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Extra-wide concrete pillars help to support the studio at its core.

Sharon and Mike Matas use the studio to design, create, and research.

6630 Heartwood Dr. in Oakland, California, is currently listed for $3,000,000 by Emma Morris of Red Oak Realty.

Floor Plan of Grafton House by Studio Nilsson

Attractively understated from the street, the home sits surrounded by soaring trees and mature native landscaping. The sizable cement driveway leads to the multi-car garage.

With access to tons of green space and a 35-minute commute to NYC, this 1970s residence offers the best of both worlds.

Enveloped by trees, shrubs, and grasses, the two-structure home was dreamed up by a contractor-turned-screenwriter and his wife.

This small 4600sf lot is wedged between the heavily wooded Redwood Lodge site west of downtown Mill Valley and larger single-family properties.

Mill Valley Cabins

Cantilevered out over the hillside the residence, which also serves as the couple's primary residence, is threaded between the trees, anchored by its concrete foundation which stops just short of the tree’s roots.

Malcolm Davis Architecture helps a family roll back years of hodgepodge additions while opening the rear facade to the garden.

Heath tiles were used in the primary bathroom, and unlacquered brass fixtures from Watermark continue the theme.

The team painted the exterior brick after patching it in places, like the section left by the removal of the door. “We could find the exact texture of brick, that classic Roman running bond, but we could not find it in the right color,” says architect Kailin Gregga. Painting the entire exterior unifies the façade. Rich Brilliant Willing “Hoist” sconces in Black was also added.

Strategically placed windows wrap around the main living room, framing postcard-worthy views across the Belvedere Lagoon and Tiburon Peninsula.