Connecting a home to its environment can be as simple as bringing parts of the natural world back inside. Click to see six homes that beautifully incorporated natural design accents.
As part of an effort to appreciate the outdoors, a Norwegian family designed their vacation home to incorporate nature. The door handle of their sauna, for example, is just a piece of driftwood they collected at a nearby beach.
You can practically smell the sea breeze in this Amsterdam home, thanks to architect Pieter Weijnen’s “brand of maritime modernism.” The seashells decorating the concrete base pictured here connect an inland home to the ocean.
Architect Ken Meffan saved rocks excavated during the construction of his California home, and set them as seats into the concrete floor of his family room.
In addition to using rocks for chairs, Meffan also saved the imprints of leaves his daughter selected from the backyard by pressing the specimens into wet concrete during construction.
As part of an effort to appreciate the outdoors, a Norwegian family designed their vacation home to incorporate nature. The door handle of their sauna, for example, is just a piece of driftwood they collected at a nearby beach.
Docomomo US announces the winners of this year's Modernism in America Awards. Each project showcases exemplary modern restoration techniques, practices, and ideas.
Today, we kicked off this year’s annual Dwell on Design at the LA Convention Center, which will continue through Sunday, June 26th. Though we’ve been hosting this extensive event for years, this time around is particularly special.
By straightening angles, installing windows, and adding vertical accents, architect Aaron Ritenour brought light and order to an irregularly shaped apartment in the heart of Athens, Greece.
From the bones of a neglected farmstead in rural Scotland emerges a low-impact, solar-powered home that’s all about working with what was already there.
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