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The open-plan home’s core is the towering chimney—clad in the same double-long, thin bricks that sheathe the Kolumba museum in Cologne, Germany. It holds three fireplaces, a conventional oven, and a pizza oven; all vent into three distinct flues, emerging from the chimney as their own kind of architectural statement. Inside, life revolves around the brick chimney, which the architect surrounded with a concrete counter that wraps from the kitchen to the living area. The stools are vintage.

The exposed brick wall on one side of the dining area is the home’s original wall. “We didn’t plaster the bricks, to help save costs and as a nod to the original house,” says Jenny.

A utility space has been added to the centre of the floor plan, with an original Seventies dining hatch retained and filled with reeded green glass. “Keeping a bit of the history of the building felt like a lovely thing to do,” says Rowan.

Architects Gordon Stott and Jared Levy saw modular prefabrication as a chance to make high-quality residences more affordable—so long as the construction method was extremely efficient. In 2012, they launched Connect Homes with fifteen designs as part of its original Design Series. Since, Stott and Levy have made more affordable models as well as shelters and community buildings for unhoused people.

The house was conceived as a kind of umbrella, providing shelter for a series of bedrooms and the great room below, as well as an adjacent carport that doubles as covered outdoor space.

One continuous hallway goes across the house, from carport to great room to bedrooms. It allows the house to be expanded with an identically-designed twin, simply extending the hallway.

The interiors, by Francesca's Interlude Studio, feature simple maple cabinetry and concrete floors.

The home features traditional kiva fireplaces throughout, with built-in benches crafted from hand-tooled plaster. “The rounded edges and details are quite beautiful,” says Moore.

Geometric teal Gotham Swiss Cross tiles by Ann Sacks add playfulness and color to the basement bath.

The bathroom is finished with the same green tiles as used in the chimney well. Large-format tiles imitating terrazzo line the bathroom floor and shower walls, including the built-in bench.

The plumbing fixtures and the dark ceramic tile reflect the black color of the cabinets. Round recessed handles are visually refined yet allow the panels on the vanity unit to be easily opened.

The mezzanine can easily be transformed into a guest room thanks to the sofa bed and the small adjoining bathroom.

A Duravit vanity and Grohe faucet in the bathroom are paired with Catia Black marble tile on the floors, and floor-to-ceiling ceramic subway tile on the walls.

"By keeping the main color block in the showers, we tried to contain the chaos to a small and palatable space within the bathroom," Cooper says. "It's fun when you're in there, but you're not overwhelmed when using the bathroom for other purposes."

Working with salvaged and donated materials (and without ferry service), the Stinn Family assembled this dreamy getaway piece by piece.

On both floors, large windows bring the outdoor scenery in, blurring the boundaries between interior and exterior.