Make It Modern

Dwell editor-in-chief Amanda Dameron walks us through Dwell's September 2016 issue.

Keeping up street-side appearances, an Australian artist’s home branches out with a modern extension.

The residents jumped at the chance to faithfully restore the 1956 Adler House, set high in L.A.’s modernist Crestwood Hills enclave.

With sensitivity to local building typologies, fresh construction finds a place in Amsterdam.

The (intimidating) commission? Reviving one of the legendary modernist’s rare residences west of the Mississippi: the 1954 Snower House.

Introducing a series of structures, two architects weave a Japanese-inspired midcentury by the “father of California post-and-beam architecture” into its wooded hillside lot.

A renowned architect transforms a 1920s home, drawing upon a palette of plywood and glass to dramatic effect.

A Kansas architect unlocks the potential in an outdated 1950s home.

A local design firm draws from many eras for a Portland renovation.

After a stealth makeover, a California Craftsman gains light, space, and a partial facelift.

A Copenhagen family trades the suburbs for a quaint town house steeped in tradition.

At the Glass House estate, a restoration takes aim at one of modern master Philip Johnson’s most-beloved sanctuaries.