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This $7.5M mansion is steeped in old Hollywood glamour, with luxe finishes and views from Downtown L.A. to the Pacific Ocean.

Lamps and vintage furniture that the homeowner and his partner collected on their travels adorn the home. Jun introduced an Enigma 425 pendant lamp from Louis Poulsen as a statement piece over the living space.

The homeowner's collection of vintage furniture brings a timeless feel to the home.

Jun lined the wall from the entrance door to the living area with solid Birch plywood panels for a sense of scale and warmth. “To maximise flexibility in a limited space, we designed a communal-style living area, intentionally omitting a television,” he says.

“We worked on the stonework, plastering, and exterior textures by modeling original finishes of Ibizan houses, but without falling into imitation,” says Jaime. “We reinterpreted their spirit through a contemporary language.”

A geometric brise-soleil filters sunlight and casts shapes across a patio, which is enclosed on one side by a stone wall.

A 1970s white fiberglass plafond lamp, salvaged from a hotel lobby ceiling in Italy, anchors the primary bedroom. “It is one of my favorite pieces and one which I enjoy every day, since it’s the light that I leave on before I go to sleep,” says Roberta. The bed is by Ivano Redaelli.

Slightly elevated and with no decking, the pool is inspired by Ibiza’s old agricultural reservoirs.

The home is surrounded by vegetation. The outdoor living and dining area is set roughly 50 feet from the swimming pool.

For his holiday home outside São Paulo, Rodrigo Ohtake wanted to balance quality against affordability. He opted for prefab construction without the prefab look. “The challenge was to design a house that didn’t look like a prefabricated modular house, without deviating from the original modular concept,” he explains.

The pilot home on Whidbey Island demonstrates the system’s potential: a 600-square-foot interior paired with nearly equal covered outdoor space, set lightly on a pin foundation that protects tree roots and cuts carbon by 77 percent. "Puzzle Prefab can be modified according to each site,