In a wild, remote setting in Uruguay, a stunning prefabricated retreat provides urban comfort with minimal impact on the...

A house in Sydney combats climate change with its own ecosystem.

A Colorado retreat built for extended family gatherings makes the most of smart tech.

Bob Butler drew lessons from the legendary Case Study House program to design his cost-effective residence in Nashville.

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Designed for both work and play, this peaceful escape includes a traditional Finnish sauna and a workshop.

With lush gardens, solar panels, and a recycled-water system, the off-grid home of architect Rodolfo Tinoco is equipped to fend...

This off-grid residence by FabrikG is finely tuned to its seaside locale to regulate temperature.

Banish your bottled water blues with 10% off on the future of water purification technology.

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

An advertising strategist in Portland, Oregon, builds a minimalist retreat in her own backyard—and launches her own design...

Refresh and recharge in the comfort of your own home with these picks designed to turn any bathroom into a private oasis.

In modern home design, going green is no longer the exception but the norm.

Miele's new La Perla series dishwashers (available in late fall 2008) have an automatic door opening and closing system that aids...

Dwell editor-in-chief Amanda Dameron talks us through Dwell's May 2016 issue.

The self-sufficient Courtyard House embraces the bush landscape in all directions.

Designed with minimal maintenance in mind, these coastal summer cabins are totally self-sufficient.

How a brother and sister turned a private island into self-sustaining boutique lodging

Solar power and a self-sufficient water system keep a family relaxed in Chile.

A self-taught designer embarks upon a solo mission to resuscitate a 19th-century homestead.

Plan your summer getaways with our picks for Airbnb rentals with great design.

A Ukranian company has recently launched the world's first autonomous mobile prefabricated homes.

Two families live large and comfortably in this beautiful, self-sufficient prefab in rural Australia.

In Australia, a steel prefab by Archiblox helps its residents reconnect with nature and be self-sufficient.

The Swedish furniture giant takes on self-sufficient living with a futuristic show home in Szczecin, Poland.

Gen Z and Millennials who have returned to their old bedrooms are reclaiming their spaces and senses of self.

Dramatically wrapped in dark spruce panels, this self-sustaining tiny home in North Slovakia is the ultimate escape.

Nestled in the backyard of a Toronto home, this architect’s self-designed work studio is an experiment gone right.

It’s hardly a surprise that the Plant-in City cofounder lives surrounded by vegetation.

Southern California’s Harry Gesner, who died this month, crafted some of the Golden State’s most idiosyncratic homes.

The architecture firm superkül and home builder Great Gulf create a prefab with a self-regulating indoor climate.

After a two-year renovation, the home’s sophisticated interior bears little resemblance to its former self.

While the rest of us slather on hand sanitizer and self quarantine, the elite are taking social distancing to the extreme.

Designed for self-sufficiency, this modern take on the traditional bach stands up against super-sized holiday homes.

Stylish, spacious, and self-sustaining, the Hill Country House ticks all the right boxes for progressive modern living.

Completed in six short months, ZeroCabin Krul is a self-sufficient getaway near the Andes mountains and the Patagonian fjords.