How To: Designing for Warm Weather

By Dwell @dwell
A layout, strategic window placement, and bright colors can help keep things cool and connected to the outdoors. Slideshow

In architect Benedetta Tagliabue's flat in Barcelona, a lounge area, topped by a barrel ceiling and outfitted with a hammock offers a tantalizingly cozy place to nap. Photo by Gunnar Knechtel.