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The floors throughout are bleached oak.

The lounge room on the first floor features Fly chairs in white oiled oak by SPACE Copenhagen for &Tradition, sourced from Great Dane Furniture, and a Bart swivel armchair by Moooi from Space Furniture.

The open-plan living space features soaring wood-paneled ceilings and expanses of glass. Christa did a deep dive into the architecture of Roger Lee and Bay Area modernism to keep the original design as intact as possible while modernizing it.

The open floor plan flows easily from living room to dining room to kitchen.

Approach via gravel driveway

Connection of dining and courtyard

A wall covered in graphite-colored Ann Sacks tile runs from the kitchen out to the covered porch. Similarly, the sheetrock ceiling and the concrete flooring are extended from inside to outside—a cost-saving measure that provides visual continuity. The Hot Mesh outdoor dining chairs are by Blu Dot.

The covered deck has a skylight to bring more natural light into the outdoor area.

Lever Architecture's office is in Albina Yards, a building that the firm designed in North Portland.

The “sit-out” is located in a grassed courtyard area. The concrete structure is softened by a warm timber balustrade, rattan furniture, and glass pendant lighting.

The pegs in the master bedroom can be rearranged to alter the layout of shelves, allowing flexible storage options.

Richard Neutra built the Bailey House in 1948 as an affordable house for a young couple on a tight budget.

Another view shows the continuously running clear heart redwood ceiling that tops the living room and upper-level dining area and kitchen in the back.

Buff & Hensman's award-winning 1983 Harry Dorsey Residence is located in Playa Del Rey, California, across the street from Del Rey Lagoon and just a few blocks from the ocean. The architects' primary challenge was to build on a steep and narrow lot—just some 30 feet wide and 75 feet deep, resulting in a multi-leveled interior to maximize sunlight and views.

Bleached walnut replaced cold concrete floors in this family-friendly renovation of a dated loft in West Chelsea’s late 19th-century Spears Building. To make the loft feel more welcoming, architects Ravi Raj and Evan Watts toned down the heavy industrial elements of the 2,700-square-foot loft with a warmer and lighter palette and added custom built-ins for a streamlined look. At the same time, the loft still preserves much of its historic appeal—from the exposed brick seen throughout the home to the oversized openings left intact.

The relatively discreet exterior, clad in cedar slats, belies the risks taken within. “We wanted to do a facade that didn’t give too much away,” says Ogrydziak. The street-facing windows are by Blomberg.

Long section showing sheltered outdoor spaces and tree void.

The light-filled open-plan living space is configured with a breakfast bar and a dedicated dining area.

Cohen has framed and hung her children's artwork gallery wall-style. The large blue floor-to-ceiling bookshelf on the left has secret extra-deep storage tucked behind to house everyone's art supplies.

The living room is warmed by a Morsø 1440 cast-iron stove and features a pair of calfskin folding seats that are original to the house.

Embedded in the desert, this Marmol Radziner–designed prefab home for a Las Vegas casino executive features a James Turrell pyramidal Skyspace structure.

The Flick House’s contemporary brick facade references traditional architecture in the owner’s hometown in Central Java.

Clinton’s passion seems more urgent than ever against the backdrop of one of the worst bushfire seasons on record in Australia. Fittingly, he has designed a new home for himself, his partner, and their three children to be an eye-catching emblem for the cause.

There, a kitchen and dining area bleed into indoor and outdoor living spaces that have unobstructed views of the city skyline.

A spiral staircase runs through the center of the house, serving as a chimney that pulls cool air up from the ground floor as hot air exits through windows on the top level.

Sandwiched between two ornate Victorians, the London home designed by Alma-nac remedies a midcentury blunder with a contemporary correction.

The overgrown backyard made way for a new patio for alfresco dining while leaving plenty of space on the lawn for the boys’ soccer games.

“Some people struggle with the color of the bricks. It does stand out, but in a good way. If you’re going to do something different, there’s no point compromising,” says Michelle.

Skylights in the addition and in one of the new bathrooms bring natural light into the home.

Studio Rick Joy’s latest project, a five-story apartment building with two separate units, is set on a quiet street in the thriving, upscale neighborhood of Polanco, in the heart of Mexico City. It’s a departure from the firm’s usual work—the Tucson-based studio tends towards poetically minimalist homes surrounded by sweeping natural landscapes. In Tennyson 205, the firm successfully instills a sense of place and greenery within an infill project set in a bustling city.