Maura Doyle has Marcel Breuer to thank for her obsession with form and function. The owner of Stranger & Co. grew up near the hulking concrete church Breuer designed for Saint John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota. Doyle’s curatorial tastes were fu

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“When I was a kid, I vowed to take it down with my bare hands,” says Amy Stelly about the hulking concrete I-10 overpass that towers over Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans’s storied Treme neighborhood. Speaking with her today, it’s clear she’s never lo

The adage “once burned, twice shy” held no sway for Buttons and Ridgie Barton. In October 2017, the catastrophic Nuns fire incinerated the ’70s-era A-frame in Napa County, California, that had served as a family retreat for 20 years and that the coup

Last summer, scorching heat melted streetcar cables in Portland, Oregon, and smoke from simultaneous Western wildfires drifted across the continent, triggering “code red” air-quality alerts in Philadelphia. Hurricane Ida formed in the Caribbean, stru

[Re: “Studio Visit: Patrick Tighe,” July/August] One of the accusations regarding the misuse of money designated for low-cost housing is that the majority of the funds are eaten up by contractors’ fees. I read a report that said there is so much mone

Walking into Lichen’s East Williamsburg storefront feels like dropping by a stylish friend’s house: Music is playing, people are chatting on sofas, and there are beautifully crafted objects—lamps, vases, handloomed textiles—placed on shelves and tabl

Currie Person likes Spartan Shop to constantly evolve. Take the pandemic: Person closed the brick-and-mortar location in Portland, Oregon, for 16 months and emerged with a new vision, moving away from her original concept for “an elevated general sto

Shawn Chopra and his wife, Anne Morgan, drew inspiration from their respective Indian and Egyptian heritages when they established Good Neighbor, a design shop-cum-cafe in Baltimore’s lively Hampden neighborhood. “The whole concept was like going to

There are two types of people in this world: those who see a listing for a decaying 1,400-square-foot home built in 1954 and grimace, and those who make a viewing appointment. “We were looking for a new place and I thought, This one looks weird and u

You can map the distance to public transportation or groceries, read school ratings and crime statistics, or consider any number of “livability” rankings, but your mileage with these sources may vary when it comes to assessing a community according t

People who move to New Urbanist communities tend to be fans of traditional architecture. But architect Barry Alan Yoakum was drawn to Harbor Town, a 32-year-old enclave just north of downtown Memphis, not by the historical styles of its homes but by

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What makes some places more “livable” than others? The question has a new importance as many Americans, unmoored from the office, decamp for Phoenix, Boulder, or other spots that frequently rank near the top on lists of U.S. cities with the highest q

When I became an adult, my mother passed these gloves on to me. I always knew they were special because of the way she cherished them. They belonged to my great-grandfather, who had a small farm, and these were his working gloves. You don’t see these

Brendan Ravenhill likes to describe his summers in Maine as half vacation, half working meditation. Most of the year, he’s in Los Angeles, where his design studio is primarily known for lighting fixtures. But when he returns to his family’s homestead

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A chance stop at a Phoenix grocery store checked off an unexpected item on Ryan Tyner and Kim Moellenberndt’s shopping list. It was 2018, and the two were looking for their first house as a couple. They had just viewed a disappointing home in the cit

Red Hook is “the farthest you can get from New York while still being in New York,” quips Anna Clark of the once-industrial waterfront area of Brooklyn. The village-like neighborhood’s sense of remove from the wider city and opportunities for live/wo

Kate Brien Kitz and David Kitz had braced themselves for Los Angeles’s overheated housing market when they set out to buy their first home together. But after purchasing a 1,600-square-foot 1950s bungalow in Mar Vista in 2019, Kate, a stylist, and Da

Independent design shops are hubs for creative communities. Here, we celebrate some of our favorites. View the full list on Dwell.com, and DM us @dwellmagazine with your recommendations. We profile five shops from across the country and ask their pro

Shannon Maldonado founded her Philadelphia boutique, Yowie, with the goal of giving creatives a platform. “We love being the first to carry a designer’s collection,” says Maldonado, who notes that “the home and furniture space hasn’t always felt incl

The felonious Goldilocks, who broke into an unoccupied home and ranked the temperature of porridges and the comfort level of mattresses, might have avoided a lot of trouble by consulting livability lists, the popular rankings meant to help people dec

For three years, we’ve been asking everyone featured in the Dwell 24, our annual roundup of exceptional emerging designers (p. 31), to reply to a Proust Questionnaire–style survey about their lives and work. And this year, for the first time, none of

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1. 13 Floor Plans for Beach Houses That Celebrate Coastal Living Perfectly positioned to embrace ocean views and salt-tinged breezes, these layouts make the most of their seaside settings. 2. 14 Cabin Floor Plans to Make Your Outdoorsy Dreams Come Tr

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@BENJAMINRAS Just outside East Austin lies the Community First! Village, a 51-acre development of micro-homes and RVs that offers affordable, permanent shelter to individuals who have lacked housing for extended periods. Many of the dwellings in the

@ALANJENSEN About 20 miles from Amsterdam, an old monastery stands amid a lively garden in the quiet town of Bennebroek. Franciscan sisters once lived in the imposing brick structure, built in the 19th century, but they departed late in the 20th, and