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"The interior is primarily white to move daylight evenly throughout the primary spaces," Moore explains.

Architect Hank Louis worked with Navajo tribe elders to secure a 66-year lease on a half-acre lot in the middle of Bluf, Utah, for Rosie Joe and her children. The facade of their off the grid house is made up of exposed wood, red rammed earth, and glass.

Marrying the interior with the outdoors informed the design, as did the concept of subtraction: “If you do it with two, then you can do it with one,” Maniatis says, articulating Roger’s algebra of minimalism. Photo by: Kirk Gittings

The interior of the cabin is outfitted with a living space that converts to a sleeping area and an open kitchen. Birch plywood wraps the interior, lending warmth and texture.

The Cabin is used by a couple with a young child, who spend their weekends here while a larger country home is under construction.

The open-plan ground floor allows the communal spaces to flow into one another. A wooden ladder accesses the lofted bedrooms.

Norske Mikrohus’s latest project, Rast, is a 174-square-foot-home that promises to get you closer to nature.

The main living space was previously two separate volumes with different floor and ceiling heights. To make the queen-size Murphy bed clear the kitchen cabinets, Ash had to cut a curve into the corner of the mattress.

Furniture designer Ash Dipert transformed three disused structures behind his parent’s Craftsman home in Bakersfield, California, into a fun and functional accessory dwelling unit.

The glass double doors can be propped open or closed for privacy.

The micro apartment in Paris that Miogui Architecture designed for a couple as an office/pied-à-terre lives much larger than its 137 square feet.

Handcrafted Hideaway, the 264-square-foot house that Elizabeth and Matt Impola of Handcrafted Movement designed and built is situated on a lush property in Battle Ground, Washington, where towering trees, a large pasture, and abundant wildlife create a cinematic scene.

Salvaged ironbark floors in the living room step down to the adjacent kitchen and dining space, creating a built-in seating area.

The guesthouse is clad in vertical white vinyl siding. Kelli had decking constructed out of engineered wood and cedar.

The interior color palette mirrors The Hermitage's natural surroundings. Green and terra cotta tones add warmth.

Scardulla says that in design, it’s critical to build with your hands “because you change how you see things,

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Teak is grown commercially on plantations in Nicaragua and Dani was lucky to source plenty of it from neighbors.