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It took around one week of print time to complete the wall system for each home—a process that would typically involve four steps or more using traditional building processes, including framing, drywall, and siding.

In Marin County, just north of San Francisco, the Woerner House is a dynamic theater of light and views.

The piston-operated pine sunshades lift upwards to protect the exterior deck and give residents the ability to manually modulate the home’s access to daylight and shade as the sun moves across the sky.

The back of the property has a relatively private feel for a downtown location. The living room opens out to the garden through two glazed walls, while the trellis cladding of the mudroom echoes the screens at the front of the home.

Wood screens blur the boundary between indoor and outdoor spaces.

The living room features soaring double-height windows which fill the home with natural light and views of the surrounding forest.

A view of the exterior sitting area.

"This is a house that’s on the cusp of modernism. It’s the beginning of the open plan house," says Adams of Robie House’s architectural significance.

A view of the ipe-and-steel bridge from the main house to the annex.

Malcolm Davis stands behind the specimen oak tree on the new cantilevered wraparound deck.

Your experience begins by unlocking the front door on your Smart phone.

Passing the rain garden on your way back to the house, watch out for the local wildlife, from herds of deer to soaring eagles, to the local Bengal cat. The rain garden is the Barn Gallery's most talked about landscaping feature;  if you're lucky enough to be there when it rains you can see it in action.... Sustainability is exemplified by the rough fir siding, re-purposed from an old movie prop storage warehouse in Los Angeles. Every piece of reclaimed wood and metal inside or outside the house has a story to tell.

Now the welcoming Detective Building glows from within.

Located in Providence, Rhode Island, the American Woolens Dye house is a brick and timber structure that was originally built in 1880. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and it served as a textile mill before a thoughtful and extensive renovation transformed the property into a gorgeous live/work space.

Affordable, adorable, and in many cases, transportable, these tiny homes made a big impact on our readers this year.

This single-family residence in Bloomfield, Michigan, known as the Treehaus, embodies the iconic style of midcentury modernism. Thanks to a thoughtful renovation, this rare dwelling has been restored to its original state of refined elegance.

The house has two spacious outdoor patios for entertaining.

The windows feature high-gloss interior paint trim. “In Holland, they use high-gloss white; we used black,” says Sara.

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