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The couple installed a new gas fireplace in the living room.

The sunken living room features a built-in sofa and loveseat.

The garage’s huge doors had been covered up, so Studio Karhard freed up the openings for steel-and-glass doors from Ferrotec.

Overhead is a steel mezzanine where Caspar works.

When architects Thomas Karsten and Alexandra Erhard toured the raw industrial space, they were struck by how much light streamed in, a gift bestowed by large windows and the rare presence of a private patio.

Pale hardwood floors complement pared-back wall tones in mushroom and off-white.

The cladding is triple-stained black cedar shiplap. The doors and windows are by Andersen.

"We definitely wanted to live in an old Viennese building and always loved this neighborhood,

In Australia, a manufacturer and an architecture firm create an off-grid home that can be broken down and shipped across the world.

In the primary bedroom, daughters Ellis and Panda play on pieces of a 1972 Camaleonda sofa by Mario Bellini. A Davide Groppi Moon pendant, made of Japanese paper, hangs overhead.

A swing hangs from one of the home’s original beams. “It was a gift from friends in New York,” says Onur. “The girls spend hours on it.”

Durable VCT tiles were used for the floor. Though this material is typically used in a checkered pattern (you’ll find them in grocery stores, for instance) but all in one finish, it makes for a sophisticated, lightly flecked look.

“The pull-out drawer at the rear is a very large and sturdy storage space that can actually support my weight (although a bit scary) and was intended to be just stowage space really,” he says. “Once it was installed and we pulled it out, we discovered it was a great height for sitting at. And then the idea of a rather elaborate outdoor kitchen came up.”

The living room opens to a terrace made of four slabs of black concrete separated by rows of woolly thyme. A fire pit designed by Jørgensen’s firm and Adirondack chairs from Erin Martin Design provide an ideal setting for taking in the scenery, especially at night. “Strangely, the view here really didn’t change a lot,” says Buttons. “The fire came up behind us, jumped around, and spared a lot of the surroundings. I can’t imagine finding another place like it.”

The wedge-shaped shower in the primary bathroom glimmers with sunlight from a full-height window. The tiles are from SomerTile, and the fixtures are from Grohe.