Beating out a host of competitors, one Danish family left their home behind (it’s just down the road, really) to camp out for a...

A long house on Long Island, this prefab could get to its site peaceably only by traveling in pieces.

Brought together by a shared heritage in Bauhaus principles, architect Dan Brunn and Bosch carry the torch for simple, clean, and...

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

Durable, versatile, and energy-efficient to boot, concrete is a smart building material with endless design potential.

Giving users a taste of the tiny house movement, one startup offers compact cabins for short stays.

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

These cozy cabins feature muted black exteriors that complement their natural settings.

The midcentury residential architecture experiment shaped American home design much beyond the postwar era.

For $650 a night, this Airbnb mixes sustainable desert living with hotel-worthy amenities.

From eye-popping hues to bold patterns, here are styles to suit anyone bored with white-on-white.

In her new book “Living Little,” writer and editor Hannah Jenkins counts the ways—and the reasons why—we’re drawn to small spaces.

Pasadena’s only Case Study House, carefully restored in 2012, follows the slope of its site and emphasizes indoor/outdoor living.

Seafaring or stationary, floating homes and houseboats are a cool alternative to landlocked living.

Known as the Bailey House, Pierre Koenig’s Case Study House No. 21 boasts two bedrooms, two baths, and a whole lot of charming...

Located in the 1,200-year-old historic center of Kyoto and surrounded by green hills, the holiday home combines traditional...

If you've been looking for a chance to experience what it'd be like to live in a tiny house, these escapes could give you that...

Recently listed for $2,995,000, Case Study House #16 was the first of three houses Ellwood designed for the program—and it’s the...

Rebuilt by architect Beverly David Thorne after a 1991 fire, this newly renovated post-and-beam residence takes advantage of its...

True to the case study prototype, the minimalist interior makes the most of the home’s boxy frame.

An East Coast design-build firm shows us how it's done when it comes to chic kitchen overhauls.

A meticulously maintained, architectural time capsule in L.A. is available for the first time since 1960.

Using his Miami Beach home as a laboratory, professor and designer Nick Gelpi tests a material that recasts concrete’s tough...

Here at Dwell, we can’t get enough of the Case Study House Program that helped shape modern architecture as we know it today—and...

In upstate New York, LOT-EK tests a new prefab production process, installing an efficient prototype that merges six Cor-Ten...

Architect Don Dimster revamps a 1960s gem by Buff, Straub & Hensman to maximize opportunities for indoor/outdoor living.

This arresting Los Angeles–area residence echoes the style of the designer’s Case Study House #16B.

Edward Killingworth’s 1957 Opdahl House in Long Beach, California, had fallen into ruin when a musician with a passion for...

Shaving down time and cost, two scrappy Canadians gave themselves a crash course in construction.

Combining creative nous with careful planning, architect Mark Lawton builds a net-zero home inspired by the typology of a...

The transparent box is the ideal of modern living, but hardly ideal for modern living.

The landmarked home and studio in Pasadena was Smith’s principal residence throughout most of his career.

Meltdown, shmeltdown: If you've got a spare $14 million, you can have a genuine Case Study house, a Pacific Ocean view—and a...

A leisurely test drive of the 2012 Scion iQ—the moniker being the brand’s clear shot at the Smart Car—proved its absolute...

You read Dwell. You like to think that you have a good eye for design. But how good is your eye really?

The building was originally designed in the ’50s as four interlocking flats for celebrity TV host Roy Maypole.