The home sits perched in the heart of Echo Park and comes with a private one-car garage.
The home's three levels are framed by large planters containing fruit trees and other vegetation. The custom block makes up all of the home's exterior walls.
The concrete-and-steel home by Faulkner Architects gives one family a refined escape in the mountains of Northern California.
In the living area, existing built-in seating is complemented by Mies van der Rohe lounge chairs and custom coffee tables by Michael James Moran.
After: A Dewdrops pendant by Italian studio Giopato & Coombes hangs delicately over an oak wood dining table. The Thomas Hayes Studio chairs are wrapped in Moore & Giles hair-on-hide, and underneath a custom, olive wool rug by Kush Rugs echoes the home’s green surroundings.
Note Mansawataphaiboon cooks something up.
In total, the property includes two lots, with a flat pad and room for a pool in the middle.
The large blue barn door, mimicked by the garage doors, is an hommage to the family home, which also has big sliding storm doors.
Hideaway House, located at 630 Tinker Rd on Mayne Island in British Columbia, Canada is currently listed for $4,495,000 (approximately $3,386,740 USD) by West Coast Modern of Royal LePage Sussex Realty.
Is it or isn’t it by the modern master? We figured it out after architects Erik Amir and Dora Chi pulled off a reverent revamp.
Parlor floor living area
Set on a quiet street in L.A.'s Los Feliz neighborhood, the historic home features a tall privacy wall that hides a spacious front courtyard.
The lower level contains a dining area, kitchenette, and single bedroom. The double-height space feels like an atrium upon entry, with a sculptural Noguchi light fixture drawing the eye upwards and a vintage dining table by Adam Martini grounding the room.
The new kitchen-and-dining area connects to the living area and the rear yard.
The Blue Sky prototype house leads a second life as desert getaway for David McAdam and his partner Scott Smith.
This one-room flat in Stockholm, Sweden, is listed for SEK 4,900,000 (approximately $476,500 USD) by Christer Karkenne of Fantastic Frank.
The slats on the window offer solar protection and privacy. “Before the slats were installed, it really felt like you were just living on the street,” says Vanbesien.
The top level includes a loft-like kitchen, dining area, and living room which opens up to the outdoor deck overlooking the gardens.
After months spent researching solutions to make her home’s fabric roof functional, Lisa Sette can finally relax.
Completed in 2018 on a 2.6-acre site in the San Juan Islands, the two-bedroom modular home was installed in a day.
In the living room, Two Mario Botta chairs look towards the new fireplace, a Memphis coffee table and an original leaded-glass window. The rug is designed by Faye Toogood for CC Tapis. Happy the dog sits on a sofa from Toronto’s Home Societe.
"A lot of people thought we were crazy to put in a fireplace in a Florida home, but the biggest surprise for my wife and me has been how much we use it,
A highlight of the overhaul is the floor-to-ceiling glass on the north side, which includes a five-panel bifold door. The door opens to the couple’s favorite area of the house, the backyard. The deck is shaded by the cantilevered roof, and Ren planted drought-resistant brush amid the existing oak trees.
The house retained its same basic form in front, part of a lush West Seattle neighborhood.
Verdugo Mountains Open Space Preserve, affording the home complete privacy, as well as the enjoyment of local wildlife and the natural landscape.
Now a one-bedroom, it flexes from family home to makerspace with ease.
A design dream team connects a 1980s dwelling to its spectacular site in Paradise Valley, Arizona
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