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Thanks to a Massive, Jewel-Like Skylight, This Chilean Cabin Glows From Top to Bottom

Thanks to a Massive, Jewel-Like Skylight, This Chilean Cabin Glows From Top to Bottom

Budget Breakdown: It Used to Be a Forest Service Cabin. They Made It Their Wyoming Retreat With $41K

Budget Breakdown: It Used to Be a Forest Service Cabin. They Made It Their Wyoming Retreat With $41K

This Vacation Home in Rural Ontario Sets a New Standard for Prefab Architecture

This Vacation Home in Rural Ontario Sets a New Standard for Prefab Architecture

Before & After: Savvy Storage Makes This Mumbai Flat Work for Three Generations

Before & After: Savvy Storage Makes This Mumbai Flat Work for Three Generations

This Landscape Architect Disguised His Backyard Addition in Sydney With a Green Roof

This Landscape Architect Disguised His Backyard Addition in Sydney With a Green Roof

They Designed This Tiny Chilean Cabin From 7,000 Miles Away

They Designed This Tiny Chilean Cabin From 7,000 Miles Away

Budget Breakdown: This Sears Kit Home in Houston Originally Cost $1,299. It Just Got a $368K Glow Up

Budget Breakdown: This Sears Kit Home in Houston Originally Cost $1,299. It Just Got a $368K Glow Up

This Suburban Australian Home Isn’t Afraid of a Little (More Like a Lot) of Plywood

This Suburban Australian Home Isn’t Afraid of a Little (More Like a Lot) of Plywood

Construction Diary: In the Mojave Desert, a First-Time Builder Takes On a Tricky Prefab Home

Construction Diary: In the Mojave Desert, a First-Time Builder Takes On a Tricky Prefab Home

Before & After: From Pegboards to Terrazzo, This Swervy Oakland Bungalow Has It All

Before & After: From Pegboards to Terrazzo, This Swervy Oakland Bungalow Has It All

Budget Breakdown: $91K and Vintage Flair Revive a Flat in One of Paris’s Coolest Buildings

Budget Breakdown: $91K and Vintage Flair Revive a Flat in One of Paris’s Coolest Buildings

Terra-Cotta Flooring Ties Together a Refreshed Country Home in France

Terra-Cotta Flooring Ties Together a Refreshed Country Home in France

This Forest Home in Chile Is Elevated to Float Among the Trees

This Forest Home in Chile Is Elevated to Float Among the Trees

This Sydney Home’s Dining Area Is Basically the Backyard

This Sydney Home’s Dining Area Is Basically the Backyard

Before & After: They Gave Their Dilapidated Washington D.C. Home the Renovation of a Lifetime

Before & After: They Gave Their Dilapidated Washington D.C. Home the Renovation of a Lifetime

This Arizona Home Uses the Desert Landscape as “Living Art”

This Arizona Home Uses the Desert Landscape as “Living Art”

Grooved Red Tile, Arches, and a Catwalk Tie Together a Backyard House in Belgium

Grooved Red Tile, Arches, and a Catwalk Tie Together a Backyard House in Belgium

This Napa Family’s $226K ADU Repurposes Skateboard Wheels and Vineyard Stakes

This Napa Family’s $226K ADU Repurposes Skateboard Wheels and Vineyard Stakes

Turning Simple Materials and Recycled Finds Into a New-Old New Orleans Home

Turning Simple Materials and Recycled Finds Into a New-Old New Orleans Home

Budget Breakdown: They Built Their $60K Home to Preserve the Surrounding Forest

Budget Breakdown: They Built Their $60K Home to Preserve the Surrounding Forest

This $53K Kitchen Renovation Is the Anti-HGTV Aesthetic

This $53K Kitchen Renovation Is the Anti-HGTV Aesthetic

Budget Breakdown: They Built a Minimalist $437K ADU—to Live and Work Out of Themselves

Budget Breakdown: They Built a Minimalist $437K ADU—to Live and Work Out of Themselves

In This Tokyo Home, a Secret Garden Thrives Behind a Cascade of Glass

In This Tokyo Home, a Secret Garden Thrives Behind a Cascade of Glass

Before & After: This Suburban L.A. Home’s Most Attractive Quality? A Near Complete Lack of Character

Before & After: This Suburban L.A. Home’s Most Attractive Quality? A Near Complete Lack of Character

We Check in With Dwell’s First Editor-in-Chief About a House 20 Years in the Making

We Check in With Dwell’s First Editor-in-Chief About a House 20 Years in the Making

This Family’s Country Home in Massachusetts Has a Wall Lined With Window Nooks

This Family’s Country Home in Massachusetts Has a Wall Lined With Window Nooks

Before & After: After 70 Years, a Seattle Midcentury Finally Reaches Its Full Potential

Before & After: After 70 Years, a Seattle Midcentury Finally Reaches Its Full Potential

Hawthorn Trees Grow Right Through the Decking at This Danish Country Retreat

Hawthorn Trees Grow Right Through the Decking at This Danish Country Retreat

Black Gables Give a Filmmaker’s Venice Beach Home a Dramatic Edge

Black Gables Give a Filmmaker’s Venice Beach Home a Dramatic Edge

Budget Breakdown: This Completely Restored $500K Airstream Is Built Like a Yacht

Budget Breakdown: This Completely Restored $500K Airstream Is Built Like a Yacht

Cork Covers This Tiny London Extension—and Also Fills It

Cork Covers This Tiny London Extension—and Also Fills It

Hobby Rooms, Light-Filled Hallways, and Courtyards Set Up a Couple for Retirement in Mexico

Hobby Rooms, Light-Filled Hallways, and Courtyards Set Up a Couple for Retirement in Mexico

Construction Diary: It Took a Decade, But Their Experimental, DIY Home Was Worth the Wait

Construction Diary: It Took a Decade, But Their Experimental, DIY Home Was Worth the Wait

Budget Breakdown: A Houston Family Nearly Doubles the Floor Plan of Their Beloved Bungalow for $391K

Budget Breakdown: A Houston Family Nearly Doubles the Floor Plan of Their Beloved Bungalow for $391K

Before & After: The Brownstone Boys Overhaul a Brooklyn Garage Into a Family Home

Before & After: The Brownstone Boys Overhaul a Brooklyn Garage Into a Family Home

It Was a Workshop and a Warehouse. Now It’s a Family Home With a Soaring Blue Stair

It Was a Workshop and a Warehouse. Now It’s a Family Home With a Soaring Blue Stair

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