In addition to room for seating, the terrace comes with an outdoor shower.
Harty explains that budget was an issue, and so "the house is just big enough to suit the needs of the family without being too grand.
The entryway to Maison Amtrak owes a debt to Japanese architecture, a touchstone of Peter Cohen’s career.
The living area is the main showcase of the home with soaring pine ceilings, 20ft windows and a stone walled fire place.
The homeowners spent $125,000 refreshing the ’70s home with finishes and decor that make it feel like a beloved family retreat.
Inspired by the small scale of Japanese residences—in particular, Makoto Masuzawa’s 1952 Minimum House—architect Andrew Simpson designed his own economical 538-square-foot home set into a wooded site in Island Bay, a coastal suburb outside Wellington, New Zealand.
A wardrobe from IKEA and a bed by Rye Dunsmuir outfit one of two bedrooms.
Inside, bar stools by Anibou, appliances by Miele, and gray cabinets from IKEA furnish a simple kitchen.
The Premaydena House by Misho+Associates was designed as a "box within a box," in which two interior structures—an open-plan living space and two en suite bedrooms—sit within an exterior envelope. Inspired by the region’s fiery orange lichen and the indigenous waratah shrub’s bright flowers, the colorful exterior panels are made of heavy-duty galvanized steel to guard from Tasmanian winds, which can reach up to 60 miles per hour.
Upon his first visit to Tasmania, an island south of the Australian mainland, resident David Burns was immediately smitten with its varied, pristine landscape. Working with architecture firm Misho+Associates, he built a self-sustaining, 818-square-foot retreat that would allow him to completely unplug from urban life.
"Most of us overlap on informal and formal ventures all the time," Benson says. "I'm currently working on some pro-bono work with one of the downstairs neighbors on design research. The parking lot serves as a living laboratory at times as well."
Architect Ryan Leidner reimagined this 2,500-square-foot home in San Francisco.
Creative director Ashley Sargent Price updated the kitchen of her family’s Ohio midcentury with Donald Judd–inspired cabinets, Calacatta marble countertops, and terrazzo floor tiles.
A sliding glass door beside the kitchen provides additional entry into the home from a wraparound deck.
Ample sunlight, open spaces, and numerous sightlines to the outdoors bolster the contemporary home's connection to its environment.
Kelli embraced simple raw materials like marine-grade plywood and let them shine. “I made a design rule for myself for this project: no material should imitate another material. If it’s plywood, let it look like plywood. Let’s celebrate that.”
The rear terrace’s flourishing garden includes butterfly-attracting Asclepias plants, an almond tree, and grasses and sages that bring bees. “In spring, the air is filled with their buzzing,” says Hernán.
The previous owners had created the duplex by linking two apartments with a spiral staircase. A pendant lamp by Muuto now overlooks the staircase, which has been reinvigorated with a new birch plywood surround. The material is a unifying motif: The shelves and cabinets designed by Delaunay, including those in the kitchen, are made of it.
Floor lamps by Habitat and Muuto light up the living room; the gray Can armchairs are by Hay. Here and in the kitchen, the ceiling’s plaster coat was removed to reveal the concrete underneath.
The expansion is flanked on both sides by lush gardens. Here, the line between indoors and outdoors is blurred to the extreme... to the homeowners' delight.
A large picture window in the living space frames the garden. The garden rises up towards the rear of the site and the window sill is close to ground level.
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