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Photo of the Week: A Balinese Beauty by Alexis Dornier Architecture & Design
Each week, we tap into Dwell's Instagram community to bring you the most viral design and architecture shots of the week.
American Beauty
A Kansas architect unlocks the potential in an outdated 1950s home.
Before & After: A Resuscitated Row House in Philadelphia Seeks $825K
After gut-renovating a 1918 row home in Center City, a husband-and-wife design team place it on the market.
A Marin County Eichler With a Matching Backyard Studio Just Listed For $1.3M
Just think what you could do with a 120-square-foot studio in your backyard.
Before & After: A Remodeled L.A. Home Dazzles With Fresh Materials and Color
Veneer Designs brings a “blank ’90s box” into the 21st century.
The Rise of the Kidney-Shaped Pool—and Its Unexpected Impact on Skate Culture
Who knew Southern Californian skaters owed so much to Alvar Aalto?
In San Francisco, a Developer Proposes Packing People into Underground Pods
The 50-square-foot subterranean sleeping pods are expected to rent for $1,000 to $1,375 a month.
San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid Is For Sale—For the First Time Ever
The landmark structure—bundled with two adjacent buildings—is on the market for an estimated $600 million.
Design Your Home With Dwell Photos
Now you can browse the best photos on Dwell.com from our bloggers, magazine and community of users.
16 Otherworldly Photos of Burning Man Architecture
French photographer Philippe Glade captures the huge variety of tents, camps, and towers that the iconic art festival brings to...
Here Are the Highlights From Helsinki Design Week
Couldn’t make it to Helsinki Design Week? No need for FOMO—here’s what caught our eye this year.
9 Small Spaces With Color
From city apartments to vacation rentals and boutique hotels, a daring and creative use of colorful paint, textiles, and other...
Design or Remodel Your Modern Home With the Help of Dwell Photos
Here at Dwell, we believe that “a picture is worth a thousand words,” and when it comes to designing or renovating your home, the...
An Incredible Vacation Villa in the Balinese Jungle That’s Part Chameleon
Villa Chameleon is a camouflaged vacation home near Buwit, a village in the lush, forested region of southwest coastal Bali...
14 Architectural Gingerbread Houses That Are Definitely Not Cookie Cutter
These tasty and tasteful gingerbread houses and campers take cues from the best in iconic architecture and design.
Top 5 Homes of the Week That Are Mad For Midcentury Design
It's no secret that Dwell is captivated with midcentury modern homes.
Top 5 Homes of the Week With Inventive Hallway Design
Boring hallways are a thing of the past.
Top 5 Homes of the Week That Champion Concrete Design
These modern concrete homes rock their features with elegance.
Top 9 Design and Architecture Podcasts to Tune Into
Nerd out with our favorite design podcasts.
A Usonian Masterpiece by Frank Lloyd Wright Is on the Market For $1.5M
One of Wright's Usonian homes in New York hits the market for the first time in 20 years.
Architecture Improv
An interview with David Sellers, the "Father of the Design-Build Movement"
The Best Things We Saw at Milan Design Week 2018
See highlights from Salone del Mobile and beyond.
The Best Things We Saw at Milan Design Week 2017
Cat Architecture: 6 Homes Designed With Felines in Mind
These cat-friendly homes allow people and their pets to live together in perfect harmony.
Drawing the Line: Concrete Pavers That Advance Architectural Design
Stepstone’s diverse collection of Linearity Pavers extend and accentuate the lines that give shape to architectural forms.
Beauty and Brains: Building Sustainably With Redwood
The return of summer barbecues and back porch hangouts means that outdoor living spaces are again enjoying heavy foot traffic.
Rana Creek: The Design Firm Bringing Architecture to Life
In a nursery off the coast of Monterey, California, Rana Creek raises millions of plants each year.
SLO Architecture's Dwell Vision Award–Winning Design
Our inaugural award for design innovation goes to a firm whose architectural orb is lean, green, and buoyant.
At Utopie Plastic, Futuristic Plastic Homes Make an Appearance at a 19th-Century Metal Factory
Somewhere in-between the mid-19th century, the 1960s, and the future, lies Utopie Plastic, or Plastic Utopia: an outdoor art...
Before & After: Twinning Homes in Melbourne Go From Ramshackle to Ravishing
Mairead Murphy of Maike Design renovates two matching houses on the same block in Brunswick East, imbuing each with its own...
This Santa Monica Home That Channels a Balinese Resort Asks $9.5M
A limestone spa, wood sauna, and lush garden with waterfalls are just some of the plush amenities that make up this coastal...
The Dwell 24: Llane Alexis
Multidisciplinary artist Llane Alexis utilizes discarded textiles and other materials to create distinctive furniture and home...
Explore the World of Shipping Container Design With a New Architectural Book
Featuring built, unbuilt, and in-progress projects, the new monograph on architectural studio LOT-EK offers an in-depth look at...
13 Extraordinary Women in Design and Architecture You Need to Know
Celebrate International Women’s Day with the work of 13 inspiring designers whose contributions to architecture, interior design,...
15 Brilliant Designs That Work Around Nature
Instead of chopping down trees or cutting branches, many architects have come up with smart design solutions to avoid disturbing...
Obakki’s New Collection of Handcrafted Bowls and Spoons Reveals the Beauty of Slow Design
Carved by master craftsman Amadou in Mali, Africa, these small-batch goods make use of discarded redwood and blackwood.

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