Design 101: What Are Alexander Homes, and Why Are They Still So Beloved?The Alexander Construction Company made Palm Springs living accessible to the masses.
Here’s How to Deck Out Your Home Like a Breezy Palm Springs MidcenturyCultivate a sunny state of mind with these pieces that channel Palm Springs’ brand of midcentury modernism.
For a Cool $25 Million, You Can Buy Richard Neutra’s Most Famous Palm Springs HomeThe Kaufmann Desert House was meticulously restored by Marmol Radziner in the 1990s—and now it’s up for grabs.
Top 5 Homes of the Week With Top-Notch WoodworkVersatile and enduring, wood is a material that seems to work just about anywhere.
Top 5 Homes of the Week With Captivating KitchensFrom unique pendant lighting to interesting cabinetry, how you design your kitchen can be just as admirable as what you create in...
5 Prefab Deck Kit Companies to Easily Upgrade Your HomeBetter your home's indoor/outdoor connection with one of these DIY deck kits.
Take a Tour Through California With This Week's Top 5 HomesAh, the Golden State! From the mountains to the ocean, these California homes take modern architecture and design to the next...
Top 5 Homes of the Week That Bring Lofts to New HeightsThese modern loft designs are a step above the rest.
A 16th-Century Florentine Palazzo Is Transformed Into an Artist ResidencyHoused within the Palazzo Galli Tassi in the heart of Florence, Numeroventi is an artist residency, exhibition space, and loft...
Top 5 Homes of the Week With Top-Shelf LibrariesTake a page from their books—these modern home libraries from the Dwell community are seriously impressive.
2 New Gable Roofs Brighten Up an Edwardian Cottage in MelbourneThe Melbourne beachside suburb of Sandringham is filled with period houses such as this Edwardian timber home—but this one has...
A New SlantIn Seattle, where others saw only a severe slope and lack of municipal hookups, one couple spotted their ticket to their dream...
New ProspectsA Brooklyn architect shows what a little elbow grease, a healthy dose of naïveté, and a decade can accomplish.
Before & After: Twinning Homes in Melbourne Go From Ramshackle to RavishingMairead Murphy of Maike Design renovates two matching houses on the same block in Brunswick East, imbuing each with its own...
New BeginningsUni, an international group of designers in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is riding out a self-professed renovation high that never...
Top 9 Gardens of 2020The verdant spaces nominated for the Dwell Design Awards bring these biophilic homes to life.
Top 9 Kitchens of 2020The nominees for this year’s Dwell Design Awards are the epitome of style and function.
Top 9 Bathrooms of 2020From the whimsical to the austerely beautiful, the contenders in this year’s Dwell Design Awards are singular sanctuaries.
Top 9 Dwellings of 2020The homes nominated for this year’s Dwell Design Awards represent the best in creative, context-driven design.
10 Buildings We Love by Piers TaylorKnown for his stripped-back approach to home design, RIBA award-winning architect Piers Taylor focuses more on light and space...
Dwell Reflects on Frank Lloyd Wright in Honor of the 150th Anniversary of His BirthIt's no secret that Frank Lloyd Wright has received his fair share of coverage over the years at Dwell—and rightfully so,...
Top 9 Objects of 2020A mug reinvented 100 ways and a Bauhaus beehive are among the nominees in this year’s Dwell Design Awards.
2 Hillcrest by Peter GoodhueA New Jersey property’s dark rooms and halls get a refresh that embraces a Scandinavian approach to design.
New Kid on the BlockWith sensitivity to local building typologies, fresh construction finds a place in Amsterdam.
Dwell's New LookBehind the Dwell Magazine Redesign
Brand-New SecondhandFifteen minutes from downtown Seattle, architects Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo transformed the neighborhood dump—a lot that had...
New Orleans, LAAs New Orleans struggles to get back on its feet, one architect learns from the past while building for the future.
New Kids on the BlockWe asked five households that recently switched Los Angeles neighborhoods what they had in mind when picking a new place to live.
Will Algorithms Be the New Architects?Architecture is the latest field to feel the double-edged sword of computerization.
The Top 10 Prefab Homes of 2022From modular units that become entire residences when assembled to tiny houses on wheels, these are this year's best-in-class...
Top Tips for Your Kitchen RemodelFrom lighting to plumbing, here’s what you should know before you start your next update.
Top 10 Sustainable Homes of 2020From a carbon-negative cabin to a prefab farmhouse, these resourceful designs captivated readers this year.
Top 10 Mullet Homes of 2020Traditional in the front, modern in the back, these dwellings look unassuming from the street.
Top 9 Small Spaces of 2020The nominees for this year’s Dwell Design Awards
may be petite, but they pack a big punch.
A Concrete Home in Vietnam Is Topped With TreesWith greenery dwindling in urban areas, an architecture firm in Ho Chi Minh City designs a home to bring nature back to the...
Dwell’s Top Stories of 2019Celebrate the year’s end with superlative home tours, renovations, prefabs, and more.