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

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

Based in Brooklyn, New York, Future Green Studio is cultivating beautiful and sustainable landscapes throughout NYC, one...

Architect Jiri Lev’s home is a prototype for forward-looking architecture that could make a positive societal impact in Australia.

Planned for completion in 2022, these 11 customizable homes are designed to encourage togetherness.

Sited on one of the last undeveloped oceanfront lots along the Pacific Coast Highway, House Noir creatively addresses the issue...

A 1,600-square-foot home in Costa Rica takes advantage of passive cooling techniques to tread lightly on the land it sits on.

CplusC Architectural Workshop’s Clinton Cole has equipped his Darlington address with a solar-panel facade, rainwater harvesting,...

Inspired by creative discussion and sustainability, Santa Barbara–based Josh Blumer has built his reputation on crafting...

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.

The Patton New Century House treads lightly on the land while providing wide-open living spaces.

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

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

The female-fronted Good Goes On campaign recognizes powerful, design-minded women who are inspiring the next generation.

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

Read the Editor’s Letter from our upcoming November/December edition and look for the issue on newsstands in the first week of...

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...

It has been nearly half a decade, but the Dwell Home II is back! Construction began this winter in the hills outside Los Angeles,...

Read the Editor’s Letter from our upcoming September/October edition and look for the issue on newsstands in the first week of...