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en Homes Feed - Dwell http://www.dwell.com/homes/browse? Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:14:15 -0700 hourly 3 dwell/homeshttp://feedburner.google.com Dwellings » Kid Tested, Mothers Approved http://feeds.dwell.com/~r/dwell/homes/~3/5yIRScOYzmQ/kid-tested-mothers-approved.html http://www.dwell.com/articles/kid-tested-mothers-approved.html Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:29:04 -0700 <a href="http://www.dwell.com/articles/kid-tested-mothers-approved.html"><img src="http://media.dwell.com/images/148*147/zim-wex-house-exterior-portrait-driveway-thumbnail.jpg" alt='zim wex house exterior portrait driveway thumbnail' /></a> A long house on Long Island, this prefab could get to its site peaceably only by traveling in pieces. Designed by Resolution: 4 Architecture as a holiday retreat for a family of six, this slatty slab is up to the task of sheltering its owners and all their guests.

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A long house on Long Island, this prefab could get to its site peaceably only by traveling in pieces. Designed by Resolution: 4 Architecture as a holiday retreat for a family of six, this slatty slab is up to the task of sheltering its owners and all their guests.

]]> zim wex house exterior portrait driveway thumbnail http://www.dwell.com/articles/kid-tested-mothers-approved.html Off the Grid » Prince of Tides http://feeds.dwell.com/~r/dwell/homes/~3/hgZL8FoVlJ0/prince-of-tides.html http://www.dwell.com/articles/prince-of-tides.html Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:55:27 -0800 <a href="http://www.dwell.com/articles/prince-of-tides.html"><img src="http://media.dwell.com/images/148*147/flood-proof-house-exterior-portrait-balcony-thumbnail.jpg" alt='flood proof house exterior portrait balcony thumbnail' /></a> For all the joys of beachfront living, it’s not without its risks. But with some smart design and sound engineering, this small coastal house stands tall against the threat of rising tides.

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For all the joys of beachfront living, it’s not without its risks. But with some smart design and sound engineering, this small coastal house stands tall against the threat of rising tides.

]]> flood proof house exterior portrait balcony thumbnail http://www.dwell.com/articles/prince-of-tides.html Dwellings » Plan of Steel http://feeds.dwell.com/~r/dwell/homes/~3/pRUyY7jSTXw/plan-of-steel.html http://www.dwell.com/articles/plan-of-steel.html Sun, 7 Mar 2010 22:16:50 -0800 <a href="http://www.dwell.com/articles/plan-of-steel.html"><img src="http://media.dwell.com/images/148*147/blue-sky-prototype-house-exterior-portrait-balcony-thumbnail.jpg" alt='blue sky prototype house exterior portrait balcony thumbnail' /></a> The Blue Sky prototype home tiptoes gracefully across the desert landscape just north of Joshua Tree National Park. Nestled amid piñon and juniper trees and outcroppings of boulders, the house’s six steel columns permit a seasonal stream to run underneath it. The clever steel frame allows the house to float above the wilderness—a concession to the lightness on the land that its owner, architects, and engineers so clearly wanted. Figuring out how to achieve this lightness, however, was anything but clear. When David McAdam, co-owner and chief dreamer of Blue Sky Homes, bought 2.5 acres of cactus-studded land near Palm Springs, California, he didn’t know what kind of getaway he wanted to build, but he did know one thing: no wood. “It’s boring, and I see how it works in the desert. It gets destroyed,” he says, remembering the damage he’d seen other houses suffer in the unrelenting sun. If the material isn’t handled perfectly, arid conditions turn it into a pretzel. So if not wood, then what?

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The Blue Sky prototype home tiptoes gracefully across the desert landscape just north of Joshua Tree National Park. Nestled amid piñon and juniper trees and outcroppings of boulders, the house’s six steel columns permit a seasonal stream to run underneath it. The clever steel frame allows the house to float above the wilderness—a concession to the lightness on the land that its owner, architects, and engineers so clearly wanted. Figuring out how to achieve this lightness, however, was anything but clear. When David McAdam, co-owner and chief dreamer of Blue Sky Homes, bought 2.5 acres of cactus-studded land near Palm Springs, California, he didn’t know what kind of getaway he wanted to build, but he did know one thing: no wood. “It’s boring, and I see how it works in the desert. It gets destroyed,” he says, remembering the damage he’d seen other houses suffer in the unrelenting sun. If the material isn’t handled perfectly, arid conditions turn it into a pretzel. So if not wood, then what?

]]> blue sky prototype house exterior portrait balcony thumbnail http://www.dwell.com/articles/plan-of-steel.html My House » Village People http://feeds.dwell.com/~r/dwell/homes/~3/zmmtPL1ewbE/village-people.html http://www.dwell.com/articles/village-people.html Fri, 5 Mar 2010 09:18:54 -0800 <a href="http://www.dwell.com/articles/village-people.html"><img src="http://media.dwell.com/images/148*147/weiner-residence-portrait-at-desk-thumbnail.jpg" alt='weiner residence portrait at desk thumbnail' /></a> Amidst the pedestrian-friendly maze of leafy streets in New York City’s West Village, LOT-EK, a firm whose designs focus on the creative reuse of industrial materials, inserted a gut-renovated and intensely colorful new home—getting a facade embedded with truck beds past the heritage commission along the way. Lawrence and Alice Weiner have lived in New York City for nearly half a century, but it wasn’t until 1990 that they bought their first house. Over the years, Lawrence, one of the godfathers of 20th-century conceptual art and widely known for his minimalist experiments with language, needed a bigger place to work—–and more room for his ever-expanding archive. Twenty years after moving in, with a renovation wrapped up in 2009, the Weiners’ three-story house in the West Village is sublimely industrial. In the interest of collaboration, Alice and Lawrence talk us through their new home.

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Amidst the pedestrian-friendly maze of leafy streets in New York City’s West Village, LOT-EK, a firm whose designs focus on the creative reuse of industrial materials, inserted a gut-renovated and intensely colorful new home—getting a facade embedded with truck beds past the heritage commission along the way. Lawrence and Alice Weiner have lived in New York City for nearly half a century, but it wasn’t until 1990 that they bought their first house. Over the years, Lawrence, one of the godfathers of 20th-century conceptual art and widely known for his minimalist experiments with language, needed a bigger place to work—–and more room for his ever-expanding archive. Twenty years after moving in, with a renovation wrapped up in 2009, the Weiners’ three-story house in the West Village is sublimely industrial. In the interest of collaboration, Alice and Lawrence talk us through their new home.

]]> weiner residence portrait at desk thumbnail http://www.dwell.com/articles/village-people.html Dwellings » Fertile Grounds http://feeds.dwell.com/~r/dwell/homes/~3/ABHIR4p7hlQ/fertile-grounds.html http://www.dwell.com/articles/fertile-grounds.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:05:21 -0800 <a href="http://www.dwell.com/articles/fertile-grounds.html"><img src="http://media.dwell.com/images/148*147/orchard-house-exterior-landscape-thumbnail.jpg" alt='orchard house exterior landscape thumbnail' /></a> Nestled in an apple grove in Sebastopol, California, the Orchard House is a rural idyll. And with the voracious design appetites of a family of gastronomically inclined clients, this concrete prefab construction is quite literally a moveable feast of a home.

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Nestled in an apple grove in Sebastopol, California, the Orchard House is a rural idyll. And with the voracious design appetites of a family of gastronomically inclined clients, this concrete prefab construction is quite literally a moveable feast of a home.

]]> orchard house exterior landscape thumbnail http://www.dwell.com/articles/fertile-grounds.html Dwellings » Sunset District Renovation http://feeds.dwell.com/~r/dwell/homes/~3/rC2RQP0rgz8/sunset-district-renovation.html http://www.dwell.com/articles/sunset-district-renovation.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:33:36 -0800 <a href="http://www.dwell.com/articles/sunset-district-renovation.html"><img src="http://media.dwell.com/images/148*148/Sunset-District-Renovation-Atelier-KS-Thumbnail.jpg" alt='Sunset District Renovation Atelier KS Thumbnail' /></a> The residents of atelier KS's first renovation like stuff. When the couple, who lives in San Francisco's Sunset District, first invited the husband-wife design team to their home, the garage they wished to remodel was filled to the brim. "Our jaws just dropped open," Kelli Franz, the "K" of atelier KS, remembers. "We could hardly move in the space." Seth Pare-Mayer, Franz's personal and professional other half, says, "I wondered how we would measure the space." Still, the duo were able to transform the 1,000 square feet into a 500-square-foot garage and a 500-square-foot living space filled with all of the residents' wants: study, family room, guest bedroom, bathroom with a shower, laundry room, and storage space.

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The residents of atelier KS's first renovation like stuff. When the couple, who lives in San Francisco's Sunset District, first invited the husband-wife design team to their home, the garage they wished to remodel was filled to the brim. "Our jaws just dropped open," Kelli Franz, the "K" of atelier KS, remembers. "We could hardly move in the space." Seth Pare-Mayer, Franz's personal and professional other half, says, "I wondered how we would measure the space." Still, the duo were able to transform the 1,000 square feet into a 500-square-foot garage and a 500-square-foot living space filled with all of the residents' wants: study, family room, guest bedroom, bathroom with a shower, laundry room, and storage space.

]]> Sunset District Renovation Atelier KS Thumbnail http://www.dwell.com/articles/sunset-district-renovation.html Dwellings » Renovation: 800 Square Feet http://feeds.dwell.com/~r/dwell/homes/~3/kMUOjDS_NXQ/modern-renovation-in-sacramento.html http://www.dwell.com/articles/modern-renovation-in-sacramento.html Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:14:57 -0800 <a href="http://www.dwell.com/articles/modern-renovation-in-sacramento.html"><img src="http://media.dwell.com/images/148*148/popp-residence-living-room-arco-square.jpg" alt='popp residence living room arco square' /></a> While in the process of helping his father find a suitable home closer to his family, Sacramento architect Curtis Popp realized he had everything he needed to provide his dad, an artist, with the comfortable, modern environment he always desired. One half of a 1950s ranch-style duplex owned by the architect’s mother—amicably separated from his father long ago—opened up, providing 800 square feet of space for the redo. popp residence living room arco square

While in the process of helping his father find a suitable home closer to his family, Sacramento architect Curtis Popp realized he had everything he needed to provide his dad, an artist, with the comfortable, modern environment he always desired. One half of a 1950s ranch-style duplex owned by the architect’s mother—amicably separated from his father long ago—opened up, providing 800 square feet of space for the redo.

]]> popp residence living room arco square http://www.dwell.com/articles/modern-renovation-in-sacramento.html Dwellings » A Clean Slate http://feeds.dwell.com/~r/dwell/homes/~3/K6zrdtvdmAM/a-clean-slate.html http://www.dwell.com/articles/a-clean-slate.html Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:33:04 -0800 <a href="http://www.dwell.com/articles/a-clean-slate.html"><img src="http://media.dwell.com/images/148*147/sliding-kitchen-interior-portrait-in-kitchen-square.jpg" alt='sliding kitchen interior portrait in kitchen square' /></a> A few big ideas—and some careful workmanship—transform the very small kitchen of a one-bedroom Brooklyn apartment into an expansive space suited to a young professional with a taste for design.

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A few big ideas—and some careful workmanship—transform the very small kitchen of a one-bedroom Brooklyn apartment into an expansive space suited to a young professional with a taste for design.

]]> sliding kitchen interior portrait in kitchen square http://www.dwell.com/articles/a-clean-slate.html Off the Grid » A Lot to Love http://feeds.dwell.com/~r/dwell/homes/~3/H1FUtaPceoQ/a-lot-to-love.html http://www.dwell.com/articles/a-lot-to-love.html Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:35:00 -0800 <a href="http://www.dwell.com/articles/a-lot-to-love.html"><img src="http://media.dwell.com/images/148*147/a-lot-to-love-house-exterior-from-hillside-square.jpg" alt='a lot to love house exterior from hillside square' /></a> In a leafy residential area a few miles from downtown Kansas City, Missouri, an enterprising architect saw opportunity where others saw trouble. He took a sloping, triangular lot and designed a new home for his growing family—an open, tree house–like structure on stilts that hovers at the quirky edge of a conventional neighborhood. a lot to love house exterior from hillside square

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In a leafy residential area a few miles from downtown Kansas City, Missouri, an enterprising architect saw opportunity where others saw trouble. He took a sloping, triangular lot and designed a new home for his growing family—an open, tree house–like structure on stilts that hovers at the quirky edge of a conventional neighborhood.

]]> a lot to love house exterior from hillside square http://www.dwell.com/articles/a-lot-to-love.html My House » Bringing It All Back Home http://feeds.dwell.com/~r/dwell/homes/~3/AkECOTqcD7w/bringing-it-all-back-home.html http://www.dwell.com/articles/bringing-it-all-back-home.html Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:44:03 -0800 <a href="http://www.dwell.com/articles/bringing-it-all-back-home.html"><img src="http://media.dwell.com/images/148*147/ewing-residence-exterior-thumbnail.jpg" alt='ewing residence exterior thumbnail' /></a> Relying on local materials, local craftsmen, and the land her family has farmed for over two centuries, a New Yorker rediscovers her Midwestern roots.

Relying on local materials, local craftsmen, and the land her family has farmed for over two centuries, a New Yorker rediscovers her Midwestern roots.

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