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Top 10 Houses on Dwell This Week
October 3, 2013
As the weekend slowly draws to a near, we've gathered up ten of our most clicked on homes on Dwell this week for your perusal.
Affordable Hillside Home in New Zealand
Three designers jump-start their practice with an affordably built abode in New Zealand.
Read the entire article here.
Photo by: Paul McCredie
Originally appeared in This Home Achieves Blissful Living in the Hills
Modern High-Rise Town House in Israel
Six stories high, crowned with a pool, and with a direct lineage back to the Bauhaus, a new town house in Tel Aviv manages to both embrace and provide refuge from the teeming Israeli city.
Photo by: Amit Geron
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Originally appeared in Modern High-Rise Town House in Tel Aviv
Small and Modern: A Family Lakeside Getaway in Texas
A family matriarch enlisted an architect, an interior designer, a builder, and a landscape architect to help realize her vision for a diminutive, low-key lakeside getaway.
Photo by: Kimberly Davis
Originally appeared in The Lakeside Getaway That Entertains All Ages
Striking Angular Cottage in Connecticut
What happens when the guest house becomes home? Retired couple Suzanne and Brooks Kelley found out when a pair of brainy New Haven architects breathed new architectural life into the property they’ve inhabited for over thirty years.
Photo by: Mark Mahaney
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Originally appeared in Striking Angular Cottage in Connecticut
Actor Bryan Cranston's Green Beach House Renovation
The star of Breaking Bad opens the doors to his family’s recently completed beach house located just outside of Los Angeles.
Photo by: Art Streiber
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Originally appeared in Actor Bryan Cranston's Green Beach House Renovation
Jens Risom's Block Island Family Retreat
Designer Jens Risom returns to his 1967 prefab off the coast of Rhode Island, readying it for his family's next generation.
Photo by: Floto + Warner
Originally appeared in 10 Modern Gables
Modern Tiny Kitchen Remodel in Sweden
What’s the secret to successfully wedging a kitchen into a 258-square-foot apartment? A visual balancing act.
Photo by: Jonas Ingerstedt
Originally appeared in Modern Tiny Kitchen Remodel in Sweden
Regina and Andy Rihn weren’t exactly modernists when they first began their frustrating, unproductive slog through the pricey Austin, Texas, real estate market. “We just liked things that were old and wood,” Andy says. “That was our aesthetic.” But thankfully for them, the first-time homebuyers got lucky.
Photo by: Misty Keasler
Modern Lilong House Renovation in Shanghai
Seeking a stronger connection with his adopted city, Edoardo Allegranti revamps a lilong house in China’s bustling municipality.
Photo by: Christian Schaulin
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Originally appeared in Modern Lilong House Renovation in Shanghai
Narrow Modernist Three-Story Home in Toronto
Facing tight building codes and an even tighter space, Karen White and David MacNaughtan needed an architect who could turn lemons into lemonade. Donald Chong devised a refreshing solution.
Photo by: Dean Kaufman
Originally appeared in 5 Small and Narrow Modern Houses
Affordable Hillside Home in New Zealand
Three designers jump-start their practice with an affordably built abode in New Zealand.
Read the entire article here.
Photo by: Paul McCredie
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