Green Homes

These sustainably built and designed homes showcase what the future of design looks like.

An L.A. Family Gets Creative With Materials to Make Their Net-Zero Home Undeniably Their Own

An L.A. Family Gets Creative With Materials to Make Their Net-Zero Home Undeniably Their Own

This Off-Grid Summer Cabin Is Only Accessible by Boat

This Off-Grid Summer Cabin Is Only Accessible by Boat

In California’s High Desert, the Off-Grid iT House Takes Advantage of the Sun

In California’s High Desert, the Off-Grid iT House Takes Advantage of the Sun

Two Hardcore-Punk Aficionados’ Renovated Ranch-Style Home Packs a Green Punch

Two Hardcore-Punk Aficionados’ Renovated Ranch-Style Home Packs a Green Punch

Budget Breakdown: They Built a Net-Positive Home in the Hamptons for $3.2 Million

Budget Breakdown: They Built a Net-Positive Home in the Hamptons for $3.2 Million

Opinion: Will Our Future Be All-Electric?

Opinion: Will Our Future Be All-Electric?

What if Green Design Were Just Good Design?

What if Green Design Were Just Good Design?

Trading Shingles for Shrubs

Trading Shingles for Shrubs

My Quest for Energy Independence in a Victorian Fixer-Upper

My Quest for Energy Independence in a Victorian Fixer-Upper

How a DIY “Construction Odyssey” Led to an Architect’s Love for Sustainable Design

How a DIY “Construction Odyssey” Led to an Architect’s Love for Sustainable Design

How Sweden Became the Surprising Center of the Greenhouse Home Movement

How Sweden Became the Surprising Center of the Greenhouse Home Movement

An Earthen Home on the California Coast Bridges the Adirondack and Sea Ranch Styles

An Earthen Home on the California Coast Bridges the Adirondack and Sea Ranch Styles

Low-Tech Utopia: Inside a Japanese Greenhouse Commune

Low-Tech Utopia: Inside a Japanese Greenhouse Commune

Budget Breakdown: In the Catskills, an Architect Experiments With Passive Design for $515K

Budget Breakdown: In the Catskills, an Architect Experiments With Passive Design for $515K

Budget Breakdown: The Foundation Is Also the Floor at This Shedlike $1.1M Hudson Valley Retreat

Budget Breakdown: The Foundation Is Also the Floor at This Shedlike $1.1M Hudson Valley Retreat

They Camped Out for Two Years to Build a Home in a Catskills Quarry

They Camped Out for Two Years to Build a Home in a Catskills Quarry

Three Tilting A-Frames Form a Net-Zero Mountain Retreat in Colorado

Three Tilting A-Frames Form a Net-Zero Mountain Retreat in Colorado

A “Farm-to-Shelter” Home Asks: Why Can’t Architects Make Buildings the Way Chefs Approach Food?

A “Farm-to-Shelter” Home Asks: Why Can’t Architects Make Buildings the Way Chefs Approach Food?

Construction Diary: An Irish Architect’s Passive House Shows the Strength of Cross-Laminated Timber

Construction Diary: An Irish Architect’s Passive House Shows the Strength of Cross-Laminated Timber

Dwell Open House: 300 Readers Tour Some of L.A.’s Most Exciting Residential Projects

Dwell Open House: 300 Readers Tour Some of L.A.’s Most Exciting Residential Projects

Budget Breakdown: A Canadian Couple Test Their DIY Mettle With a $112K Off-Grid Cabin

Budget Breakdown: A Canadian Couple Test Their DIY Mettle With a $112K Off-Grid Cabin

Budget Breakdown: Inside a $117K Extreme Off-Grid Cabin in the Patagonian Forest

Budget Breakdown: Inside a $117K Extreme Off-Grid Cabin in the Patagonian Forest

Budget Breakdown: In Rural Texas, a Couple Build an Off-Grid Forever Home for $1.68M

Budget Breakdown: In Rural Texas, a Couple Build an Off-Grid Forever Home for $1.68M

Before & After: He Gave His Hollywood Hills Midcentury an All-Electric Upgrade

Before & After: He Gave His Hollywood Hills Midcentury an All-Electric Upgrade

Looking for a New Direction, a Couple Build an Arrow-Shaped Off-Grid Home in Patagonia

Looking for a New Direction, a Couple Build an Arrow-Shaped Off-Grid Home in Patagonia

He Had a Vision: to Build an A-Frame Cabin Almost Entirely Out of Beetle Kill Pine

He Had a Vision: to Build an A-Frame Cabin Almost Entirely Out of Beetle Kill Pine

They Built Their Japanese-Inspired Home So That Their Children Could Inherit It

They Built Their Japanese-Inspired Home So That Their Children Could Inherit It

How I Turned an Octagonal Joshua Tree House Into a Sustainable Oasis

How I Turned an Octagonal Joshua Tree House Into a Sustainable Oasis

Refreshing This 1930s Catskills Cabin Made It Just the Right Amount of Rustic

Refreshing This 1930s Catskills Cabin Made It Just the Right Amount of Rustic

Exposed Rafters Bridge This Australian Home With Its Lushly Landscaped Yard

Exposed Rafters Bridge This Australian Home With Its Lushly Landscaped Yard

This Architect’s Cambridge Home Is a Testing Ground for Sustainable Design

This Architect’s Cambridge Home Is a Testing Ground for Sustainable Design

Pendants That Could Be Cheese Graters Are Just the Start of This U.K. Retreat’s Charm

Pendants That Could Be Cheese Graters Are Just the Start of This U.K. Retreat’s Charm

This Leafy-Green Bangalore Home Is Made From Construction Debris

This Leafy-Green Bangalore Home Is Made From Construction Debris

On Vancouver Island, a Family Squeezes a Serene Studio Between a Rock and a Hard Place

On Vancouver Island, a Family Squeezes a Serene Studio Between a Rock and a Hard Place

A Mighty Corrugated Metal Roof Ties Together a Compound in Rural Australia

A Mighty Corrugated Metal Roof Ties Together a Compound in Rural Australia

A Butterfly Roof Tops an “Upside-Down” House Built for Aging in Place

A Butterfly Roof Tops an “Upside-Down” House Built for Aging in Place

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