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Two Designers Sharpen Up This Former Pencil Factory

In an up-and-coming area of Copenhagen, a pair of designers and their twin girls inhabit a converted loft, filling it with serious design savvy and a hefty dose of creativity.

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Posted 16 hours ago

Photo of the Week: A Perforated Award Winner

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

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Posted 15 hours ago

Yes, It Is Easy Being Green

Alternative materials help a house in California’s wine country tread lightly on the land.

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Posted 16 hours ago

Inexpensive Materials Pay Off Big

In Austin, Texas, architect Sean Guess forges an inventive industrial kitchen for a cost-conscious couple.

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Posted 1 day ago

A City Home Grows Without Gobbling Up its Garden

An 1885 house in Montreal dips a little into its backyard for spare space.

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Posted 1 day ago

Retirement Never Looked Better and More Sustainable

A couple’s retirement home on a nature preserve in Carmel, California , emerges as a series of eco-conscious pavilions that rest lightly on the land.

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Posted 2 days ago

This Family Never Has to Fight About Where Their Next Trip Will Be

An extended clan, separated by business, gathers for holidays at a forested getaway near Sutton, Quebec.

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This is How You Combine Modern Architecture, Flea Market Finds, and Art All Together

We catch up with the creative couple living in Studio Gang's Brick Weave House.

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Posted 2 days ago

The Lakeside Getaway That Entertains All Ages

A family matriarch enlisted an architect, an interior designer, a builder, and a landscape architect to help realize her vision for a diminutive, low-key lakeside getaway.

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Posted 2 days ago

One Family Looks to the Stars Every Night

A celestial light installation illuminates the garage door of a recently renovated Toronto house.

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Small Spaces

The Iconic Home That Still Looks as Good as New

Posted 6 days ago

Charles Gwathmey’s residential masterpiece, a modest but pioneering home for his parents in the Hamptons, looks as fresh today as it did in 1965.
Shop Class Rebooted: Students Built This Woodland Retreat

Posted 1 week ago

Six days. Ten students. One prototype building.

Renovations

A City Home Grows Without Gobbling Up its Garden

Posted 1 day ago

An 1885 house in Montreal dips a little into its backyard for spare space.
Bauhaus by the Sea

Posted 5 days ago

No nautical nonsense here. How Walter Gropius built the Hagerty House, his first commission in the United States.

Modern Design Goes Coast to Coast in 2016

Dwell and Monogram Appliances are joining forces again for the 2016 Monogram Modern Home Tour. This modern design road trip will take us to six new cities across the U.S. in celebration of craftsmanship, innovation, and design ingenuity.

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Prefab

This Modular Compound Accommodates the Whole Family

Posted 4 days ago

On a wedge-shaped lot in the Texas Hill Country, a couple adapt a modular system to create an idyllic gathering spot.
Almost Every Part of this Prefab Beach House Was Brought to its Secluded Site by Hand

Posted 4 days ago

With a helicopter and a little elbow grease, a prefab escape arrives at a remote New Zealand beach.

Green

Yes, It Is Easy Being Green

Posted 15 hours ago

Alternative materials help a house in California’s wine country tread lightly on the land.
Retirement Never Looked Better and More Sustainable

Posted 1 day ago

A couple’s retirement home on a nature preserve in Carmel, California , emerges as a series of eco-conscious pavilions that rest lightly on the land.

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House Tours

Yes, It Is Easy Being Green

Posted 15 hours ago

Alternative materials help a house in California’s wine country tread lightly on the land.
Photo of the Week: A Perforated Award Winner

Posted 16 hours ago

Each week, we tap into Dwell's Instagram community to bring you the most captivating design and architecture shots of the week.
Two Designers Sharpen Up This Former Pencil Factory

Posted 16 hours ago

In an up-and-coming area of Copenhagen, a pair of designers and their twin girls inhabit a converted loft, filling it with serious design savvy and a hefty dose of creativity.
This Family Never Has to Fight About Where Their Next Trip Will Be

Posted 2 days ago

An extended clan, separated by business, gathers for holidays at a forested getaway near Sutton, Quebec.

Rooms We Love

Historic Montreal House Meets DIY IKEA

Posted 2 weeks ago

Updating standard pieces, designer Gaëtan Havart turns a misused space into a vibrant kitchen.
Turns Out Matte-Black Kitchens Are Fool-Proof

Posted 2 weeks ago

In our April issue, we showcased an apartment in Hamburg, Germany, with a striking, matte-black kitchen from Vipp. The 77-year-old company became famous for its iconic pedal trash can before venturing into kitchens and other tools for the home. This isn't the first time that the Danish company's...
Spotted on Instagram: Five Totally Different Styles for Your Bathroom

Posted 4 weeks ago

In celebration of our annual issue devoted to kitchens and baths, we did a lap of Instagram for some extra inspiration.
One Renovation to Rule Them All

Posted 1 month ago

A firm restores a home from a number of unorganized additions.

Products and Furniture

The Mattress Company That Lets You Be Your Own Expert

Posted 1 week ago

In today’s trade and consumer markets, many believe that sleep-deprived customers have begun to dismiss the traditional mattress shopping approach, in exchange for a more convenient and customized online experience. Two such devotees are David and Shannon Farley, the father-daughter team that...
A Big Hello to These New HAY Launches

Posted 2 weeks ago

The Danish design brand never disappoints.
A Rare Glimpse Inside the New SFMOMA

Posted 2 weeks ago

The city of San Francisco has been eagerly awaiting the reopening of SFMOMA for years—and as the May 14th opening approaches closer everyday, the anticipation continues to build for art enthusiasts both near and far. This morning, we were given the opportunity to explore the newly expanded space...
Brand New Furniture from Milan Design Week 2016

Posted 1 month ago

Eight of the chairs, tables, and sofas that are on our radar following Salone del Mobile.

Home Technology

Gotta Catch All These 3D-Printed Pokemon!

Posted 2 months ago

In celebration of Pokémon's 20th anniversary, the 3D printing website 3D Hubs worked with designer Flowalistik to make these pocket monsters available to you .
New Meditation Pods Offer a Small but Much-Needed Oasis of Calm

Posted 2 months ago

A health app meets holistic design to form a bubble for reflection.
9 Highlights from Dwell on Design 2015

Posted 2 months ago

For three days in October, industry leaders, design enthusiasts, academics, and editors converged to discuss the built environment.
The App That Helps You Easily Envision Your Next Remodel

Posted 3 months ago

It's the gift we attribute to architects and designers: to see a room and imagine new possibilities for color, light, and of course, furniture. Thanks to a new tech startup, Pair , anyone with an iPad or iPhone can—quite literally—rapidly visualize furniture in any space.

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