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The terrazzo is "Italian Black

The concrete floor takes on a silky appearance in the kitchen and dining areas. The Gideå table is from IKEA, the Karim Rashid Oh chairs are from Umbra, and the Erik Magnussen kerosene Ship’s lamp is by Stelton.

Designed by Atelier Lina Bellovicova, House LO marks the first residential project in the Czech Republic to use hempcrete, a sustainable and fire-and-mold-resistant material.

Scalar Architecture included a covered deck with tall ceilings and large apertures that enhance the floating sensation.

In the midst of the pandemic, a family leverages industry connections and modular construction to quickly rebuild a cliffside getaway on a fire-ravaged site in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve.

A wood stove set on a raised hearth acts as a focal point between the living and sleeping zones. Built-in nooks provide storage for firewood.

The dramatic coastline of Cornwall’s Lizard peninsula, the southernmost place on the British mainland, features meadows and forests that extend right to the edge of the sea. For photographer Richard Stewart, it seemed like the ideal place to raise a family. The cabin was an intensely personal project. In the Swedish tradition, “you’re supposed to put little talismans or gifts to the tree spirits” in the notches, explains Richard. “All sorts of stuff went into the actual walls of the cabin to give it a good spiritual blessing.” It’s like a “time machine,” he says.

One of the concrete supports rises from a steep hillside and stands among surrounding trees.

The lanai just off the living room and accessible to the kitchen.

A view of the folding doors that line the courtyard. Cinder block walls are coated in stucco made with sand from Waimanalo and mixed with concrete and water.

The rock slope just outside is in clear sympathy with the concrete cant inside—nature right alongside architecture.

Builder Ross Percival helped finesse the finely tuned detailing that separates the internal slope from the rock outside (opposite). The Pedro wire stool is by Craig Bond for Candywhistle.

A fireplace with a floating chimney is the central element of this part of the lobby.