I don’t know about you, but if I don’t spend most of my summer by or in the water, I don’t consider it a success. The team here at Dwell agrees with me, which is why, a few years back, we decided to devote a week every June to celebrating everything that is beach life—whatever that means to you. This year, we’re bringing you stories about people in urban environments taking back their waterways; a look into Dwell’s archives at some of the most exciting beach houses we’ve published over the last quarter century; a personal essay about “the gayest town in America”; interviews with the authors who have penned your favorite beach reads about how to design a fictional beach house of the mind; and of course, home tours of the latest and greatest. I hope you use it as the inspiration to find your home away from home this summer—on the water, of course.

— Kate Dries, Executive Editor

Inspired by sacred geometry, the off-grid bamboo home has wattle and daub walls, breezy living spaces, and no glass windows.

A conversation pit, a wading pool, several rooftops, and standalone bedrooms with a view: this Todos Santos retreat is built for relaxmaxxing by the Pacific.

“Quality was controlled to the maximum,” says architect Nataša Stanaćev. “The result is a home with finishes that are—I would say—almost luxurious, yet achieved without the use of luxury materials.”

A third-generation homebuilder shares time-tested insights for crafting exceptionally durable (and beautiful) coastal residences.

Across a growing number of European and American cities, people are taking back their waterways.

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