southern California’s Harry Gesner, who died this month, crafted some of the Golden State’s most idiosyncratic homes.
A Minimal Yet Mighty Brooklyn Apartment
A couple takes a minimalist approach to their Brooklyn apartment, focusing on supple materials, subtle gradations of color, and...
Haptic Lab Founder Emily Fischer Keeps It Warm and Cozy
The quilter, who grew up in rural Wisconsin, recommends her favorite winter essentials.
Creative Renovation in Brooklyn
When graphic designers Jeanette and Mike Abbink left behind their loft in San Francisco—with collected ephemera, a voluminous...
Are We Heading for Another Attempted Waterbed Revival?
Though it’s hardly the first time there’s been talk of a comeback, new sleep-focused consumer trends may be turning the tide.
One Tiny Home Builder’s Big, Big Plans to Bring Its Space-Age Prefabs to the Masses
Looking at SpaceX and Apple as inspirations, Nestron says it will launch its first concept stores in Las Vegas, Houston, and Fort...
Los Angeles, California
Though Los Angeles offers Lindsay Lohan sightings at Pinkberry and addresses on L.Ron Hubbard Way, Dwell explores a different...
Budget Breakdown: Two Retired Teachers Build Oregon’s First All-CLT House for $591K
Surrounded by forest and accessed via a fairy-tale bridge, the resilient forever home showcases the strength of cross-laminated...
We’re Off to See the Waltons
FORMAT, a new music and arts festival, is the latest effort by the country's richest family to remake Northwest Arkansas in...
Deciding to Rebuild After a Fire Is Just the First Step
Four years after the devastating Woolsey fire, Malibu residents who lost everything are still waiting for approvals, and...
The House That Helped Build the Modern Psychedelics Movement
Rick Doblin started the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies from the Arcturus, the home he built in the Florida...
How to Tell If a DIY Project Is Worth Tackling
When the cost versus time equation is confusing, it’s hard to know how to proceed.