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Clairmont Kitchen and Dining

Internal brick walls and polished concrete surfaces provide thermal mass that helps to keep the interior spaces cool.

All new windows and doors show off the landscape and accentuate the saw-tooth roof line

Front elevation of desert modern new home in Phoenix Arizona featuring breeze block, wood slats, date palm tree aperture, and pocketing sliding glass doors

Kitchen with multi-level island with a food prep space and breakfast table

Front of house

Full marble splash and integrated marble shelf with fluted soapstone island

The entire property is less than 450 square feet, but feels much larger thanks to careful planning.

Kitchen

A massive gable roof draping the first floor makes this two-story house feel more like one.

Dining, kitchen and entrance area in the background

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Kitchen: Space Theory by Henry Built

Exterior, view from the street

One of the first Dwell Houses, built by Abodu, was installed at Leslie Scharf’s vineyard home in Healdsburg, California. Norm Architects led the design of the 540-square-foot prefab, which is wrapped in Real Cedar siding.

The home is surrounded by a modern wooden fence that matches the cedar plank siding found on the second floor of the home.

With his son, William, watching, architect Noah Walker tries out the floor-to-ceiling Schüco glass doors he integrated into a guesthouse he designed off an existing barn for Nathan Frankel, an amateur violinist, in Beverly Hills, California. The new portion features an open living-dining area. See more glass houses we love!

The entrance to home is defined by two Foo dogs, which are feng shui symbols of protection—and these dogs also give the home its name. The board-formed concrete of the main living wing has been left as is, creating a play of constantly changing shadows. Over time, weather will naturally soften these joints, and the look of the home will subtly evolve.

The Ramseys finished the pool after they moved in. Although Alterstudio had also designed a cabana, the couple decided not to build it in favor of keeping more outdoor space. Chairs and lounges by Loll join an umbrella by California Umbrella.

The home's sloping roofline sweeps upward from an enclosed courtyard. The character of the house changes as light hits the mix of materials—from rough stone to sleek black aluminum—throughout the day, giving it a sense of constant motion.

The café’s polished concrete floors are ground down to “expose some of the aggregate,” Mike says. Vintage leather chairs balance a custom banquette, upholstered in a forest-green wool felt by Kravet.

Madison points out that the pod concept would make it easy to add an extension if necessary. “We see it as a house that can grow with us—and that we can pay for as we go along.”