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A bird’s-eye view of the 1,900-square-foot house for architect Mary English’s sister and her family reveals the home’s unique form.

In this renovated midcentury in Seattle, the living room’s fireplace has been powder-coated orange to complement the vintage furnishings, including a test bomb discovered at an antiques mall.

Removing a wall between the kitchen and the dining room helped open up both spaces. Legge and Amanda decided to add scalloped ceilings to the dining room and kitchen in a nod to the scalloped details found elsewhere in the home.

With the renovation, Amanda and architect Murray Legge were inspired by many of the home's original historic details, including the scalloped wood design around the stairs and the color of the tilework at the fireplace.

A Michigan couple find out they own the last of a little-known, thought-to-be-extinct breed—a midcentury modern house by Alexander Girard.

The Luberas didn’t use a general contractor or architect, but they did enlist the counsel of legendary Detroit designer Ruth Adler Schnee, who in 1964 helped Girard plan the color scheme for a streetscape in Columbus, Indiana. Window alignments create long views through the house and atrium.

We felt more freedom then to make the kitchen fit but do it the way we needed to do it with a lot of comfort.

The little red cabin is a nod to the classic summer cottage of Sweden.

The home’s expansive terrace and garden tows the line between privacy and connection. “You'll feel more in tune with nature—embracing sunlight, wind, and the sky—and loosely connected to the urban landscape,” shares Nakamura.