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• 5 Modern Homes in Scotland

  

  Architect Neil Stephen leaned toward historical influences when designing this modern home on the Isle of Skye for writer and professor Dominic Houlder. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• House of the Week: Historic-Modern Hybrid in Mexico

  

  In Chihuahua City, Mexico, architect Rodrigo Seáñez Quevedo of LABorstudio held his first professional offices in an original 1909 building owned by his former... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• How Working in Home Automation Inspired One Developer to Rethink Smart Tech

  

  How smart is the smart home if nobody can understand it? That's the question that drove Shaun Springer to create Astro, a lighting and audio startup that... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 5 Creative Uses for Ladders in Modern Spaces

  

  “I thought it would be nice to make a city like architecture or architecture like a city," says Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto of House NA, which he designed... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Iconic Artist Wendell Castle Talks Contemporary Furniture Design at Dwell on...

  

  "Above Within Beyond" is a bronze outdoor sculpture that was displayed at Friedman Benda's show "Gathering Momentum" in the spring of 2015. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 6 Homes with Underfloor Radiant Heating

  

  Adrian Jones lived in his top-floor loft in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood for nine years before renovating. For a bachelor set designer, the... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 6 Modern Homes for Surfers

  

  Designer and digital fabricator Shawn Benson shares his 595-square-foot second-floor space with his wife, Jessica, and their daughter, Roux. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 7 Small Backyards in Cities

  

  For a narrow three-story home in Toronto, architect Donald Chong left enough space in the 16-foot-wide backyard for a garden and comfortable dining area. Photo... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Tour 8 Awesome Tiny Cabins Around the World

  

  Sebastian Heise’s wooden structure, seemingly atilt, overlooks a green valley in Oberwiesenthal, Germany. The two horizontal windows on the side and the front... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• A Miami Renovation That Blends Concrete and Rich Wooden Interiors

  

  The warped wooden wall backing the living room not only visually counterbalances the coldness of the steel and glass, but also reduces reverbation throughout th... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• What's An Incubator? Find Out This Weekend At Dwell on Design

  

  NEW INC, the first museum-led incubator, is a shared workspace and professional development program designed to support creative practitioners working in the... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Eclectic Homes That Mix Tons of Different Materials

  

  Furniture designer Alejandro Sticotti's Buenos Aires home features a kitchen equipped with buffed concrete floors, chrome globe lights, a marble-topped wooden... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 7 Forest Retreats We Love

  

  This Swedish guesthouse was built with modern sensibilities and centuries-old techniques; the pine forest around the complex provided the architects with their... Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 8 Quirky Bathrooms

  

  A far cry from the whitewashed buildings of Mykonos, this vacation home on the Aegean island of Skiathos will make any modern design fan go Greek. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 5 Modern-Day Homes Made of Stone

  

  From the street, this 18th-century stone residence blends in inconspicuously with its neighbors in the old city of Safed in the north of Israel. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 5 Unforgettable Brick Facades

  

  The Brick Weave House in Chicago incorporates a gray brick screen that both provides privacy and lets light in. Photo by Gregg Segal. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Sound Meets Style with Bang & Olufsen

  

  The BeoPlay A9 Speaker is as much a work of art as it is a functional home speaker. Bang Olufsen crafted the speaker like a statement furnishing, including a... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• This Super Green Home in Mexico Embraces Nature Through Huge Pivoting Glass Doors

  

  With mountains as its backdrop, the home was built on the only area of the site without trees. Rough, natural basaltic stone makes up the home’s exterior, and... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Discover How Architect Chad Oppenheim Is Reinventing the Suburb

  

  In Florida, architect Chad Oppenheim has partnered with developer Terra and architect Roney J. Mateu on Botaniko Weston, an architect-designed planned... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Best of #ModernMonday: Cool Resources for Young Designers

  

  What advantages do today's designers have over designers of the past?@ZacharyEdelson: Omnipresent smart tech has made us keen connoisseurs of design; we... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN