Table of contents for 4/1/2016 in Dwell

This quote resonated as we put together this issue, which is devoted to two very important rooms of the house—the kitchen and the bath. It’s within these spaces that we are our most ritualistic, connected to the actions and thoughts that define how we live. Exploring the balance of aesthetics and utility is especially meaningful in the context of the domestic spaces that sustain us. These are rooms that must perform for us, and, in turn, allow us to perform the most basic functions of being alive. It is no wonder, then, that the kitchen and the bath are always at the top of the renovation punch list: They reign as objects of domestic fantasy. Preparing a meal or washing away the day in a clean, comforting, and safe space…

@HolisticSpaces: Very cool article on @TheSill! “Owning a houseplant in a city like New York is so important.” @MacGuru96: Life goals: To have a house beautiful enough to be featured in Dwell. @chadpflores: I’ve never seen a chair in @dwell that I didn’t want to buy. @dawnfisherdsgn: Love when architecture appreciates nature with a view. @ClayAlan150: Thanks @dwell for another fantastic issue. You are my favorite magazine for sure. @karenfron: Nothing warms up a cold day like an interior space done in wood.…

Since opening his Milan-based design office in 1972, Antonio Citterio has worked in and across a wide range of contexts—from commercial and residential buildings, to furniture, interiors, and components for companies including B&B Italia, Flos, Iittala, Kartell, Vitra, and more. A longtime collaborator of German brand Axor, the design-driven arm of Hansgrohe, he shares his latest thinking on how product designs for the bathroom can— and should—address sustainability with increasing need. As an architect, how do you approach the issue of scale, whether you’re working on a building or a fixture? I think about products within a space— as providing solutions for a site. I do not start from the details; I start from the building, then the room. It’s a typical architectural approach. If you design a bathroom, you…

PROJECT Las Quemas House ARCHITECTS Winckler Arquitectos Asociados Saric Architects LOCATION Osorno, Chile The sunken bathtub in Carlos Winckler and Birghita Teuber’s new home may seem novel until you speak to their son—and the project’s architect— Cristian Winckler. He wanted to keep their new 3,000-square-foot residence, located in a cloudy climate, as bright as possible. No fewer than nine atriums punctuate the home’s interiors to admit as much sunlight as possible and foster a connection to nature. One such connection occurs in a bathroom; Winckler—who started his own firm after this project—says he “wanted the bathtub to be in situ so [its] relation with the outside patio and the vegetation is more direct.” Its local stone surfacing and subterranean design evoke the hot springs common to the area; in Osorno…

I have enjoyed Dwell since the inaugural issue, so on this anniversary (October 2015) I’d like to compliment one of the unsung heroes of the magazine: your cover logo. It still stands as a strong, modern, and timeless piece of typographic design. Pete Friedrich Mount Kisco, New York The container house in Yardley, Pennsylvania (“Up to Eleven,” December/January 2016), has made me swoon for years now. Great to see it featured (and the inside of it) in this month’s issue! @ziggyirie Posted to Instagram I was just reading the article “Into the Wild” (November 2015). It says, “An eco-conscious architect builds a vacation home.” My question is, how can you be eco-conscious and build a vacation home? David Vanparys Wasilla, Alaska Just wanted to say how much I love the…

Back at my family’s home, the kitchen is a gathering place. A place to cook together and grow together. @bailey_rochelle / Posted to Instagram We store our staples in clear glass jars on exposed shelves. It encourages friends and guests to help themselves if they need a little snack. @modernquiltstudio / Posted to Instagram I love that my kitchen is open with a cooktop island, so I can talk to guests while cooking. @teresaodle / Posted to Twitter The shelving system above my sink, because the fun display of tableware and tchotchkes makes washing dishes more bearable! @ChristinaIssa / Posted to Twitter I love having two Bosch dishwashers—when entertaining, the whole mess disappears. @luckyj3341 / Posted to Instagram…

How do you approach universal design? We’ve learned to expand the definition of product usability to include accessibility. Good usability transcends all of our limitations. For example, a notification light can be a redundant form of feedback. Traditionally, it’s been a buzzer. The fact that I can look across a room and see where the oven is in the preheat cycle, that’s a benefit to everybody. If you happen to be hearing impaired it becomes a way to break through an obstacle. This seems to mirror a larger trend toward customization. customization. At one time [the only appliance options] were white, black, or stained wood. With the advent of connected appliances, you can suppress certain features based on your need—it has nothing to do with one’s ability; it has to…

Experience Modern Architecture In 2016, our popular house tours are going coast to coast. In seven locations—San Diego, Manhattan, Scottsdale, Los Angeles, Portland, Silicon Valley, and Marin County—we will grant access to a group of exceptional residences. Each tour kicks off with Meet the Architects, an intimate evening in which acclaimed designers preview their participating projects. For more information and to get tickets, head to dwell.com/hometours. Kitchen and Bath Essentials Outfit Your Rooms with These Items The kitchen and bathroom are two of the most frequented spaces in the home, and it’s important to accessorize them with pieces that provide function and style. Inspired by the theme explored in this issue, the Dwell Store showcases a collection of must-have products. store.dwell.com/kitchen-essentials store.dwell.com/bath-essentials Greatest Hits Inside an Artist’s Studio On page…

Project Heine Residence Designers Fabian and Dorothee Heine Location Hamburg, Germany Fabian and Dorothee Heine’s renovation began and ended with a particular kitchen system. Almost a year before finding the flat they would call home, the Hamburg-based couple decided upon a matteblack Vipp kitchen that Fabian had glimpsed in the window of the company’s Copenhagen showroom. “I took a picture and sent it to my wife,” recalls Fabian, who was on a business trip at the time. “She totally agreed. We planned everything around that kitchen.” But the pair, warned by friends about the hidden costs associated with renovation, began to fear their budget wouldn’t allow for the Vipp model, which retails for $60,000, including appliances. “It was the last thing we ordered, because we wanted to make sure we…

PROJECT Selement House DESIGNERS Darren Selement and Cathryn Rich LOCATION Chapel Hill, North Carolina In the mid 1990s, Darren Selement visited an exhibition of artist Piet Mondrian’s work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City—an experience that has had a lasting influence on the musician, writer, and graphic designer. Consider it the Mondrian effect: “It was about how he went from a Cubist period, to a period of trees,” says Darren, “to inevitably blocking off everything in colors.” Fast-forward to 2015 in the college town of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where Darren, his wife, Cathryn, and his daughter now live in a 1970 home originally built by Deck House (now the Acorn Deck House Company), which specializes in custom prefabricated homes. Common of the style, the home…

PROJECT Hobson Renovation ARCHITECT Hawkins & Associates LOCATION Reno, Nevada MEMBERS OF CHIP AND SUSIE HOBSON’S dining club could be forgiven for wanting to hold all their dinners at the couple’s Reno home. Or, specifically, in their eat-in kitchen, an airy volume featuring clean-lined cabinetry and filled with light. Recalling the U-shaped kitchen, cramped dining area and breakfast nook that originally made up the space, architect Jack Hawkins laughs, saying, “It was completely dysfunctional.” The Hobsons don’t dispute his assessment. When they bought the 2,500-square-foot house, which was built in 1968, they knew they had work to do. “But we didn’t think we needed another thousand square feet to make it more open and livable,” says Susie. “We wanted to stick to the footprint.” Susie met Hawkins while she was…

54 Come Together Sarah Jefferys Design sjdny.com KF Perfect Construction Co. Kfperfect@yahoo.com Lye and whitening oil from Junckers junckers.com Integrated kitchen cabinet pulls from Blum blum.com Kitchen island cabinetry from IKEA, customized with tempered glass surface ikea.com Undermount sink by Elkay elkay.com Kitchen faucet by Grohe grohe.com Refrigerator, induction cooktop, and electric oven, all by Miele miele.com Dishwasher by Bosch, with custom panel bosch-home.com Graffiti series porcelain tile from Stone Source stonesource.com Pedestal sink by Lacava lacava.com Freestanding basin mixer by Zucchetti zucchettikos.it Shower fixtures by Hansgrohe hansgrohe-usa.com Lucian Slate matte-glass tile and Lucian Mosaics penny round tiles, both by Ann Sacks annsacks.com Lavatories and vanities by Duravit duravit.us Aluminum rainscreen-clad timber frame windows with triple glazing by Zola European Windows zolawindows.com Ant chairs by Arne Jacobsen and PK22 chairs…

Iain Aitch In this issue, frequent Dwell contributor Iain Aitch wrote about the renovated Victorian home of Jamie and Becky Norton in Stoke Newington, London (p. 62). “I loved the drop that architect William Tozer made from the living space to the dining area,” he says. “Simple, but it really makes the space work.” Aitch writes for several newspapers in the UK, and works as an artist, author, and creative consultant. What’s your favorite item in your kitchen? “My SimpleHuman butterfly recycling bin, which manages to be both elegant and efficient.” Julian Broad British photographer Julian Broad has contributed to Vanity Fair for 25 years. He got his start with commissions for Arena and The Face magazines. Though he primarily shoots portraits, he segued into architectural photography to document the…

PROJECT Cuddington Residence ARCHITECT Clinton Cuddington LOCATION Vancouver, British Columbia Though architect Clinton Cuddington was expectedly meticulous when designing a home for his family of four in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was careful to leave select interior elements open for collaboration. “My approach was to create a test-bed for explorations based in local craft,” he says. This tactic— with Cuddington as the overseer to a team of talented artisans—is especially apparent in three bathrooms spread across as many levels. For each space, Cuddington worked closely with Jasna Sokolovic and Noel O’Connell, ceramic artists who run the studio Dear Human. In the upstairs bathroom, designed for Cuddington’s teenage children, Sokolovic and O’Connell took basic, off-the-shelf square tiles and added x-shaped decals in a range of tones. The duo then laid out…

Sunk into a slope beside a stream in Portugal’s Caniçada Valley, the rear of this vacation retreat’s ground floor is deeply removed from the outdoors. Fortunately, architecture firm Carvalho Araújo found a way to direct natural light into the kitchen by pairing a skylight with a double-height funnel. The narrow band provides just a modicum of illumination, but it’s a potent reminder of the scenery on high.…