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Before & After: A 450-Square-Foot Copenhagen Flat Now Hosts DJs, Art Openings, and Plenty of Friends
Before & After: A 450-Square-Foot Copenhagen Flat Now Hosts DJs, Art Openings, and Plenty of Friends
A couple with a love for renovating (and entertaining) reimagine their ’60s studio as a galleryesque pied-à-terre.
By Lori Keong
The Pink Kitchen Island in This Belgian Home Is a Cooktop—and a Garden Bench
The meal prep-cum-seating unit plays off monsteras and fiddle leaf figs that enliven the open-plan living space.
What Ever Happened to Laundry Chutes?
The fall of the former household staple can be traced to a surprising source: the perceived danger of stairs.
Why I Still Believe Prefab Homes Are a Good Idea
More than 20 years after I first promoted the building method at Dwell, it has yet to live up to its promise—but it can.
Pops of Color and a Concrete Cube Make This Argentina Retreat Like “a Ball Pit for Grown-Ups”
The 538-square-foot space with an offset square floor plan acts as a playful place to post up for a digital nomad.
This $2.5M Midcentury by a Frank Lloyd Wright Apprentice Just Listed for the First Time
Designed by Fredrick Liebhardt, the Clark Residence is a perfectly preserved time capsule in San Diego.
Outside of Paris, a Le Corbusier Villa Just Hit the Market for $5M
Certified as a Historic Monument, the home and studio of famed sculptor Oscar Miestchaninoff is a work of art in its own right.
Budget Breakdown: This Edwardian Got An Overhaul—and a Salmon-Pink Addition—for $1M
“Basically everything had asbestos in it,” says architect Aleksandra Popovska—but that was the first of many pricey surprises as she revamped a 1912 home for her growing family.
A “No-Maintenance” Home in Coastal Argentina Rehashes the Area’s 1970s Retreats
Mar Azul’s brick chalets inspired this airy residence, which has gridded window coverings, strips of glazing, and a concrete ramp entry.
In South Africa, a Radically Reimagined A-Frame Asks $210K
Designer Peter Steere took down the pitched roof and wrapped the home in metal cladding reminiscent of rural barns.

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