"Personally, I’d rather be living outside,” says architect David Hertz.

Decades after they met as teenagers on a Montauk beach, Manhattanites Victoria and Greg Pryor returned to Long Island to build a...

Seeking simplicity and open space, a Boulder-area couple settled on a wooded hilltop with views of the mountains and the city.

A green roof cools your home in the summer, insulates in the winter, and has far-reaching benefits for the community, but keeping...

See if you check off all the boxes when it comes to creating an eco-friendly household.

It’s simple to make lasting changes to your home, wardrobe, and everyday life that are kind to the planet.

Embodied energy, gray water, black water, carbon footprint—the list of sustainable design terms goes on and on, and we're here to...

From a shipping container dwelling to architect Steven Holl’s forest retreat, these residences embody the ideal that what’s best...

In the Texas capital's transit-oriented Mueller development, architect Michael Hsu proposes a modern take on row house living.

From a carbon-negative cabin to a prefab farmhouse, these resourceful designs captivated readers this year.

The greenest home is the one you already have.

For this rural Ontario home, building sustainably was less about high-tech gizmos than learning to truly love the land.

Climate is one of the biggest factors of human physical comfort and sustainability, and it's one of the most important...

With careful planning and wise material choices, you can design an eco-friendly home that's not only gentler on the planet, but...

Wood in general is a beautiful, evocative natural material, and when it's saved from a landfill and reused, it has even more...

The return of summer barbecues and back porch hangouts means that outdoor living spaces are again enjoying heavy foot traffic.

With a historic designation and updated energy-efficient features, this spacious 3,521-square-foot property in Pasadena,...

Thanks to a disciplined devotion to mid-century principles of design, a curator’s bachelor pad in the Hamptons is reborn.

A Southern California architect approaches his family home as an experiment in sustainable design.

Explore Ecospace Studio's modular buildings that serve a variety of valuable purposes.

A sustainable home in Lexington, Massachusetts, brings contemporary design to an unexpected region.

Perkins & Will designs a mountaintop Passive House that takes energy efficiency to the next level.

Now that summer has officially started, temperatures are rising and air conditioners are cranked up—but that doesn’t mean you...

Danish architect Jesper Pedersen reimagines a Lloyd Ruocco midcentury, putting sustainability at the forefront of the...

Studio eM Design’s rammed-earth home in Corrales, New Mexico, updates the regional adobe archetype into a hallmark of sustainable...

Easy peasy: There are a ton of simple ways to make a positive impact on Mother Earth without drastically altering your daily...

In 2010, Dwell took a look at four radical plans to reshape and retrofit spaces outside of our cities.

A natural disaster cleared a property in the Colorado mountains, giving an architect and her family a blank slate on which to...

At the 2016 NW Natural Street of Dreams, outdoor projects built with Humboldt Redwood graced a show home and a wine tasting room.

A renovation and addition clad in operable, wooden screens turn an Edwardian in Camberwell into a breezy home that's strongly...

Japanese and Scandinavian influences come together to produce a look that’s serene, organic, and refined.

If their everyday mantra sounds something like “reduce, reuse, recycle,” these eco-conscious gifts won’t weigh on their...

These extraordinary tree houses meld sustainable materials with hospitality design, offering an innovative and adventurous way to...

Formed around the values of nature, passion, creativity, and community, this sustainably oriented community outside of Atlanta,...

The energy-efficient Silicon Valley home that architect Dan Spiegel designs for his parents responds to their lifestyles, the...

Inspired by the idea of a living organism, Madeiguincho designed a 188-square-foot cabin that collects, stores, and reuses...