Travel These Tasmanian Cabins Mimic the Curves of the Nearby Coastlinedwell - Kathryn M.In Coles Bay, Tasmania, Freycinet Lodge’s undulating pavilions of wood and glass place guests at the heart of the wilderness. Since the 1990s, the Freycinet Lodge on the eastern coast of Tasmania has welcoming
Outdoor Spaces Snøhetta Builds a Heavenly Cabin For Hikers in Oslodwell - Jennifer Pattison TuohyOffering unbelievable views, Fuglemyrhytta is a pentagonal cabin that can sleep up to 10 lucky hikers. An impactful panoramic window dominates Snøhetta’s Fuglemyrhytta, a self-catering hiking cabin perched
Travel Take a First Look at Denmark's Amazing New Tree House Hoteldwell - Lucy WangIn coastal Denmark, a treetop cabin—the first of nine to come—soothes the soul with Nordic minimalism. After seven years in the making, Rasmus Lybæk’s dream of bringing people closer to nature has finally
Tiny House Movement These Snug, Off-Grid Cabins in Canada Start at $141 a Nightdwell - Christin PerryRun by a husband-and-wife team, each of Cabinscape’s tiny homes is a cozy wilderness retreat. Avid hikers and travelers, John Loerchner and his wife Laura Mendes were stumped when they had their daughter,
Tiny House Movement A Modern Tree House in France Preserves the Surrounding Pinesdwell - Melissa DaltonOutfitted with a striking charred wood exterior and blonde wood interior, Atelier Victoria Migliore's Treehouse was constructed without felling a single on-site tree. Built in 2018 in Brittany, this tree
Duran Duran 300 Drones and Duran Duran Salute the 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landingdwell - Duncan NielsenLast night, Studio Drift released 300 luminescent drones in an unchoreographed aerial performance above NASA’s Rocket Gardens—Duran Duran sang along. At the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida,
Living Rooms Vipp’s Newest High-Design Hotel Outpost Is in a Water-Pumping Stationdwell - Lucy WangStudio David Thulstrup converts a historic water-pumping station in Copenhagen into an edgy retreat where guests can test drive Vipp’s first-ever furniture collection. For its third hospitality outpost,
IKEA IKEA Is Closing its Only Factory in the USAdwell - Duncan NielsenThis December, IKEA will cut costs—and 300 jobs—by closing its production facility in Danville, Virginia. Known for its snackable meatballs and flat-pack furniture, the Swedish retailer is moving its U.S.-based
Outdoor Spaces 18-Year-Old NASA Cadet Alyssa Carson Co-Designs Luggage For Outer Spacedwell - Duncan NielsenTo honor the 50th Anniversary of the moon landing, Horizn Studios teams up with astronaut-in-training Alyssa Carson on a space-worthy suitcase. In the very near future, folks will be able to "ooh" and
Outdoor Spaces The World of Sounddwell - William L. Hamilton You could call it the next frontier of architecture and design, but you have to close your eyes to “see” it. The ear inhabits a space, and captures a place, more acutely than the eye.
Outdoor Spaces Scandinavian Design Focus: Muutodwell - Jaime GillinMake way, Arne and Eero. Forward-looking furniture company Muuto turns the spotlight on 21st-century Scandinavian design. "Six or seven years ago, we had a big retro focus in Scandinavia—everyone bought
Outdoor Spaces A Greek Island Wants to Pay You $565 a Month to Move Theredwell - Duncan NielsenIf you've ever dreamt of island living, consider this: The Aegean isle of Antikythera will actually pay you to move in. A jewel of an island between Crete and Greece's mainland is incentivizing young,
Kanye West Kanye West Is Building Affordable, Star Wars-Inspired Prefabs For the Homelessdwell - Duncan NielsenDrawing inspiration from a galaxy far, far away, Yeezy is building affordable prefabs that emulate Luke Skywalker's childhood home. About a year ago, Kanye West tweeted something coherent that still surprised
Outdoor Spaces Upscale Coworking Company NeueHouse Moves Into L.A.’s Historic Bradbury Buildingdwell - Lauren JonesFeatured in films such as “Blade Runner” and “500 Days of Summer,” the Bradbury Building will host the latest outpost of the coworking company NeueHouse. Built in 1893, the five-story Bradbury Building
Tiny House Movement Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House Gets New Beamsdwell - Duncan NielsenThe Ludwig Mies van der Rohe masterpiece will be bathed in a grid of lasers for this year’s Chicago Architecture Biennial. Mies van der Rohe’s legendary Farnsworth House will be soon be getting the Tron
Outdoor Spaces Q&A: Fine Rug Designer Ben Soleimani Launches a New Venturedwell - Sheila KimFourth-generation rug purveyor Ben Soleimani’s direct-to-consumer brand aims to change the way we shop for home furnishings. Jet-setter, developer, and ardent polo player, Ben Soleimani is also an author
Outdoor Spaces Sweden’s Floating Arctic Bath Hotel Is Now Accepting Reservationsdwell - Duncan NielsenReservations just opened for Arctic Bath—a hotel and wellness retreat in the middle of the frigid Lule River. Set in Harads, in northern Sweden’s scenic countryside, Arctic Bath is a remote getaway with
Frank Lloyd Wright 8 Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings Inducted Into the UNESCO World Heritage Listdwell - Lucy WangEight exceptional Frank Lloyd Wright projects have officially made it onto the UNESCO World Heritage List—the first modern architecture designation of its kind in the U.S. Today, the World Heritage Committee
Outdoor Spaces First Look: A Gigantic Lawn Just Popped Up Inside the National Building Museumdwell - Duncan NielsenThe National Building Museum's latest block party installation is a sprawling “Lawn” that channels the spirit of summer. The National Building Museum in Washington, DC, is literally rolling out the green
Outdoor Spaces Here Are the Greatest Rooms of the Century, According to Phaidondwell - Kate ReggevFrom the home of Charles and Ray Eames to Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul, these interiors span dozens of countries and a broad range of show-stopping styles. Interiors: The Greatest Rooms of the Century is a
Norway Nearly Half of All New Cars Sold in Norway Are Electric Vehiclesdwell - Duncan NielsenAnd the country is gearing up to end sales of gas-powered vehicles completely. Norway is one of the world's largest exporters of oil—however the nation is hitting the throttle on electric vehicle sales
Taco Bell Taco Bell’s Hotel in Palm Springs Sells Out in Two Minutesdwell - Jennifer Pattison TuohyThere go our dreams of lounging on a hot sauce pool floatie. Attention, Taco Bell aficionados—following in the footsteps of its Cantina restaurants, this "tacoasis" in Palm Springs, California, is the
Prefab Homes IKEA to Build Affordable Modular Homes in the UKdwell - Lucy WangThe UK’s Worthing Council partners with IKEA and BoKlok to bring 162 low-cost modular homes to the English seaside town. IKEA-designed housing will soon pop up in Worthing, a town in southern England average
Tiny House Movement Eco Materials and Huge Windows Connect This Striking Home to its Environmentdwell - Lauren JonesThis two-bedroom, three-bathroom Seattle home is a tranquil haven for an active couple. Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood is bustling with single-story, wood-paneled homes, outdoor-loving families, and of
Tiny House Movement This Matte Black London Home Is Topped With a Wildflower Meadowdwell - Lucy WangThis award-winning, eco-friendly family home is an inspiring infill case study in southeast London. With few desirable housing lots left on the market in central London, architect Jonathan Pile decided
Costa Rica An Olson Kundig Tree House Peeks Over the Treetops in Costa Ricadwell - Lucy WangBuilt entirely of teak harvested on-site, this breezy solar-powered home near the beach ticks all the right boxes for a pair of avid environmentalists who love surfing. When a couple of surfers with a
Notre Dame Cathedral An Architect Proposes a Solar-Powered Urban Farm For the Roof of Notre Dame Cathedraldwell - Jennifer Pattison TuohyInspired by environmental issues, architect Vincent Callebaut reimagines the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral as a solar-powered urban farm. Turning Notre Dame Cathedral green is an emerging trend in the government's
Off-grid 9 Stellar Homes That Venture Off-Griddwell - Kate ReggevCelebrate Earth Day with these off-grid homes that put sustainability first. Once upon a time, the idea of an off-grid home might’ve conjured visions of Little House on the Prairie, but no longer. The
Tiny House Movement A Curving Rammed Earth Addition Expands a Family Bungalow in Melbournedwell - Melissa DaltonSteffen Welsch Architects juxtapose a rammed earth extension with a 1930s bungalow in order to create a flexible family home. When clients in possession of a 1930s, 1,291-square-foot bungalow on a small
