Built in 1957, an artful hideaway on an industrial stretch of Tulane Avenue in New Orleans has been remade into a modern-day...

Minute details and judiciously applied materials create a refined home in San Francisco.

From modern sheds and tiny cabins to detached dwellings, we're spotlighting our favorite small spaces from the Dwell community...

The Pit House in Japan has smooth, rounded walls and a subterranean kitchen and living area.

The small archipelago in the Pacific Ocean has had a big influence on architects and designers across the globe, from São Paulo...

Japanese culture is said to share a close and harmonious relationship with nature.

A "chashitsu," which literally means “tearoom” in Japanese, is a freestanding, pavilion-like structure that was used for tea...

In Boucherville, Quebec, Blouin Tardif Architecture-Environnement designs a single-family house that opens onto a veranda.

A clever concrete threshold allows the home to embrace the surrounding landscape while maintaining privacy.

This minimalist timber home in the south of Sweden offers a family of four a place to commune with nature.

Built with specially-formulated concrete made of volcanic ash, this micro-house in Tokyo maximizes space through vertical...

A team of architects uses the bones of a midcentury eyesore to create a new home for a family of seven.

On a whim, a growing family uproots to Oregon where they find—and remake—the home of their dreams

After an architectural epiphany, a family of traditionalists builds a monument to organic modernism in Austin.

Introducing a series of structures, two architects weave a house with a notable pedigree into the landscape.

Japanese architect Terunobu Fujimori’s latest teahouse creation floats among pine trees at the Museum Insel Hombroich.

For centuries, Japanese enjoyed the country’s thousands of outdoor hot springs, so it’s no surprise deep soaking became popular...

Putting a spin on the traditional Japanese doma, a dirt floor extends throughout this home, forging an ever-changing...

A challenging site prompts studioplusthree to get creative to bring light, views, and improved energy efficiency to this...

Inspired by the form of trees, an architect breaks the mold of typical, cuboid, multi-level structures.

A 1960s home with an unusual awning gets upgraded with 21st-century conveniences while maintaining its Austin street cred.

Once a sea captain’s residence in the 1850s, Katie Mossman’s Greenpoint address comes with two units and a detached studio.

A skillful configuration of restrained materials and natural light lets a gallery, studio, and residence merge inside one...

Located in Ise-Shima National Park, Amanemu suggests a modern interpretation of traditional Edo-period farmhouses.

In Vienna, a dazzling penthouse by Delugan Meissl has boldly inserted itself between traditional rooftops of the city’s Wieden...

In order to save a Meiji-period machiya in Kyoto's Higashiyama District, four friends pooled together their resources and had the...

Cantilevered high above a steep, rocky site, this young family's “Tree House” fully embraces the Australian landscape.

Wonder Galaxy is a super Instagrammable showroom at the 2019 Casa Decor exhibition in Spain that serves up a sci-fi and...

Arbol Design creates a tiny house in Osaka with a cantilevered front facade that appears to float above a garden floor.

Architect TaeByoung Yim designs a 570-square-foot home with private space for studying and room to entertain.

Nestled in a second-growth forest, this Pacific Northwest retreat is deliberately simple yet modern.

A modular, adjustable, floor-to-ceiling storage wall is just one of the renovated home’s solutions.

This green-roofed home by Snegiri Architects bows in deference to the enveloping woodlands.

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

We celebrated Independence Day on July 4th and worked a three-day week here at Dwell, which means we only have three homes to...