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

Designed by Orange Architects, the compact, energy-efficient home features open and airy interiors that can instantly be adjusted...

Color is a design superpower that can make a small room appear larger, or an expansive space feel intimate and cozy.

How does daylight affect happiness and well-being? Marvin decided to find out.

Designed to amplify connections with the desert, a low-lying courtyard house nestles into the landscape.

New storage, clever furniture, and lots of pegboards help a New York attorney get organized.

A NODE prefab, Solar Studio in West Seattle produces 100 percent of its own energy—and rental income for its eco-conscious owner.

Located on the southeast coast of Brazil in the surfer's paradise of Ubatuba, this sustainably constructed home embraces its lush...

A high-tech house in rural Finland offers a family a place to recharge—in more ways than one.

Resolution:4 Architecture creates astounding prefabricated homes that are tailored to their sites and the unique needs of their...

Surrounded by snowy mountains and perched oceanside, even Vancouver’s business district manages to be idyllic.

Compact in size—yet big on comfort—this well-crafted micro-home is a luxurious way to experience the water.

Packed with off-grid tech, the partially prefabricated Waterfall Residence soaks up stunning views of Carmel Valley.

Lake|Flato harnesses prefab design to construct an award-winning weekend retreat in just eight months.

A software developer adds a prefabricated shed by Drop Structures to his Oregon campground.

Maya Bird-Murphy, founder of Chicago Mobile Makers, converted a Postal Service truck into a pop-up design classroom for...

A former power station on the western edge of Melbourne’s city centre has been repurposed into a dining destination with six new...

From modern sheds and tiny cabins to detached dwellings, we're spotlighting our favorite small spaces from the Dwell community...

Balancing the need for privacy with a neighborhood connection, this introspective residence in Lisbon invests in useful—yet...

Steven Holl's geometric Ex of In House holds a minimal footprint without compromising on volume within.

As a thought-provoking exploration of environment and design, this minimalist ring-shaped holiday home in Aragon, Spain, abandons...

Nashville–based New Frontier Homes recently completed the Orchid Tiny House—a 290-square-foot off-grid home with amazing lighting...

Prefabricated, solar-powered, and filled with cutting-edge technology, the FutureHAUS is the smart, sustainable home of tomorrow.

They may be small, but these utilitarian spaces can really pack a punch if done right.

Inspired by environmental issues, architect Vincent Callebaut reimagines the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral as a solar-powered...

Living Vehicle teams up with Volta Power Systems to offer the highest-capacity electric power system available in a residential...

The redesigned office, which holds three floors of a 19th-century factory building, combines workshop and laboratory.

Ali Malkawi leads us into a future where software helps a house adapt to changing conditions.

Copenhagen just cut the ribbon on a new waste-to-energy power plant—and you can ski down it.

Enter your residential projects with outstanding fenestration, solar orientation, or other inspired daylighting strategies by...

Students are redesigning their environment under the guidance of Publicolor, a nonprofit organization founded in 1996 by...

Every hour, enough sunlight hits the earth to power the entire planet for a year.

Probably the most evocative term among the otherwise technocratic energy vocabulary, vampire power is the continuous current that...

Snøhetta, a full service design and architecture firm, has been recognized by Architect's Newspaper for its expansion of the San...

Three Scandi-inspired designs by Escape start at $43,600 and plug into a standard electrical outlet, an electric vehicle, or a...

At a party last year I was chatting with Mike Simonian of the San Francisco design firm Mike and Maaike.