Design Cities: Lagos, Nigeria
Architect and designer Tosin Oshinowo attributes her hometown's design renaissance to an entrepreneurial creative spirit.
Copper’s Known to Combat Viruses—Can it Help With Public Health?
Copper’s comeback could be beneficial for more than just interior design.
Three Glass-and-Copper Pavilions Conquer the Cliffs
Hidden on a hill overlooking Australia’s Pittwater Bay, Rob Brown’s design for the James-Robertson house happily opens itself...
Two Copper Towers Form a Tiny Retreat in Australia
Panels raise to open the off-grid cabin to the landscape, providing shaded views over the rolling hills.
A Copper Cabin in British Columbia Glows With Magical Childhood Memories
The colorful steel-clad cabin evokes the owner’s happy memories of holidays spent in a converted railroad boxcar.
A Family's Kiev Apartment Is Filled With Copper, Marble, and a Sophisticated Palette
Using a simple color scheme and dynamic textures, architectural design studio YoDezeen creates a strikingly modern yet warm...
Snag This Copper-Clad Home in London For Just Under $1M
Designed by award-winning SOUP Architects, the shimmery two-bedroom pad also has a roof terrace perfect for looking out over...
Dwell Made Presents: DIY Mini Copper Desk With Leather Sling
Build your own lightweight, versatile desk out of copper pipes using this step-by-step video and guide.
A Daring Home Clad in Shining Copper Armor Fends Off Natural Disasters
Set in a grove of coastal oaks, this art-filled home by TOLO Architecture has survived fire and flood.
A Writer’s Copper-Clad Live/Work Space Blends Into the Forest in Denmark
Danish architecture firm SLETH designs a flexible office and home where a nonfiction writer can get creative surrounded by...
A Dramatic Copper Roof Funnels Light Into This Sculptural London Home Asking $7.6M
After a decade in the making, this largely subterranean home with a sculptural roof has hit the market for nearly $7.6 million.
Architect William Pedersen Lists His Copper-Clad Shelter Island Retreat for $8.5M
The home took 20 years to complete—and during its construction, Pedersen’s firm designed some of the world’s tallest buildings.
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An Angular Copper-Clad Apartment Building in Italy
Perched in the Dolomite mountains, an angular copper-clad apartment building echoes the topography of its site.
Bathroom Design Idea: Copper Color Scheme
Penny tile imbues a San Francisco bathroom with a sophisticated, spa-like feel.
Music Holl: A Copper Clad Pavilion in Seoul
Inspired by a never-performed symphony he discovered in a book by avant-garde composer John Cage, architect Steven Holl has...
This Stunning Home in Austria Sets a New Bar For Alpine Retreats
Horizontal larch cladding and a copper pitched roof lend textural detail to a contemporary farmhouse.
This Barn-Like Home in the UK Is Highbrow Texture Porn
With rhythmic charred-larch slats, tessellated stonework, and copper that radiates warmth, the Cotswold home celebrates locally...
How to Get the Perfect Morning Brew, According to a Coffee Expert
Debbie Wei Mullin, the founder of Copper Cow Coffee, reveals the essential tools she uses to get a flawless pour.
9 Modern Bathroom Ideas That Go Off the Beaten Path
These whimsical washrooms will inspire you to kick your modern bathroom renovation up a notch.
See How Sliding-Glass Pavilions Transformed a Renovated Melbourne Home
B.E. Architecture unifies new and old in a Melbourne residence, honoring the existing structure while introducing flexible glass...
A New Book Explores 25 of the World’s Most Sensuous Buildings
“The Touch​” shows that great design is not just visually appealing—it engages all of the human senses.
A Home in a Former Shoe Factory Gets an Overhaul Inspired by a Vintage Cookbook
WOWOWA Architecture combines a retro palette of blush, brick red, and copper with a swirl of curving forms to ease awkward angles...
Rustic Meets Modern In This Tuscan Village Boutique Hotel
Set amidst rolling hills in the 900-year old village of Castiglioncello del Trinoro, in the Tuscany’s Val d'Orcia region is a...
Filled With Color and Pattern, This Eclectic Apartment Brings a Little Madrid to Warsaw
Polish interior designer Anna Koszela designed this Warsaw apartment for a Spanish expat lawyer who wanted an abode that would...
Heavy Metal: 15 Kitchens That Rock Metal Cabinets
We’ve taken a shine to metal kitchen cabinets.
In Brussels, an Architect’s Copper-Clad House Makes Brutalism Warm
Bruno Vanbesien transforms a former bakery into a concrete-cool home base for his family and architecture practice to share.
This Radiant London Extension Takes Cues From Car Design
A new, light-filled family room connects an Edwardian-era home to the garden.
Dwell Made Presents: DIY Mini Copper Desk With Leather Sling
Build your own lightweight, versatile desk out of copper pipes using this step-by-step video and guide.
A Modern Mexican Restaurant in Austin Created by a Team of Locals
Though this modern, ground-floor restaurant may look like a shop or lobby from the street, inside, it's a light and airy dining...
A Redwood-Clad Craftsman With Japanese Influences Asks $1.35M in Berkeley, CA
Reconstructed by Kip Mesirow, the renowned local builder behind Berkeley’s famed Chez Panisse restaurant, the 1,736-square-foot...
Top 9 Dwellings of 2020
The homes nominated for this year’s Dwell Design Awards represent the best in creative, context-driven design.
Nordstrom Temporarily Closes All Stores and Offers 25% Off Everything Online
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nordstrom is closing for two weeks, starting March 17.
8 Midcentury Modern Pendant Lamps & Sconces on eBay
Give your home the light it deserves with these midcentury pendant lamps and wall sconces currently for sale.
On the Coast of Massachusetts, a Prefab Ranch Is Totally Overhauled for a Wheelchair User
A home on Cape Ann’s rocky shore becomes a refuge that offers resilience in the face of an unpredictable future.
10 Cozy Spaces and 15 Products to Help You Get Ready For Fall
When it comes to saying goodbye to summer, just remember the magical feeling that autumn can provide—thanks to the changing...

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