“Where we let loose was on the window,” Matt says. “It’s an aluminium window frame, which is bushfire compliant and easy to install, but the way that we detailed it was about hiding the frame so that the eye is drawn into the space.”
"I wanted that natural beauty to be visible throughout the house and easily accessible,
Portions of the home's original masonry walls were revealed and given a fresh coat of paint. New white oak floors help brighten up the space, while the herringbone pattern adds personality.
After renting in San Francisco for a decade, DIY couple Molly Fiffer and Jeff Waldman bought 10 acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where the pair and their friends built a cabin compound complete with sheds, tree decks, a pavilion, a wood-fired hot tub, an outhouse, and an outdoor shower. The cabin is made from locally sourced, rough-sawn redwood, which the couple stained with nontoxic Eco Wood Treatment to give the panels an aged appearance and a dark patina.
Built-in cabinets and open shelving illustrate a few design strategies: Use humble materials thoughtfully, and make place for stuff.
The footed bathtub in the completely renovated bathroom is by Marc Newson for Caroma.
In the entryway, stained white-oak cabinetry provides a tidy place for shoes and bags. An unexpected but delightful moment of Brooks Thomas’ Martha Armitage wallpaper adorns the ceiling. The front door is a custom design.
The architects retained the previous deck’s footprint but updated it with ipe boards. The sconces on both levels are the Bower model from Schoolhouse Electric.
"I like that my daughter can come down here to play, and we can also entertain easily,
The pool house comes with a bathroom, in addition to the main house's three.
The large mahogany deck comes outfitted with an outdoor kitchen.
The updated interiors feature a minimalist, white palette with touches of wood.
The former groundskeeper’s home has a large courtyard, tons of skylights, and freshly updated interiors.
Marie Saldivar’s experimental metal-clad dwelling is the perfect place to host family—and proof of concept for her new prefab company.
Sally waters the row of geraniums, keeping the bright red security barrier marking the edge of the deck in full bloom.
The entryway to Maison Amtrak owes a debt to Japanese architecture, a touchstone of Peter Cohen’s career.
Overlooking the Strait of Georgia, the house has over 10,000 square feet of outdoor space and ample windows to take in the view.
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For Wakoko, the studio is the ideal place to work. “One of my favorite effects created by the addition is the feel of being outside, so close to the garden, when the set of multi-slide doors are completely opened,” she describes.
Set at the foot of the Vosges mountains, the Maison du Dr. Gauthier is a certified historic monument—and it comes complete with original furnishings designed by the famed architect.
Using exclusively native plants, landscape designer Karin Ursula Edmondson created a layered garden of creeping sedges, ornamental grasses, bee balm, mountain mint, shrubby St. John’s wort, fragrant sumac, and more. “The eco-system of the site was so spectacular, it was all I needed for inspiration,” she says.
In the living room and kitchen, soft-but-tough Expanko cork flooring provides comfort and stands up to dings and scuffs. While the kitchen was designed primarily with Surendra and a caregiver’s needs in mind, it also accommodates the five-foot-radius of a wheelchair.
Above the bunk room, a built-in ladder leads to an additional loft-style sleeping area.
The extendable dining table is custom designed by Sugarhouse and fabricated by Elwood Design Co. The chairs are vintage Egon Eiermann purchased from Morentz Gallery, and the over table lights are Bert Frank.
The clients wished to build their home with resilient materials which referenced the agricultural history of the land and blended in with the natural colors and textures of the surrounding landscape.
The home’s exterior materiality is a tapestry of corrugated metal, cedar, and brick.
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