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The large blue barn door, mimicked by the garage doors, is an hommage to the family home, which also has big sliding storm doors.

Seeking $1.5M, the nearly 3,000-square-foot Usonian-style home built shortly after the architect’s death was recently restored.

Perched high above Oakland, this expanded midcentury soaks up jaw-dropping views—even from the bathroom.

A USM credenza holds vinyl and booze. Music flows via a Pro-Ject Debut III turntable, a pair of Elipson Planet L speakers, and a Music Hall Audio amplifier. - Brooklyn, New York Dwell Magazine : July / August 2017

Davor (with his wife, Abbe, and son, August) designed the main living and dining pavilion as a double-height space to increase its perceived volume, and added high cubbies for extra storage.

The homes come move-in ready, with appliances, furniture, and finishes chosen by the owner.

Double glazed windows facing south provide both insulation and adequate heat gain for the cooler climate of the city's higher altitude.

Project Name: ModHaus Website: eastcoastmodern.ca

For the bathroom, local studio Dusty Whipple Designs created a custom concrete sink. It sits within waterproof tadelakt plaster walls that run into the shower and around the room.

Just inside the front door, the foyer gives a brief glimpse of the great room.

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

The organic placement of the windows echoes the knots on the trunks of the surrounding trees.

Garcia clad the ADU’s exterior with a local Texas limestone, similar in color and texture to the main house, “just to tie the two together visually,” says the architect.

The home takes the form of two volumes that slide past each other. The front door leads directly to the center of the home, which connects to the both the entrance courtyard and the rear pool area, dissolving the boundaries between interior and exterior space.

Custom steel corner windows allow the interior to expand into the exterior spaces, making the modest home feel much larger than it actually is.

While the owners really liked the idea of shou sugi ban, they opted for a more cost-effective black stain. The random-width, reverse board-and-batten siding reflects the wabi-sabi concept. “The builder said the math for the random siding was torturous,” the wife said. “We didn’t know how hard it was to make things look simple.” DeNiord planted hay-scented fern and lowbush blueberry sod around the house. “We didn't want any side of the house to feel unconsidered,” he says. As for the local boulders he placed around the house and terrace, he says, “They give the feeling that the house grew up around the outcroppings.”

Multiple Hytte cabins can be clustered together to create a village layout.