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The custom-made wooden dining table is surrounded by a set of Claudia chairs by Aristeu Pires.

The counters are natural quartzite, called "Elegant Grey

The staircase needed to be rebuilt to meet current building code, but being in basically its original location, is an anchor in the redesign. The wall color is "Hamilton Blue

A worm filter system treats all of the home’s black water, producing fertilizer to regenerate the soil.

The little house has a firepit surrounded by a steel bench that McWhirter designed, and the couple grow vegetables in raised beds. They “sped up the process a little bit,” McWhirter says, on the corrugated steel fence’s patina by using hydrogen peroxide, vinegar, and salt.

After staying in a tree house listed on Airbnb, Remo Kommnick and Emi Moore wanted their own getaway in the woods. "It was amazing being up in the trees,

It took a total of 24 days to install the unit. “We prefabricated the framing, the insulation, and the waterproof sheeting, which are all panelized so all that the contractors had to assemble was the interior finish and the exterior siding,” says Lee.

“We got creative with the triangulated roof. It starts at nine feet at the base of the triangle, and then slopes up to thirteen feet high at its peak,” says Lee.

A highlight of the overhaul is the floor-to-ceiling glass on the north side, which includes a five-panel bifold door. The door opens to the couple’s favorite area of the house, the backyard. The deck is shaded by the cantilevered roof, and Ren planted drought-resistant brush amid the existing oak trees.

The architects added a cork wall behind the bed for a layer of warmth within the space.

Floor Plan of Tinyleaf by GO’C

Bauer Brothers Salvage

Throughout the home, the walls and floors feature the natural grain patterns of lacquered plywood. The Stokke Tripp Trapp chair in the dining room was Lizz’s when she was growing up in the 1980s while the two Steen Ostergaard chairs were a thrift store find, and Project Room designed the table.

Tasked with creating a new home in the middle of Hanoi, Vietnam, ODDO Architects sought to incorporate essentials—like plenty of natural light and ventilation.

The stepped wooden platforms provide built-in seats for the library. Down the stairs to the left is a guest room.

At just under 14 feet wide, the CH House could have felt cramped. But the architects created empty volumes within the plan to make it feel more spacious and airy. Standing in the double-height library, where there’s enough vertical space for a tree to grow, one can see down into the shared living areas and up into a kid’s bedroom at the fifth floor.

The floor plan of Little House, Big City.

The first floor is a continuous public space featuring a dining area, kitchen, and living room.

Honed Carrara marble lines the kitchen countertops as well as the backsplash.