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“Having ample space for day-to-day activities was important, but so was having space that flows,” Knight says.

Floor plan of French Creek Workshops by Wittman Estes

A clean-lined bathroom of stone and concrete.

Another dramatic fireplace!

A close-up of the fireplace, with its slithery and sinuous snake that wraps around the border.

“We always want to feel the carpentry in our projects. Our goal here was to show the wood of the structure as much as possible,” says architect Jean-Baptiste Barache.

The raw edges of the antique teak wood shelves bring an organic touch to the the living area.

After entering through a gate, the home's charred spruce siding presents a somber face.

“A lot of renovations today have so much white and gray, and we wanted to run away from that,” says São Paulo native Joyce Prestes. “We really wanted color.”

Floor plan of House on a Ridge by Barrett Made

A series of “stacked boxes” laid the foundation for this Sea Ranch–inspired home on a narrow site set on two flood zones and filled with protected redwoods.