Make an Impact: Architecture for Tomorrow

The purpose of Dwell is to show the “try” behind the “do.”

The Japanese-American artist, furniture designer, and landscape architect’s massively popular Akari collection is a bridge between age-old craft and modern innovation.

A San Diego architect creates a bold, energy-efficient complement to the Western landscape.

The legendary Italian architect, designer, and artist discusses the power of empathy in design, the fight against complacency, and the state of the design business today.

The Los Angeles foundation MADWorkshop challenges the young designers of the future to tap into the intersection of empathy and innovation.

Energy-smart technology makes managing a Sausalito floating home easy, even from 6,000 miles away.

A couple’s quest to reinvent wallcoverings takes them from New York to the Ozarks.

A family builds a hilltop home with a provincial park for its neighbor.

The shape of a tree’s canopy inspires the expansion of a ramshackle cabin in Quebec.

Tragedy begets opportunity in San Francisco when a fire-scorched Victorian is rebuilt from within.

In designing for themselves in Phoenix, Ethan Wessel and Sarah Swartz Wessel explore architecture as a living, breathing, changing art.

In a forested suburb of Cape Town, four cylinders make a tower-like hideout on a businessman’s family estate.

An East Hampton residence by Bates Masi is situated to harness the elements.

Midcentury completists score the ultimate catch: a 1959 post-and-beam fixer-upper in which to showcase their sprawling furniture collection.

A pair of Icelandic prefab pioneers deliver an efficient family home in Culver City.

When two Manhattanites head to the D.C. suburbs, they find that transforming a tired typology can be a matter of small changes.

The tricked-out yet cost-efficient San Francisco home packs a lot into its tiny footprint.

An emerging technology poses an intriguing solution to rising tides: homes that float only when it floods.

Can a home that encourages creativity, exploration, and fun still look grown-up?

At the 2016 NW Natural Street of Dreams, outdoor projects built with Humboldt Redwood graced a show home and a wine tasting room.