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The Most Popular Homes in Dwell: 41-60
February 12, 2013
We published and you read. Here's part three of our series on the most popular homes ever featured in Dwell. Find 1-20 here and 21-40 here. Flip through the following slideshow for 41-60, which features modern houses from Brooklyn to Great Britain, renovations to prefab, and more.
A House Grows in Brooklyn
While most people living in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn didn’t see much to love about an abandoned, weedy lot squeezed between two old town houses, one couple couldn’t help but see it as an opportunity to finally build their own home. Photo by Dean Kaufman.
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Originally appeared in A House Grows in Brooklyn
Looking Inward
For Paul and Shoko Shozi, a pair of retiring Angelenos, the goal was to shut out the neighborhood but bring in the sunny skies. Their new prefab home, the Tatami House, designed by Swiss architect Roger Kurath of Design*21, makes a central courtyard the physical, and maybe even the spiritual, center of the home. On a fine Marina del Rey morning, Paul shows us around. Photo by Jessica Haye and Clark Hsiao.
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Originally appeared in Looking Inward
Knotty by Nature
In snowy Sweden, where pine planks and the democratic design incubator Ikea reign supreme, a local architect pays homage to his patrimony, making a small, slatty home feel like a rather big deal. Photo by Pia Ulin.
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Originally appeared in Knotty by Nature
Windows Vista
When artists Ramona Trent and Anthony Pearson teamed up with architects Escher GuneWardena for a full-scale renovation, they bestowed a remarkable view upon an unremarkable bungalow. Photo by Noah Webb.
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Originally appeared in How a Bungalow Went from Bland to Brilliant
University Place Apartment
After a young couple purchased an apartment in New York City's Greenwich Village, they turned to Matthew Miller of local firm StudioLAB to rescue its dark, closed-off interiors.
Originally appeared in University Place Apartment
A New Slant
In Seattle, where others saw only a severe slope and lack of municipal hookups, one couple spotted their ticket to their dream home. Photo by Philip Newton.
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Chef's Table
When two full-time foodies renovated their Chicago condo, getting the kitchen right meant finding the right kitchen island. Photo by Matthew Williams.
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Originally appeared in Chef's Table
A Simple Plan
A Marmol Radziner–designed prefab house, trucked onto a remote Northern California site, takes the pain out of the construction process. Photo by Dwight Eschliman.
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Originally appeared in When Prefab Is Painless
A Lot to Love
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. Photo by Mike Sinclair.
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Originally appeared in A Lot to Love
Barns Ennobled
Subverting the traditional, conservatively cozy British barn conversion, Carl Turner created a getaway in rural Norfolk for himself and his friends to visit, repose, and consider the beauty of agrarian minimalism. Photo by Christoffer Rudquist.
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Originally appeared in A Pair of English Barns Hide Unabashedly Bold and Budget-Friendly Minimalist Interiors
Packed Naturally
"It's not about being 'green' or 'cool' or making a monument; it's about the fundamentals of architecture," architect Cass Calder Smith says about the rammed earth Palo Alto residence he designed.
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Originally appeared in Packed Naturally
Scrap House
"Repurpose, refurbish, recycle" was the guiding principle for a metals broker in Ontario who harnessed his passion for–and knowledge of–industrial materials to create a new house from old scrap. Photo by Lorne Bridgman.
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Originally appeared in Scrap House
Hygge House
In a former fishermen’s cottage outside Copenhagen, a young family has carved out a cozy, light-filled home. Photo by Jonas Bjerre-Polsen.
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Originally appeared in Light-Filled Family Home Renovation in Copenhagen
Living Room
When Im and David Schafer moved in together they faced the challenge of combining the contents of David’s 880-square-foot loft and Im’s 550-square-foot apartment into a one-room, 426-square-foot downtown loft.
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Originally appeared in Living Room
Family Tree
For this San Diego family, the phrase "putting down roots" has taken on a whole new meaning.
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Originally appeared in The Family Tree
The Floating House, Lake Huron
On the edge of a tiny island accessible only by boat, this buoyant summer home lives the life aquatic. Photo by Raimund Koch.
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Originally appeared in Floating House, Lake Huron
Bringing It All Back Home
Relying on local materials, local craftsmen, and the land her family has farmed for over two centuries, a New Yorker rediscovers her Midwestern roots. Photo by Kyoko Hamada.
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Originally appeared in Bringing It All Back Home
The Design Trade
In a South Minneapolis neighborhood of century-old housing stock, Julie Snow’s bold but elegant residential design fulfilled Andrew Blauvelt and Scott Winter’s desire for a loft on the ground. Photo by Dean Kaufman.
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Originally appeared in Modern Urban Retreat in South Minneapolis
Snug as a Bug
Part tent, part RV, the NASA-inspired Cricket Trailer is the go-to camper for the modern road tripper. Photo by Sarah Wilson.
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Originally appeared in Modern NASA-Inspired Cricket Trailer
From Brown to Green
Toronto designers Peter Fleming and Debbie Adams found a polluted lot and a run-down building—and saw fertile ground for a unique, eco-minded new home. Photo by Lorne Bridgman.
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Originally appeared in From Brown to Green
A House Grows in Brooklyn
While most people living in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn didn’t see much to love about an abandoned, weedy lot squeezed between two old town houses, one couple couldn’t help but see it as an opportunity to finally build their own home. Photo by Dean Kaufman.
Photo by Dean Kaufman.
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