Salvaged Bathroom with a Vintage Touch For his upstate-New York farmhouse, designer Tom Givone found the perfect marriage of high design, architectural salvage, and...
Salvage Love The first year out of college is a wildcard for most people.
A Maine Farmhouse Built With Salvaged Materials Caleb Johnson Studio combined materials recovered from a vintage farmstead, as well as a midcentury modern teardown, to create...
A Holiday Home in Hokkaido Echoes the Textures and Topography of Nature A Japanese architect blurs the edges between shelter and site in a summer retreat enveloped by woodland.
A Concrete Guesthouse in Upstate New York Is Decidedly “Bunker Chic” With inspiration from the creative homeowners, architects David Leven and Stella Betts design a bunker-like backyard structure...
A Tattered Brooklyn Brownstone Is Brought Back to Life With Big Doses of Color Michael K. Chen Architecture resuscitates a Clinton Hill residence by restoring its historic details and applying bold hues...
A Black Gable Farmhouse Harvests its Own Electricity, Heat, and Water Built of prefabricated cross-laminated timber panels, this barn-inspired home blends into the rural landscape.
A Two-Unit ADU in Los Angeles Offers Inspired Spaces for Creative Tenants Architect Max Kuo transforms a back house and garage into a white-gabled duplex for a diverse mix of residents.
Before & After: A Design Duo Give Themselves Free Rein to Experiment With Their Portland Bungalow Lara White and Jason Stamp of Workaday Design infuse their 1922 house with plenty of personality.
Near Amsterdam, a Couple Turn the Top of a Former Chapel Into Their Home and Studio Textile designer Milla Novo and her husband move into a converted monastery, uncovering religious frescoes in the renovation...
In London, an Old Victorian Becomes a Wonderland of Colored Concrete Studio Ben Allen uses prefab elements to transform a dated Victorian in just four days.
An 18th-Century Portuguese Home Morphs Into a Series of Colorful Apartments Each unit is layered with a mix of eye-catching details, including patterned mosaics and a moody mermaid painting on the bathroom...
This Beach House in Australia Is Nothing Like Its Neighbors—or Any Beach House You’ve Seen Though it’d be hard to tell from the street, the compound of concrete blocks forms a surprisingly breezy family retreat.
A Brazilian Home With a Touch of Japanese Zen Designed with two parallel wings separated by a shallow pool, this striking São Paulo residence is lined with rows of timber...
Humble Materials Get an Elevated Treatment in a ’70s-Inspired Home in Cape Town For his longtime friends, architect Michael Lumby works magic by investing in craftsmanship over expensive finishing and...
Expanses of Glass and Broad Trellises Bring Clarity to a Renovated Home in San Francisco Architect Anne Fougeron softens and brightens a ’60s-era residence, adding a new glass pavilion.
This “Upside-Down” House in Melbourne Shifts Shape to Accommodate a Family of Seven On a narrow lot in suburban Australia, Cloud Architecture designs a family home with built-in flexibility.
A Pair of Filmmakers Give Their San Francisco Edwardian a Sensuous Edit Returning to the Presidio after two decades in New York, an auteur couple and their young daughters work with Geremia Design to...
This Eco-Friendly Home Wears the South African Bush as Camouflage Sunken in the earth and topped with native grass, this low-slung concrete home lets the landscape rule.
Delightful Curves Abound in This Revamped Cottage in Sydney Carter Williamson Architects preserves the heritage facade of a 100-year-old dwelling in Annandale while imbuing the interiors...
A São Paulo Home Welcomes Guests With an Invitingly Breezy Brutalism The residence merges two Brazilian architectural styles with distinctly casual and formal spaces.
10 Ideas For the Minimalist Bathroom of Your Dreams Possibly one of the most important rooms in your home—a sleek and simple bathroom can easily be aesthetically pleasing without...
7 Bathroom Renovation Ideas to Rejuvenate Your Space Gone are the days of bathrooms simply being utilitarian spaces.
10 Best Modern Showers to Inspire Your Bathroom Renovation Every bathroom renovation needs a starting point.
Knoll Gets in Touch With Its Bauhaus Roots “Knoll Celebrates Bauhaus” explores the link between the company and the legendary school—and their joint impact on the course of...
Discover 9 Modern Ways to Use Marble in Your Bathroom Though marble is widely known for its old-school glamour, it can also bring some simple, modern luxury to a more contemporary...
10 Backsplashes That Add a Touch of Flair to the Kitchen These backsplashes—though obviously not an afterthought—are the cherry on top of these kitchen designs.
Tips for Tiny Bathrooms The bathroom has many functions that we find are important in our daily routines.
A Salvaged Apartment on Mallorca Leaves its Roots Exposed As if undertaking an archaeological dig, architect Carles Oliver peels back layers of his home over the course of three years.
A Dramatic Apartment Renovation in Barcelona Features Salvaged Tile and Brick The original apartment, located in the Gràcia district, was dark and disjointed.
A Canadian Couple Revitalize a 1970s Airstream Using Salvaged Materials Hanson Land & Sea use local, reclaimed materials to transform a vintage Airstream into a family escape.
An Off-the-Grid Prefab in Australia Uses Salvaged Iron as Camo Disguised as a humble farm shed, the prefabricated Tintaldra Cabin is a cool, contemporary home that goes completely off the grid...
Top 9 Bathrooms of 2020 From the whimsical to the austerely beautiful, the contenders in this year’s Dwell Design Awards are singular sanctuaries.
20 Bathrooms With Transformative Tiles The right tiles can transform any basic space into a breathtaking escape.
A Serene Nakashima Bathroom Survives George Nakashima’s sublime Japanese-style bathroom endures at his rural estate.
9 Unusual Modern Bathrooms Don't just tile the bathroom floor: tile the walls and ceiling, too. No windows? No problem! Mirrored walls? Why not!