Tiny Garden Retreat on New York's Long Island

As an artist, Jerome A. Levin seeks to restore a sense of magic that modern life has lost. "We live in a world of simulations, of shadows, of media—not of reality," he says. When building a backyard playhouse for his three children, Levin took a similar approach. "I tried to create an intimate environment that appeals to the senses in a concrete way," he says.