Matthew Williams

A long vacation in Ditch Plains turned into a permanent one for Kristi and her husband, who built a gable-sided wood-and-glass...

The nostalgic shape gets a modern update at a guesthouse in central Ohio.

A transforming apartment in New York offers ingenious solutions for making the most of limited square footage.

In Santa Monica, a couple go all in on a prefab home that’s flexible and accessible and unabashedly part of their neighborhood.

Placing resiliency first, a fortified beach house rises in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.

A simple cabin on the banks of Lake Erie packs function into just 510 square feet.

Offbeat furnishings are kindred spirits to an architectural oddball in the Hudson Valley.

A Kansas architect unlocks the potential in an outdated 1950s home.

A family enlists Brooklyn design-build firm MADE to renovate a brownstone using surplus and salvaged materials for a...

A family’s remote island retreat becomes a more permanent home base, thanks to the efficiency of building modular.

San Francisco–based designer Maca Huneeus created her family’s weekend retreat near Lake Tahoe with a relaxed, sophisticated...

Architect Isay Weinfeld creates an epic home in São Paulo.

Art and life meet in the middle at a creative family retreat in Central Mexico.

In upstate New York, two families unite to design a vacation house that will suit all their needs for years to come.

This seaside New Zealand house is a family affair.

In Toronto, a painter accustomed to crashing in his studio created an airy artistic haven with both working and living quarters...

A growing family in Brooklyn downsizes their living space while expanding their collective quality of life.

A Manhattan renovation takes cues from its neighbors—a pioneering artist’s loft and the light of the nearby Hudson River.

Building on the site of a former one-car garage, an architect creates his family’s home in an evolving, industrial neighborhood...

Architectural harmony defines a family’s home near Lake Tahoe.

In Napa, a custom menu of apps helps a frequent traveler keep track of security—and his garden—from afar.

Dwell architecture and interiors photographer Matthew Williams offers his expert opinion on how to frame a shot and the best time...

With authenticity and simplicity as their rallying cry, a Kiwi architect and his wife have built a modern beach house that puts a...

For most homeowners, the goal of renovating is to transform an existing space into an idealized domicile.

In the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, Ahmad Djuhara is on a one-man crusade to blow away the conservative cobwebs of the city’s...

When these full-time foodies renovated their Chicago condo, getting the kitchen right meant finding the right kitchen island.

Corporate high-flyers and admitted neat freaks Bruce Thatcher and Kirsty Leighton couldn’t handle the chaos anymore.