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Whatever budget you’re working with for your kitchen renovation, here are the best appliance suites that combine style and performance. Whether you’re building a new kitchen or giving it the upgrade it deserves, these kitchen appliance packages give you the…

Nothing creates a more beautiful and relaxing garden than the perfect balance of elements. Be it the eastern philosophy of feng shui or more contemporary approach to design that takes about living closer to nature, water is an essential part…

An amplified version of the architect’s arched pavilion in New Canaan, Beck House has been expertly renovated and put back on the market. Philip Johnson’s Beck House in Dallas is opulent, intriguing, and, thanks to a recent renovation, a bit…

You'd never guess this eclectic 1950s home started out as a humdrum municipal garage. In the late 1950s, acclaimed architect Paul Rudolph transformed an ordinary, oversized garage into a brilliant home, now known as the Rudolph House. While the beloved…

Prefab construction makes it possible for SAA Arquitectura + Territorio to build this impressive retreat in a remote region. In wild, rugged Patagonia, Chilean architectural firm SAA Arquitectura + Territorio has crafted a comfortable and contemporary home in a notoriously…

52 square meters of space might not seem like much when you are planning for your perfect home. But this gorgeous apartment in Lodz, Poland makes most of the limited room on offer as it adds to the existing room…

A guest house that has a distinctly contemporary character and yet seamlessly integrates both with the main house that is more traditional and a lush green garden, the Paddock Brow Guesthouse does it all! Designed by Blee Halligan Architects for…

From the home of Charles and Ray Eames to Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul, these interiors span dozens of countries and a broad range of show-stopping styles. Interiors: The Greatest Rooms of the Century is a 400-page compendium of the most…

Every stay at this colorful converted church helps Nashville’s homeless community with free housing, showers, and meals. Separated from downtown by the Cumberland River, artsy East Nashville is one of the city’s most animated neighborhoods, packed with restaurants, bars, and…

The project aims in creating an economically modest built form for an agriculturist and his family. Abstraction of urban farming could be seen in both exterior and interior spaces. The design uses the natural light and the built form to…

This was a 285 s.f. rear yard addition to an existing house, adding a family/dining room out back, and a roof deck above. It sits a half-floor below the main floor, allowing easy access to the backyard, and its new…

Lush and leafy, these indoor jungles are a breath of fresh air. While the benefits of forest bathing are known, nature and parklands aren’t always accessible for city dwellers. The next best thing is having a home that filled with…

The idyllic setting on the edge of village of Lancashire is where one finds the gorgeous Zinc House designed by Proctor & Shaw. Combining the metallic beauty of standing seam zinc finishes with handmade brick and glass, this is a…

We visit AutoCamp’s latest and greatest outpost in Yosemite, where Anacapa Architecture and Geremia Design have joined forces for an Airstream campground that’s both rugged and refined. Dwell has long been a fan of the iconic Airstream—some call it a…

There are few décor pices in the bedroom that make an impact as the bed itself. It is the protagonist around which the rest of the room revolves. It sets the style, theme and at times even the color scheme…

VILLA KIVI Villa Kivi is a new generation log home on a tiny island in Finnish archipelago designed for himself by Finnish designer Vertti Kivi. Polar Life Haus, a Finnish wooden house manufacturer, was quick to pick it up for…

Just outside the Norwegian capital of Oslo is Malmøya; a gorgeous island that is surrounded by other small islets and full of greenery. It is the biggest island of the Oslo Fjord and its sandy beaches coupled with rough edges…

These resilient, rammed-earth homes show the soil’s true stripes. A true expression of the landscape they rest on, rammed-earth homes are constructed of compacted soil molded in plywood forms. A robust and energy-efficient material, rammed earth also has a striking,…