Travel

Travel is one of life's great pleasures. From vacation homes, to boutique hotels, to expertly-designed bars and restaurants, these features tailored to the modern jet-setter are sure to inspire your next adventure.

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Prefab Homes
This Danish “Light House” Radically Reinterprets the Classic A-Frame
dwell - Anna Squier
Warm and modern, with striking views of the surrounding landscape, this Nordic-inspired vacation rental typifies simple living. Set within a low-lying area of Vestervig, Denmark, this 1,650-square-foot
August 23
Prefab Homes
Coney Island’s Newest Hotel Is a Miniature Mansion Made of Sand
dwell - Duncan Nielsen
Booking.com just opened reservations for the “Sand”-sion—a life-size sandcastle in the midst of all the fun at Coney Island’s Luna Park. To celebrate National Sandcastle Day—that’s a thing—Booking.com
August 22
Oaxaca
Top Design Cities 2019: Oaxaca, Mexico
dwell - Mikki Brammer
Javier Reyes, founder of rrres studio, works with local artisans to create products with a modern sensibility using traditional techniques. Built on a heritage of crafts such as weaving and pottery‚ Oaxaca‚
August 6
Vacation Homes
How Human-Centric Lighting Is Changing The Way We Illuminate Our Homes
dwell - Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Read what experts and designers say about our body's response to light as an aesthetic experience. "Neuroscience shows that all the things that ignite the senses—art, scents, music, design—actually have
22 hours ago
Home Building
Vitruvi’s Diffuser Looks as Good as it Makes Your Room Smell
dwell - Shane Roberts
Give your home a sensory lift with this sculptural stone diffuser. These days, a single-use appliance better look good, and Vitruvi took that fact to heart with their minimalist stone diffuser—easily best
22 hours ago
Home Building
About Face
dwell - Diana Budds
Solar panels have a reputation as being unsightly, but this U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon show home sheds the stereotype that photovoltaic arrays are eyesores. Porches are a beloved element
22 hours ago
Prefab Homes
This Tiny Home Was 3D Printed in Half a Day For Less Than $2,000
dwell - Duncan Nielsen
SQ3D just 3D printed an entire home in less than 12 hours—and the process used about as much current as a standard hair dryer. 3D printing is changing the future of the automotive, medical, and design
22 hours ago
Prefab Homes
28 Marvelous Amazon Prime Day Deals For Your Home
dwell - Samantha Daly
It's that time of the year—bask in the glow of the best deals for Amazon Prime Day 2019. From today through July 16 Amazon is offering deals on thousands of housewares, gadgets, and furnishings—from fancy
22 hours ago
Prefab Homes
12 Pendant Lights We Really, Really Want From Lumens' Sale—Ending Sunday
dwell - Samantha Daly
No matter what your style is, we guarantee you'll love one of the hundreds of lighting fixtures that are up to 75 percent off until Sunday, June 30. Lumens is a one-stop shop for modern lighting, furniture,
22 hours ago
Prefab Homes
The 20 Best Air Purifiers to Help You Breathe Easy
dwell - Samantha Ramirez
Zap dust, bacteria, smoke, and other pollutants with a state-of-the-art air purifier that’s also easy on the eyes. Air quality may be worsening, but the good news is that the products available to monitor
June 22
Prefab Homes
A LEGO-Like Home Powered Entirely by the Sun Pops Up in Times Square
dwell - Lucy Wang
Prefabricated, solar-powered, and filled with cutting-edge technology, the FutureHAUS is the smart, sustainable home of tomorrow. Developed by over 100 Virginia Tech students and faculty, the FutureHAUS
June 2
Prefab Homes
The World’s First 3D-Printed Village Is Coming to Latin America This Summer
dwell - Lucy Wang
The walls of each home can be printed in just 24 hours with nearly zero waste. Acclaimed designer Yves Béhar of fuseproject, Austin–based construction technologies company ICON, and nonprofit New Story
June 22
Prefab Homes
7 Smart TV Devices You Need to Cut Cords For Good
dwell - Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
Once the resort of disgruntled customers intent on ditching their cable company, "cord cutting" is now embraced by nearly a quarter of Americans. In fact, experts predict that within five years 40 million
June 22
Prefab Homes
NASA Unveils Top Designs For 3D-Printed Homes on Mars
dwell - Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge asked architects to design homes that can be built on Mars—and they delivered. When we live on Mars, we'll all reside in bronze-colored, twisted structures with dozens
June 22
Technology
A Fly-Down Warning Device, and Other Hilarious Smart Tech Ideas from an Artist
dwell - Diana Budds
British artist and designer Dominic Wilcox illustrates inventive—and admittedly outlandish—ways technology can potentially streamline our lives. "I take ideas to an extreme conclusion," Dominic Wilcox
March 27
Travel
From Vinyl to Streaming, An Audio Expert Takes Us Through More Than 100 Years of Sound Tech
dwell - Bill Leebens
Sound and vision coalesce to create the ultimate acoustic experiences. Until the arrival of the phonograph nearly 140 years ago, the only way to have music in the home was to perform it. Royals and the
June 22
Technology
An Architect Lost His Sight and Kept Working Thanks to Breakthrough Technologies for the Blind
dwell - Kelly Vencill Sanchez
As one of the few blind practicing architects in the world, Chris Downey occupies a unique place in design. When he lost his sight in 2008, Downey, who is based in San Francisco, began using his own experiences
March 27
Routers
This Elegant Router Inspired by Eero Saarinen Will Declutter Your Desk
dwell - Allison McCarthy
Elevating the world of wi-fi, in both function and appearance. Style has never been paramount in the connectivity sphere. Just glimpse the shelves of clunky, unreliable routers that haven’t changed in
March 27
Travel
As the Cost of Panels Plummets, Energy Utilities Rethink Solar
dwell - Patrick Di Justo
Tech breakthroughs are bringing solar power to the people, and upsetting electric utilities' business models. It has been the "power source of the future" for at least the past 40 years. It’s one of the
22 hours ago
Home Security
Shop the 8 Best Smart Cameras Out There (and Which One to Pick For Your Home)
dwell - Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
We outline the pros and cons of the best WiFi camera systems available today—and help you decide the best fit based on your needs. Installing cameras in your home—for security, safety, or just to keep
March 27
Travel
The Former Barn Reborn As a Community Hub
dwell - Debra Jo Immergut
A New England barn is wired to provide power and produce to the community. In farming, success is all in the balance: between sun and rain, toil and time. At Powisset Farm in Dover, Massachusetts, a 106-acre
22 hours ago
Vacation Homes
Automation Eliminates Tedious Chores for Dallas Homeowners
dwell - Helen Thompson
Closing the blinds for 29 windows? No longer an issue for this couple. "I wanted something simpler," says Dallas builder Matthew Thomas, "a place to relax after being in other houses all day long." Matthew,
22 hours ago
Prefab Homes
Relive the ’90s in This “Saved by the Bell”-Inspired Dallas Airbnb
dwell - Alia Akkam
They took a deep dive into the ‘80s with their first rental; now a nostalgic couple moves into the next decade by reconstructing an iconic television diner. Jeremy and Kelsey Turner watched a lot of old
August 16
Prefab Homes
A Chicory Kiln Becomes a Sustainable Vacation Home With Endless Flexibility
dwell - Lucy Wang
Mobile cabinetry and thoughtful reuse turn a dilapidated industrial structure into a warm and creative home with open-ended possibilities. With a PhD in ephemeral architecture, a background in fine arts,
August 16
Prefab Homes
A Compact Prefab Vacation Home
dwell - Diana Budds
A New Zealand family taps into the creative capital of architecture students to make their dream home a reality. Every summer for over a decade, Andrew and Shiree Morrison have journeyed to Onemana, a
April 30
Prefab Homes
The Durable Yet Comfortable Cabin in the Woods
dwell - Olivia Martin
A steeply sloped site in the Wisconsin forest, plus an equally steep budget, led architect Brian Johnsen to reinvent the archetypal cabin for a sturdy vacation home. "I picked the property the same way
April 30
Prefab Homes
Art-Filled Hamptons Vacation Home
dwell - Eviana Hartman
Inspired by their clients’ bold art collection, a pair of architects designs a Hamptons vacation house that subverts tradition. Judging by their art collection, Andrew and Amy Weinstein appear to be unabashed
July 26
Jonathan Adler
Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan's Shelter Island Vacation Home
dwell - Dan Rubinstein
For design mavericks Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan, a challenging site that slopes toward the sea yields a unique opportunity to create an intimate and relaxing hideaway. If personality transforms a
July 26
Prefab Homes
A Remote Holiday Home Celebrates Raw and Natural Materials in Mexico
dwell - Lucy Wang
An homage to Mexico’s untouched landscape, this elegant low-impact getaway sports a pared-back aesthetic. A few years ago, two brothers on a rock climbing trip stumbled upon a beautiful and remote clearing
July 26