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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

On British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast, a Family Builds an Environmentally Attuned Home

On British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast, a Family Builds an Environmentally Attuned Home

This Glass-Wrapped Home in Spain Is Regenerating Its Surrounding Ecosystem

This Glass-Wrapped Home in Spain Is Regenerating Its Surrounding Ecosystem

This Radical Quebec “Cabin” Doubles as a Habitat for Endangered Bats

This Radical Quebec “Cabin” Doubles as a Habitat for Endangered Bats

This Cork Houseboat in the Netherlands Floats a Strategy for Sustainable Building

This Cork Houseboat in the Netherlands Floats a Strategy for Sustainable Building

An Architect Couple Trade Size for Sustainability in Their Family’s Amsterdam Home

An Architect Couple Trade Size for Sustainability in Their Family’s Amsterdam Home

A New Generation of Earthship Owners Looks for Climate Solutions in the Past

A New Generation of Earthship Owners Looks for Climate Solutions in the Past

In Washington, D.C., a Back Alley Becomes a Sustainable Haven

In Washington, D.C., a Back Alley Becomes a Sustainable Haven

This Builder Is Making Tiny Homes With Hemp, Cork, and Wood. And They’ll Show You How to Do It

This Builder Is Making Tiny Homes With Hemp, Cork, and Wood. And They’ll Show You How to Do It

For These Designers and Homebuilders, the Best Materials Are Ones That Have Already Been Used

For These Designers and Homebuilders, the Best Materials Are Ones That Have Already Been Used

This Scottish Holiday Home Is Topped With Grass From the Surrounding Hillside

This Scottish Holiday Home Is Topped With Grass From the Surrounding Hillside

A Net-Zero Home in Spain Centers Around a Soaring Atrium

A Net-Zero Home in Spain Centers Around a Soaring Atrium

An SF Couple Erect a Hashtag-Shaped Home in the High Desert

An SF Couple Erect a Hashtag-Shaped Home in the High Desert

A Passive House in Maine Is One Couple’s New Start After Losing Everything in a Fire

A Passive House in Maine Is One Couple’s New Start After Losing Everything in a Fire

A Low-Tech Holiday Home in Spain Maximizes Its Energy Efficiency

A Low-Tech Holiday Home in Spain Maximizes Its Energy Efficiency

A Striking Black Residence Energizes a Neglected Lot and Its Neighborhood in Melbourne

A Striking Black Residence Energizes a Neglected Lot and Its Neighborhood in Melbourne

A Family’s Retreat Is a Natural Fit in England’s New Forest National Park

A Family’s Retreat Is a Natural Fit in England’s New Forest National Park

A Mostly Wood Home in Japan Lets One Family Lead a Simple, Sustainable Life

A Mostly Wood Home in Japan Lets One Family Lead a Simple, Sustainable Life

A Santiago Couple Build Four Cabins—and a New Life—in Chile’s Lakes District

A Santiago Couple Build Four Cabins—and a New Life—in Chile’s Lakes District

An Architect’s 1960s London Home Welcomes Foxes, Squirrels, Bees, and Bats

An Architect’s 1960s London Home Welcomes Foxes, Squirrels, Bees, and Bats

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