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Hear Me Out: Designing for Others Is a Love Language
52+ min ago (68+ words) Hear Me Out: Designing for Others Is a Love Language'Dwell Designing something for another person can be an intimate act of service, which is one of the love languages. Design Meet-Cutes: When Finding Furniture Leads to Love I'm Single. I…...
Remembering a Pioneering SOM Architect—and Everything Else You Need to Know About This Week
1+ hour, 36+ min ago (263+ words) For now, the "Zillow ban" stands. A judge just sided with the listing company in its fight with Compass, saying it had to the right to exclude homes initially offered privately by the real estate brokerage. Certain listings, though, are…...
Will Architecture Firm Leaders Ever Budge Against Unionizing Employees?
19+ hour, 36+ min ago (80+ words) The observation deck SUMMIT One Vanderbilt, designed by Sn'hetta, is a popular tourist attraction in New York City. Architect Bjarke Ingels's firm has offices in six countries." Related Reading:" " " The First Private Sector Architecture Union in the U.S. Ratifies its Agreement…...
New York’s Best Furniture Show Right Now Is in a Clothing Store
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (61+ words) A detail of a burl table at Quaker Oats Company offices. Wood veneer and burl-fronted pieces as seen at the SOM exhibit. Here's How Those Instagram Vintage Sellers Find Their Best Stuff How Coveted Midcentury Furniture Is Getting Way More…...
“That Is a Number One F U”: A Conversation With the Creators of HBO’s “Neighbors” Docuseries
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (686+ words) I recently spoke with Fishman and Redford about making the series, why neighbor disputes are so captivating, and the extremely American obsession with property that's at the core of each story. Our conversation (which contains some spoilers for the show)…...
Seating, Shelving, and Spatial Definition—a Blue Box Does It All at This Refreshed Berlin Flat
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (169+ words) Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here. Footprint: 807 square feet "A bespoke butter-yellow sofa, designed specifically for the room and…...
Even the Kitchen Is Sunken at This Family Home in Australia
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (61+ words) Even the Kitchen Is Sunken at This Family Home in Australia'Dwell Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here. Footprint: 2,700 square…...
How They Pulled It Off: A Micro Library in a Midcentury’s Awkward Kitchen Nook
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (283+ words) Welcome to How They Pulled It Off, where we take a close look at one particularly challenging aspect of a home design and get the nitty-gritty details about how it became a reality. That's when their contractor suggested calling Anne…...
A Scheme to Build One Million Homes—and Everything Else You Need to Know About This Week
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (258+ words) Staff at Bjarke Ingels Group's (BIG) London studio are protesting proposed layoffs that could cut nearly half the office after a major project was abruptly canceled. The employees, many of whom relocated internationally to the U.K. for the promise of a…...
From the Archive: Remembering Alexander Girard, the American Master of ColorfulModernism
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (72+ words) Welcome to From the Archive, a look back at stories from Dwell's past. This story previously appeared in the February 2008 issue. See more from the Dwell archive on US Modernist. This Michigan Couple Found Out They Own the Last Standing…...