When Dwell on Design New York moves into Manhattan next month, it’ll be paired with a five-home tour on Saturday, Oct. 11.

Dwell Home Tours will feature an uber-chic residential quintet, curated by the magazine’s clued-in editorial staff. They’ve selected the homes featured for the qualities of high design, good materials and solid building methodology.

“We want to show incredible homes and make it inspiring,” says Dwell Editor-in-Chief Amanda Dameron. “It’s hard to find residences at the level we want to see in Dwell, but that are also easily accessible so 300 people can walk through.”

But they did it. Among the homes selected are an historic SoHo loft by architect Bronwyn Breitner of 590BC; a Harlem Town House restored by architect Nicholas Moons of MontesBuild; and a TriBeCa warehouse renovated by architect Andrew Franz.

“As always, we want people to walk away inspired and excited, and buying into the design and architecture,” she says.

Architects and owners alike will be on hand at each residence to take questions and explain their rationale.

“For the residents, it’s an interesting enterprise to welcome people into their homes,” she says. “They want to be on hand for the conversation – it’s been a lot of work, and at the finish line they want to celebrate.”

For the past two years, Dwell has partnered with New York magazine on City Modern, which featured a week of talks, lectures and home tours in Manhattan and Brooklyn. With the debut of Dwell on Design New York, though, the focus will be solely on Manhattan.

“This year is the first time for us to do the conference, so we wanted to dial it back a little bit and not bite off more than we can chew,” she says.

The conference and home tour follow on the heels of a highly successful Dwell on Design in Los Angeles, an event that’s grown exponentially for nine consecutive years.

This one, though, is less a residential trade show and more a thought leader. Because after all, this is New York.

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