Get Smart: The Latest in Home Automation, From Carmel to Finland

Dwell editor-in-chief Amanda Dameron talks us through Dwell's July/August 2016 issue.

A high-tech house in rural Finland offers a family a place to recharge—in more ways than one.

Closing the blinds for 29 windows? No longer an issue for this couple.

The writers and photographers that made our July/August 2016 issue possible.

A renovation doubles down on the value of live performance at a midcentury Los Angeles venue.

The creative force behind Faraday Future’s otherworldly automotive designs takes on a new medium—his own residence.

A Colorado retreat built for extended family gatherings makes the most of smart tech.

The aesthetic appeal of personal electronics has long fueled consumer interest. A new industrial design book celebrates devices that broke the mold.

The story of the smart home has yet to be written—one early adopter explains why.

Smart technology helps a house in Aspen, Colorado, stay on its sustainable course.

A strategic rewire enhances a spec house’s gut renovation.

A freshly blackened veneer is the face of a San Francisco tract house’s Cloud-based reinvention.

The owners of an airy woodland retreat can fit its caretaker in a pocket.

A Seattle engineer builds an energy-efficient house with an assist from a prototype smart-home system.

A New England barn is wired to provide power and produce to the community.