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With its pitched roof and ribbed wood cladding, the Garden Shed fits into its surroundings. But its big window makes it contemporary.

Nathan has been playing piano since age six, and he inherited his family’s Baldwin baby grand, which anchors the great room.

The skylit hallway beside the bedrooms is not just a pass-through space—it provides room for the kids to play.

A vaulted ceiling interspersed with skylights, in tandem with floor-to-ceiling glass, fills the home with natural light.

The great room feels larger than it actually is, thanks to its vaulted ceiling and ample glass.

Now a good example of the natural lines favored in ’70s aesthetics, Arcturus and the other homes Rick would build in the area were unique at the time. “I freaked out some of the neighbors intially,” he says, “who were not so comfortable with a bunch of, you know, pot-smoking hippies.”

The stone archway at the front of the house opens into a kitchen with custom teak countertops and a big gas oven, which sit opposite a sweeping staircase to the second floor.

Three people wait for the subway on a bench at 135th Street station in Manhattan, New York City.

Original flooring—featuring a combination of stone slabs, bricks, terracotta tiles and oak planks—lines the lower level.

The small kitchen looks out through another large framed window.

Carl Hansen & Søn show how the seat is woven on a Hans Wegner Wishbone chair.