Dwell Oct-15

Generally, in magazines concerned with the design of homes, fruit bowls abound. High-priced photo stylists spend hours arranging them. You see them in photographs of kitchens and living rooms. Often there’s a bowl of unblemished green apples on the bathroom vanity or a bowl of pomegranates in the bedroom. The fruit bowl is sometimes accompanied by a vase of tulips, glistening with spray-on dew, and precious little else. No quart of milk. No crumpled bag of Pepperidge Farm cookies with only half of one cookie left at the bottom. No dish of Meow Mix on the floor. In short, no signs of life. At Dwell, we’re staging a minor revolution. We think that it’s possible to live in a house or apartment by a bold modern architect, to own furniture…

In a world that can underappreciate great design, I love Dwell’s ability to help me recharge and be inspired. Dwell celebrates human-scaled modern architecture, design, and the talented people that make it reality. @johnmckusick Posted to Instagram I am a high school art teacher and have a double subscription to Dwell because I love the images and articles, and so do my students. Dwell is the best way to introduce students to contemporary and sustainable architecture. Also love the heavy paper on which Dwell is printed, it’s great for collages! @uhsart Posted to Instagram When I opened my frst Dwell it was like hearing the Beatles for the frst time. It was that epiphany when you realize that it’s simplicity that is beautiful. @rayream Posted to Instagram I’ve loved Dwell…

Dave Lauridsen A Los Angeles–based photographer who shoots for the New York Times, Travel & Leisure, and Sunset, Dave Lauridsen first visited architect David Baker’s home in San Francisco for Dwell in 2008 and attempted to recreate one of the shots in this issue (p. 120). “The spot I’d taken the original photo from no longer existed,” Lauridsen says. “There used to be a small one-story garage at the back of the lot, which I got on top of for the original photo. Now there’s a new building in that spot so I wasn’t able to get quite the same perspective as before.” What does your dream home look like? “It doesn’t need to be too big, but it has to have an efficiently laid-out kitchen with an island, a…

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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED October/November 2004 PROJECT Jespersen Residence DESIGNER Jespersen Design Associates jespersendesign.com LOCATION Salt Lake City, Utah In 2004, designer Brent Jespersen’s luminous canyon retreat presented a modernist haven for Salt Lake City. Then nascent, the local design scene has since “grown and grown,” he says—as has his daughter, Berlin, who, he adds, “has grown up and moved out!” Gracing our 2004 “Modern Across America” cover at age 10, she’s now a 21-year-old environmental studies major at Westminster University.…

After more than 40 years of working in the field, Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa recently closed his independent practice. A prolific author, essayist, professor, critic, and former museum director, he’s since focused his creative energy on teaching and writing about architecture. We caught up with the polymath ahead of a guest lecture at the NewSchool of Architecture & Design in San Diego to discuss what’s on his mind. Nearly all cities have some version of a central downtown. What is your view on the world’s centers of architecture, the skylines? Why do we build this way? It’s an obsession, but then particularly a consequence of the consumer and a surreal materialism. It’s a process of acceleration, which is based on certain aspects of modernity—globalization, computers, and digital technology—and always paradoxical.…