The communal spaces on the top floor of this three-story residence open up to ocean views.

A Brooklyn–based family enlists an architect to radically modernize their 1970s vacation home in Martha's Vineyard.

Experimenting with prefab elements, designer David Del Valle and architect Amalia Ramírez create a weekend retreat outside...

Balancing on irregular, rough-hewn rocks along the Norwegian coast, this renovated summer cabin near a town called Larvik in...

Heritage in the front, modern in the back—this renovation by FMD Architects is a family home with character.

Cantilevered high above a steep, rocky site, this young family's “Tree House” fully embraces the Australian landscape.

Tucked in the pine forests and granite mountains of California’s High Sierra, this home takes a page from the National Park...

A Marmol Radziner–designed prefab house, trucked onto a remote Northern California site, takes the pain out of the construction...

Milan-based architecture firm ATOMAA transforms a crumbling structure into a beloved family retreat inspired by traditional...

Using cement panels, cedar, and glass, Turnbull Griffin Haesloop design a home that speaks to Sea Ranch heritage and suits the...

Rebuilding on a challenging site in Mill Valley, California, a couple optimize a winning view that was there all along.

Clad in timber and well-connected to the outdoors, this retreat in the village of Kommetjie is a nod to traditional cottage...

A compact home’s rhythmic facade and daylight-drenched interiors create a connection to nature.

The Ranch Mine partners with two equally creative homeowners to build a forward-thinking property on an unconventional lot.

Experience cabin life to the fullest in this minimalist structure that's tucked in the mountains of Northern Sweden.

Perched atop a soaring granite outcropping, I-Kanda Architects' Cabin on a Rock is a modernist hideaway.

When nature laid down a boulder of a design challenge in the Massachusetts mountains, an architect’s solution elevated the...

This mountain retreat’s design is Appalachian by way of Japan.

An off-grid getaway on O‘ahu produces all of its own electricity and opens wide to the landscape.

For a family of seven in the Colorado mountains, a home wrapped in redwood highlights nature inside and out.

A couple builds a new home, repurposing a series of 11 shipping containers and an existing concrete foundation to maximal effect.

Our picks include a handmade coffee table, a kettle collection, and a Bauhaus-style bee hive.

Three small pavilions connected by a deck form a summer retreat that balances privacy with a panoramic view—all in less than 900...

Returning to its roots, local firm Iragüen Viñuela Arquitectos creates a gable-roofed vacation home while preserving the...

Available on Airbnb, La Cabin Ride & Sleep is a 256-square-foot base camp for mountain biking, hiking, skiing, and more.

Keeping to a strict budget without skimping on quality meant whittling this home down to the essentials.

Birds fluttering overhead gave Barry Connor inspiration for the compact cabin, which is positioned for some of the most...

Pirinen Salo Oy looks to church architecture and the illusions of cinema to craft an inspirational lakeside retreat.

Each week, we tap into Dwell's Instagram community to bring you the most captivating design and architecture shots of the week.

Japanese architect Terunobu Fujimori’s latest teahouse creation floats among pine trees at the Museum Insel Hombroich.

Sogno Design Group reimagines a small 1930s home on an unusually large lot to make room for three generations of a family.

Architecture firm _naturehumaine designs a dream hideaway in eastern Quebec.

Located on a windswept site, this one-bedroom retreat is built to withstand the rigors of rural life, and it can sleep up to six...

Now available for less than $99,000, ANNA is a flat-pack retreat whose inner and outer shells glide along tracks.

In search of a Bay Area retreat, Jeff Waldman and Molly Fiffer purchased a piece of land on which to experiment and gain new...

A family bands together to overhaul Alpenglow Cabin, a cozy hideaway in the peaks of Colorado.