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Smart Doorbells • Internet-connected doorbells have become the all-seeing eyes of our neighborhoods. Here, our readers tell us whether these devices are essential for safety or just plain creepy.

houses we love • Here, our staffers pick some of their favorite projects that showcase sustainable technologies or materials that architects and designers have uploaded to Dwell.com.

Modern World

Room to Grow • Built in six months and delivered in a day, the Dwell House provides an extended family with space to thrive in California’s wine country.

Home Heat Home • Lessons from one couple’s 18th-century French château renovation in how to keep your old home warm.

High and Dry • A studio designed to withstand brutal conditions in a disaster-prone region of Australia is put to the test within weeks of its completion.

Pole Position • In a river delta outside Buenos Aires, a timber Passive House stands above periodic floods.

Wood Works • An architect couple experiment with engineered lumber in their family home outside Amsterdam.

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DWELLINGS

The Earthship, Circa 2023 • Archetypes of 1970s utopian living, these self-determining homes in the desert have been embraced by a new generation looking to the past for climate solutions for the future.

FIGHTING FUTURE FIRES • Four years after the Woolsey fire devastated the Santa Monica mountains, Malibu residents who lost everything are contending with the nitty-gritty of what rebuilding really costs.

Capital Building • In Washington, D.C., a back alley becomes a sustainable haven.

Artful Restoration • A midcentury Louisville home gets a contemporary update.

True Blue • In New Jersey, a revamped midcentury-modern home is an art gallery and a nod to history.

modern market • Smart Shopping For the Design Obsessed. Find what you love in our expertly curated selection of finely crafted home, office, travel, and lifestyle products.

sourcing • Explore the products, furniture, architects, designers, and builders featured in this issue.

one last thing • Found pottery remnants inspire designer ChelseaMinola to think deeply about the shelf life of objects and our existence.