Boulder, Colorado, straddles a dynamic geographical border where miles of Rocky Mountains descend into flat plains that stretch...

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

The Greenhaus is a design collective of British designers whose work revolves around concepts of sustainability.

No matter how you do your at-home brew, your coffee beans are deserving of a really good grind.

Alternative materials help a house in California’s wine country tread lightly on the land.

"I studied architectural drafting and one thing I learned is that you always gotta have a plan" ~ Ice Cube

Hidden in the alpine region of South Tyrol, Italy, Hotel Bühelwirt is a stunning, modern take on the hiking hotel.

Yvon Chouinard and the architect who designed his Ventura, California, home explain why the waste material is the next step in...

Design collective Creative Union recasts a decades-old structure as a minimalist pied-a-terre for a graphic designer.

This whimsical home is set in a forested cohousing community with 23 acres of hiking trails and a neighborhood garden.

The actor has all he needs in his 580-square-foot “Japanese industrial–style” cabin loft.

Subverting the traditional, conservatively cozy British barn conversion, Carl Turner created a getaway in rural Norfolk for...

Architect Lloyd Russell’s design for this desert getaway passively mitigates the elements with a utilitarian solution, turning a...

Abigail Marcelo Horace was just getting her new firm, Casa Marcelo, off the ground when COVID-19 hit home.

The Borrego Springs home quite literally built for entertaining references Le Corbusier and Luis Barragán in a low-slung love...

A sci-fi author and design critic opines on the failures of eco-design—and offers an alternative to the alternative.

In the Napa Valley, one sustainable residence elegantly demonstrates straw bale technology.

How an unfussy, nearly zero-energy family home in Santa Cruz, California, wound up with hay bales in the walls, a...

When Dominique Gettliffe saw the site his clients had purchased in tiny Crestone, deep in southwest Colorado, he didn’t see...

Hé Architectuur redesigned an industrial building with plaster made of dirt, straw insulation sourced from hay bales, and plenty...

In a new space on Abbot Kinney in Venice, California, landscape designer Sean Knibb has unveiled an environmentally-friendly ...

When the Charlottesville Waldorf School bought 13 undeveloped acres outside Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2002, the idea was...

One of the least-hyped (perhaps due to Detroit's doldrums), but most visually exciting cars at the LA Auto Show this year was the...

The tale of the Emeco’s 111 Navy chair is that of a phoenix rising.

Wood flooring has come a long way since the 1600s, with its solid wood and standard species.

Earlier this year we wrote about Open Architecture Network's challenge to create a better classroom design that can accommodate...

Tired of carting supplies back and forth from Ukiah to the commune where he lived in Northern California, John Schaeffer decided...

What is a paper engineer? Something like an architect—but for paper. (Think pop-up books and origami, not bridges and skyscrapers.

Welcome to our annual celebration of porches, patios, and brilliant backyards.

The viral aesthetic associated with the leisurely, luxurious lifestyle in affluent beach areas made waves across the pond long...

The family home is designed with 2,000 pieces that can come apart as easily as they were put together.

Working without a blueprint, indigo artist Sebastian Mesdag crafts a dreamy dwelling over the course of six years.

This week at Dwell we've been thinking a lot about the future, from the announcement of the visionary winners of our Reburbia...

Bravo’s new show Yours, Mine or Ours challenges couples to work together to create a blended space that fits with both their...

Three people tell us how they transformed unused space in their communities, and how you can too.

In our 2008 sustainability issue, we featured the Boulder residence of Rob Pyatt and Heather Kahn-Pyatt.