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Week in Review: 7 Great Stories You May Have Missed
September 20, 2013
Each week Dwell.com delivers more than 50 original posts, articles, and interviews focused on the latest in modern design. We wouldn't want you to miss a thing, so we've pulled together our top stories of the week. Take a look and see what you might have missed.
EMERALD CITY: 5 MODERN HOMES IN SEATTLE
Surrounded by lush evergreen forests and famously known for its cup of Joe, this cool quintet of our favorite homes also resides in the Emerald City known as Seattle.
Photo by: Misha Gravenor
Originally appeared in Colored In
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
FALL DESIGN TREND: COMFORTABLE KITCHENS
Kitchens are the heart of the home and no one likes a cold barren heart or kitchen—especially as the air gets chilly and thoughts of family holidays approach. Our third Fall design trend is all about comfortable kitchens.
Photo by Raimund Koch.
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Originally appeared in Long Island Summer Home Gets a Modern Addition
6 AUSTRALIAN HOMES FROM THE DESIGN FILES
Lucy Feagins has been curating stylish Australian interiors for her site, the Design Files, since 2008. We recently featured her favorite local discoveries in our September 2013 issue and regularly visit her blog for architectural eye candy. Here, we share a few recent stories published on the site.
The Melbourne Home of Kim Victoria Wearne and Stuart Beer via the Design Files.
Originally appeared in 6 Australian Homes from the Design Files
A DREAM KITCHEN WITH GE MONOGRAM: MONOGRAM DESIGN CENTER
In the second installment of our three-part video series with GE Monogram, we dive into selecting the perfect appliances for a dream kitchen. Tune in as designer Brendan Kwinter-Schwartz explores the ins and outs of buying appliances.
While not as often associated with modernism as steel or glass, stone is indeed appreciated by modern architects, as evidenced by the following seven houses from the pages of Dwell that incorporate the material.
Photo by Ben Anders.
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Originally appeared in Taylor Made
EYE IN THE SKY: URBAN APARTMENT OVERLOOKING NYC'S THE HIGH LINE
An apartment overlooking the High Line in New York City captures views of a constantly changing urban landscape.
Photo by Christopher Wahl.
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Originally appeared in Eye in the Sky: Urban Apartment Overlooking NYC's The High Line
EMERALD CITY: 5 MODERN HOMES IN SEATTLE
Surrounded by lush evergreen forests and famously known for its cup of Joe, this cool quintet of our favorite homes also resides in the Emerald City known as Seattle.
Photo by: Misha Gravenor
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