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Set in a UNESCO biosphere reserve, this revamped retreat has fresh flooring, a new roof, walls of glass, and an original woodburning fireplace.

The fully furnished Scandinavian-style home comes with a firepit and easy access to the Cascade River.

Set a short drive from the beach, the getaway brings in countryside views with a long, linear plan wrapped in floor-to-ceiling glazing.

“Where we let loose was on the window,” Matt says. “It’s an aluminium window frame, which is bushfire compliant and easy to install, but the way that we detailed it was about hiding the frame so that the eye is drawn into the space.”

In addition to the main house, a guest suite sits on the property.

If striving for a lower carbon footprint with likeminded neighbors sounds like your cup of tea, BedZED has a place for you.

The green roof, wood cladding, and low profile help to integrate the home with its lush, natural surroundings.

The large, round Douglas fir trunk contrasts with the rectangular ceiling beams and provides raw, organic texture in the open-plan living room.

Interior designer Markie Miller and her father Lance Price, a woodworker, teamed up to rehab the old trailer.

In the bedroom, built-in wall shelving provides smart storage solutions.

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

Undeterred by the pandemic—and with their one-year-old daughter in tow—Danielle and Ely Franko spend seven months overhauling a former hay barn.

On a rustic strip of coastline near Puerto Escondido, Mexico, S-AR designed a beach getaway with an open concrete grid that frames its natural surroundings.

Casa Cosmos floor plan

"Radical sustainability

Blu Homes's new prefab in Joshua Tree, California.

Designed in 1980, the partially sunken Sunburst Residence keeps a low profile—and a low carbon footprint.