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Even after years in New York, I’ve never seen anything like it. The rental market in the city has long been a brutal and defeating arena, but the fallout from extreme home prices, rising interest rates, and landlords recouping revenue lost to Covid d

Utkarsha Laharia noted that her subjects’ journeys were all so different. “All the designers that I interviewed did not start as designers at all,” says Laharia. “Their education and background are in such varied fields,” which is something that Laha

My grandparents had caning as a wall treatment in a guest room, and I fell in love. @gimmemynikkers Expensive and not very sturdy when exposed. Rarely worth the money. Sold my Cescas. @planteidyll The texture and rhythm are gorgeous (unless made with

Re: “Tropical Storm: Hawaii is drowning in a flood of the same factors creating a housing crisis all over America. Will the state become a model for finding a way out—or a cautionary tale?” July/August It would be amazing if strong leadership could a

Designed by Mexico City practice Estudio MMX for a family with three kids and two live-in grandparents, this home is all about maintaining intimacy while also offering separation. It wraps around a central patio and includes large windows and terrace

Tucked into a seven-story residential complex in Riga, Latvia, known locally for its distinct oblong shape, this apartment is decked out with fun colors, vibrant patterns, and unusual forms. “The geometry is inspired by pairing new and old, as seen i

When Bahareh Atash and Hesam Rostami, cofounders of Toronto firm Rostami Atash Atelier, purchased a 1920s worker’s cottage in 2015, the architect couple wanted to create something different from the area’s standard row houses. “The original house was

74% A hive of productive clutter 26% A study in head-clearing minimalism 43% Bauhaus 35% Brutalism 22% Memphis LONDON @WILKINSON_RIVERA With pieces that could be mistaken for props in a painting by a certain Spanish Surrealist, Grant Wilkinson and Te

When Covid hit, Herman Wakefield’s industry was turned upside down. Prices for midcentury antiques skyrocketed because of the home improvement frenzy, and uneducated new dealers were everywhere, ruining furniture and hawking fakes. You could make mor

On a typical day, Nicolás Tovo and Teresa Sarmiento’s house is a hive of activity. Upon my arrival at the architects’ new family home in Buenos Aires, Nico ushers me inside, where the couple’s three children, three cats, and Jack Russell terrier are

When Rafael de Cárdenas moved into the snug Paris pied-à-terre of his partner, Cale Harrison, he tossed any Haussmannian fantasies about grand continental living out the window. “It was a monastic space,” says the New York designer, “and we wanted to

“We like the feeling of floating in the air,” Constanza Ríos says of the home she built with her husband, Pierangelo Caimi. Peering out at sky and ocean through wall-height windows that wrap the living area of their cabin, which rests on a cliff on t

As dawn breaks, crenellated ribbons of orange light streak across white cabinetry deep inside the East Boston loft of architects Elle Gerdeman and Kyle Coburn. Part psychedelic laser show, part contemplative art installation, the phantasmagoric displ

It could have been the same old story: A city couple looking to start a family give up their one-bedroom apartment to buy a fixer-upper with the cash they have and renovate down the line. But architect Chris Gilbert, founding director of the studio A

In 2015, architect Victor Ebergenyi Kelly had his dream job (albeit a bureaucratic one) working in public housing and urban redevelopment in Mexico City when he got a call that would change the course of his career. It was from his former thesis advi

Indie musician Drew Straus, who performs under the name Onsen, will be the first to tell you that his early records were “brooding and moody.” But if his debut album, filled with electronic vibrations and atmospheric percussion, makes you want to pul

Sharmila Sen has always had a penchant for renovation projects. “I think I should have been an architect,” the photographer jokes. Upon encountering a dilapidated barn in North Salem, New York, she became convinced that the structure and its main hou

More at Dwell.com/Shop 1 Auditorium Circle, Wrightsville Beach — A highly crafted waterfront resort residence created by Christopher Parker, P.E., exceptional in every aspect with construction quality and detail unsurpassed on the coast of North Caro

I was still a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago when northeastern Japan was hit by the tsunami in 2011, and I remember seeing a video of nuclear plants collapsing and someone saying, “Japan is finished.” After graduating, I hosted

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