The Balancing Barn in Suffolk: On the edge of a nature reserve a few miles from the Suffolk coast, the MVRDV-designed Balancing Barn cantilevers over the surrounding meadow.

New interior finishes, furniture, and a guesthouse were part of the restoration/renovation of John Lautner's Chemosphere, a 1960s house that makes frequent cameos in film and television.

To create visual tension as well as to provide a covered space for outdoor evens, the building cantilevers right to the canal’s edge. Image courtesy Denton, Corker, and Marshall.

Choosing not to make a big to-do of itself, this cottage blends in with its surroundings. A wall of glass on one end allows a merger of the outdoors with the interiors, while white trim leaves the appearance of a snow-kissed façade year-round. Berlin, Germany. By Atelier st Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH from the book Rock the Shack, Copyright Gestalten 2013.

Transformer or beach hut? Positioned in a coastal erosion zone, this holiday retreat for a family of five is completely capable of being relocated. An oversized shutter allows for protection from the elements when not in use and opens to allow sun in during the winter or provide shade on hot summer days. Waikato, New Zealand. By Crosson Clarke Carnachan Architects, from the book Rock the Shack, Copyright Gestalten 2013.

The ever-changing, lush wooded surroundings of Minnesota, such as those experienced at this 8,000-square-foot Type Variant House outside of Minneapolis designed by Coen and Partners, are right near the small town of New Richland.

One of Physical Fiction's pixel prints.

Exterior Rear Residence at Night

A Chilean home’s dramatic stained-pine exterior references local vernacular architecture.

The Museum for Architectural Drawing in Berlin, designed by Russian firm SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov, has a wooden door that mimics the structure's textured concrete exterior.

From the previous owners, Lange spied several key pieces of vintage furniture, including two rare George Nelson Thin Edge dressers for Herman Miller.

Shulman's shot of Pierre Koenig’s Case Study House No. 22 in 1960 became one of the most iconic photographs of modern U.S. architecture and many felt like it encapsulated Los Angeles during at that time. Shulman ultimately photographed 18 of the 26 Case Study Houses commissioned by Arts & Architecture magazine. © J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute

Women in Architecture Survey: According to the results of the Architect’s Journal Women in Architecture survey, the pay in the architecture field is still unequal and discrimination is common.

The Andersen Architectural Collection’s Eagle windows and doors provide the panes and passageways of the home.

A pair of black leather butterfly chairs face off with Corbusier ottomans in front of the concrete-edged fireplace.

Stepin One 2 by Rafael de Cárdenas/Architecture at Large The exhibition includes an immersive space designed by architect Rafael de Cárdenas. "The project paid homage to the unique design of nightclubs in NYC from the 1970s to the early 90s, as well as to the important role these spaces have in fostering creative collaborations and communities," exhibition curator Jake Yuzna says. "Equally as interesting is that each person who worked on the project, from designer to fabricator, was credited in a large wall graphic. I think many people understand that it takes a huge team to make an ambitious project like a feature film, but often similar teams behind other ambitious projects, like architecture or large scale artworks, remain relatively unknown."

Taking cues from the warmth of the setting sun, Brooklyn-based Workstead’s renovated a 1,800-square-foot Tribeca loft in an 1864 factory building. A timber palette and custom woodwork achieve a cozy feel throughout, and the architects tore out awkward interior partitions and dated finishes and exposed the building’s original fir joists to restore the loft’s open and airy feel. Oversized windows, a light color palette, and a minimalist design approach help pull natural light deep into the home while simultaneously directing views out toward the Hudson River.

Architectural ispiration and exhibition posters fill the walls of Juhl's home office. Two chairs of Juhl's design are placed on the side of his desk, designed in 1945.

Milman Road Renovation The Syte Architecture team referenced the past while assembling the two-story addition, cladding the exterior in zinc and reused brick from the original wall so it blended with the express chimneys and surrounding structures. Photos by Syte Achitecture

The U.S. State Department has just announced the representatives for the American pavilion at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale: New York's Storefront for Art and Architecture, helmed by the inimitable Eva Franch i Gilabert, will be programming the U.S. pavilion alongside Ashley Schafer of PRAXIS Journal and Ana Miljački, from MIT's architecture program. The trio—with input from Natasha Jen of Pentagram, Architizer, CLOG, and Leong Leong, who will design the pavilion's physcial space—will stage an "active, experimental architectural office that researches, studies, and remakes 1,000 projects designed by American architecture firms and exported abroad." To learn more about the players involved, take a trip with us through the Dwell archives.

Endgrain, a custom piece by Raw Edges, situated in the sculpture gallery.

The immersive virtual showroom is an early glimpse into Crosby Home’s future physical flagship store that’s expected to open in Moscow in 2021.

Plantings Meet Stone at Edge

Milman Road Renovation: Rear window view “What struck us as funny was the corner bay window,” says architect Oliver Barsoum. “It’s almost like you’re surrounded by glass on all sides. That’s where the project began.” The vision involved playing with and pushing that window into three dimensions. Photos by Syte Achitecture

Edge stackable chair by Novague, $629 More complex than it seems at first glance, each of Novague’s origami-inspired aluminum chairs requires eight hours of fabrication.

In the courtyard, a tension-edge pool creates a seamless, resort-like atmosphere. Hufft took care to make sure the pool looked beautiful so that it could be admired during the six months out of the year that it wouldn’t be used by the family due to cold weather.

The Ray Long Board is characterized by its use of geometric shapes and angles. Designed to be used to present bread, cheeses, charcuterie, and other small appetizers, the rich, walnut board features beveled edges that make it easy to pick the board up off of the table. The top of the board is etched with a series of lines, which create a graphic visual statement of angles and intricate shapes.

Stone Edge tables by Nendo for Caesarstone.

London-based design team Raw Edges created a home with an adjustable interior organizational system.

The interior is meant to show how creative layouts can make the most of cramped urban spaces.

Shay Alkalay and Yael Mer of Raw Edges inside their creation. The interior boasts a movable archive system with three panels that can be opened and closed to reveal different rooms.

1.5.1 Ray Long Serving Board, $90 at the Dwell Store Designed to be used to present bread, cheeses, charcuterie, and other small appetizers, this walnut board features beveled edges that make it easy to pick the board up off of the table.