Dwell November/December 2022

The old-fashioned, single-family American home no longer works for how we live. That’s one of the reasons we partnered with Norm Architects and ADU company Abodu to create the Dwell House, a 540-square-foot prefab home designed to be added to your backyard. It can be a rental unit, an in-law suite, an office, any of the spaces our homes need but can’t provide—as many of us have become acutely aware over the last few years. You can read more about it in this issue (p. 98), and look for a story about the first Dwell Houses to be installed in the new year. Similarly, the homes in our annual American Design issue play with conventional situations in unexpected ways. A home in the ’burbs—maybe the epitome of American banality—gets an addition…

Emanuel Hahn Photographer “All Fired Up,” p. 102 “Through my college years I was always, you know, the friend with the camera,” says Emanuel Hahn, who has worked as a photographer since 2015. More recently, Hahn has delved into video, working on his first short film from his home base in Los Angeles and bringing those narrative skills to the photos and video compiled for this piece on designer Ren von Hasseln’s house in Ojai. “One of the things that I really wanted to capture was the life of the house throughout the day,” says Hahn. “I don’t think we used any external light sources because we wanted everything to look pretty natural.” Nicholas Albrecht Photographer “Modern World,” p. 29 Nicholas Albrecht first picked up a camera in Italy as a fashion student looking for inspiration. “I…

“I haven’t ever come across a home I think is perfect for me, but this is maybe it.”—@zeshanhm via Instagram Re: “Barn Find,” September/October Wow, that fireplace wall just gave me goose bumps. Love!!! @MAMABIRD86 VIA INSTAGRAM My husband and I love passing this home on our way to Hayfields Market. The wild front yard with native grasses is so inspiring. Of course, the inside is just as wondrous. @LAURENMATI VIA INSTAGRAM One way to discourage binge TV watching is to have a supremely uncomfortable couch. An ouch-couch? @DIAWEYR VIA INSTAGRAM Re: “Silver Linings,” September/October Way too much white for the amount of Dunkin’ coffee they’ll spill. @JR_LIFF415 VIA INSTAGRAM Re: “My House: A Filmmaker Couple Put a London Shoe Factory Back Into Production as Their Home and Studio,” Dwell.com What a fantastic space. Love how they’ve filled it. True…

Love them—they make a simple activity more fun. Ian Zunt, Digital Marketing Associate Fun to look at, but they feel like a distraction from more elegant lines and focal points. Could see this for kiddo spaces for sure. Front door yes, anywhere else no. @antcity Imagine staring at these for 10 years? Pass. @jennndujour I had my dad make me wooden half circles for my kitchen, and they made the room. @1948midcentu ryranch Other direction. Smaller is better, none is best. @atelierwoodworks LOVE LOVE LOVE. But I know I’ll look back in 15 years and likely hate ’em. @cedarand stoneproject I just want to open or close a cabinet without getting my fingers pinched. @4theloveof.ivy Makes every room look like a child’s bedroom. It’s a definite no from me. @threesixtydiy omg like a modern dollhouse i luv. @halletirsch Knobs are the jewelry of a room. You can always change…

“There’s something charming about a home that bears traces of the labor that went into its construction—especially in this case, when that construction was done by the owner himself.”DAISY ZUCKERMAN, EDITORIAL FELLOW Weathering St(ee)L House by Derek Hoeferlin Design Derek Hoeferlin, principal of his eponymous architecture practice in St. Louis, Missouri, devised this 4,300-square-foot live/work studio in the city’s Forest Park Southeast neighborhood for Joe Pentland, an artist and electrical engineer who builds kinetic sculptures. Joe knew he wanted a “simple steel box” that was “bold yet contextual” to its site, says Hoeferlin, so the architect suggested oxidized steel for the industrialesque facade, which “day by day blends more and more with its surroundings,” he says. Joe did much of the construction, following YouTube tutorials for tasks like installing windows. Inside, his sculptures…

The old-fashioned, single-family American home no longer works for how we live. That’s one of the reasons we partnered with Norm Architects and ADU company Abodu to create the Dwell House, a 540-square-foot prefab home designed to be added to your backyard. It can be a rental unit, an in-law suite, an office, any of the spaces our homes need but can’t provide—as many of us have become acutely aware over the last few years. You can read more about it in this issue (p. 98), and look for a story about the first Dwell Houses to be installed in the new year. Similarly, the homes in our annual American Design issue play with conventional situations in unexpected ways. A home in the ’burbs—maybe the epitome of American banality—gets an…