Finishing Touch

When Jeff Taylor and Alex Miller designed the Pull House in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, they took “form follows function” one step further: Form describes function.

It’s hard to believe that this idyllic house sited in a coastal coconut grove in Nandgaon, India, is a mere hour’s drive from bustling Mumbai.

In a London house that’s flooded with light, a spiral staircase provides a prismatic path from floor to floor.

A prefabricated shed sited on a Finnish island provides a perfect summer getaway.

A dim Toronto Tudor gets an airy new look, thanks to a top-level remodel and some bright ideas.

In Manhattan, where space is the ultimate luxury, a clever design workaround makes a dining table disappear after supper.

A one-of-a-kind house on a Japanese island blurs the indoor-outdoor divide.

From an unlikely source comes a clever privacy solution for a pair of prefabbed town houses in Los Angeles.