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• An Angular Beach Home Blends in With the Dunes Surprisingly Well

  

  The home, a half-sunk diamond, is experienced very differently from each of its sides. Using BIM software, the firm designed modular prefabricated wooden... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 5 Modern Prefabs in the Midwest

  

  “It is the culmination of everything—the digital technology, the prefabrication techniques, and more formal architecture—that I have brought to my designs,” say... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• A Strikingly Minimal Home Built in Less Than Six Months

  

  Sky-high ceilings are created by a sculptural pitched roof. Its uneven angles are the result of the required setback distances from surrounding roads and houses. Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• This Mexico City Restaurant Is a Showcase of Local Materials and Traditions

  

  Architect Rafael Sama designed the restaurant's tiled entrance to lead diners on a journey from the hotel into another world. Each of the 11,000 tiles was... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Best of #ModernMonday: The Future of the Workplace

  

  How has office design changed in the past decade?@GenslerOnWork: We are unleashed from our desks to work anywhere anytime. Now offices are as much about livin... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 16 Lap Pools Around the World

  

  Competitive swimmer Sydne Didier commissioned Austin Design Inc. to create a 102-foot-long pool house behind her Amherst, Massachusetts, house. Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 5 Modern Homes in Mexico City

  

  In the midst of Mexico City’s ever-changing landscape, a time-honored residential model endures: the high-rise. It is in such a building that David Levy—owner o... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 13 Angular Abodes

  

  Architect Ernesto Pereira focused on three simple things when remodeling a typical Portuguese dwelling in coastal Vila do Conde: “Wood for its comfort, water fo... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 8 Space-Saving Hacks for Small Kitchens

  

  #1 Get things off the counter and consider investing in built-ins.Since the original kitchen of this Barcelona flat was not functional, the architects built a... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• A Lush Retreat With a Sheltered Rooftop Pool in Mexico City

  

  Recinto lava stone lines a patio adjacent to the living room in designer Ezequiel Farca’s house in Mexico City. He designed the teak outdoor furniture, includin... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Would You Live in a Smart Home?

  It would need to come with free lifetime tech support.Bradley H. DilksPosted to Facebook No, I have a vision of the Umbrella Corporation taking over or of... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• This Impressively Accessible Home Has a Tower That Can Be Reached by Wheelchair

  

  “The new house has really liberated Matthew. My goal is that he will have access to everything by one means or another.” —Ed Slattery, resident Project... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Editor's Highlights from Dwell's First-Ever Issue Dedicated to Smart...

  

  In Toronto, Prishram Jain of TACT Architecture created a smart house that incorporates the same Control4 system he uses in his own home. Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Color Design Idea: Turquoise Accents

  

  The designers behind this Tel Aviv apartment renovation played with temperature in their selection of materials, contrasting glass with white-painted wood, and... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 5 Tiny Apartments Around the World

  

  “Every inch was critical,” Maayan Zusman says, explaining why she and collaborators Amir Navon of 6b Studio and Moran Ben Ami didn’t put up a single interior... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 13 Ways to Use Limestone in the Home

  

  In a leafy residential area a few miles from downtown Kansas City, Missouri, architect Christian Arnold took a sloping, triangular lot and designed a new home... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 10 Modern Entrance Halls

  

  In the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Ahmad Djuhara is on a one-man crusade to blow away the conservative cobwebs of the city’s dowdy suburban architecture. Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• How to Define a Living Space With Art

  

  Recalling pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, a layered birch wall piece by Mitch McGee pairs with midcentury furnishings—including an Arch Lounge by Hans Wegner—to... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• Groovy 1970s Pads That Were (Mercifully) Transformed Into Modern Homes

  

  British design pioneer Sheridan Coakley transformed this 1970s bachelor pad an hour outside London into a stylish furniture laboratory. Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN

• 5 Impressive Gut Renovations

  

  A cramped, uninviting space on Manhattan’s Upper East Side was given a total overhaul by the New Design Project. Every inch of the 400-square-foot apartment,... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2015 HOME, INTERIOR DESIGN