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All of the furnishings are domestically made and were sourced from Erica’s design store, Solsken, in the Palermo district of Buenos Aires. “The leather upholstered chairs and benches won recognition for good design for furniture produced in Argentina, so I’m proud to have them on display here,” she says.

Designed by 25:8 Architecture, the high-flying addition provides a couple with an elevated lookout—and space to stretch their wings.

Gloria Montalvo’s weekend getaway on a reserve in central Chile is just 580 square feet, but the entire forest is its living room. Designed by architect Guillermo Acuña, it features a transparent facade over a skeletal pine frame.

The architects designed a central unit with a built-in bed, and lounge just behind that, on the carpeted platform. A walk-in-closet area is unseen, at the other end of the room. Plywood covers the walls, and the original vaulted ceilings were painted white.

The stainless-steel modules are from Mekal Brasil, and the owners liked the material for its industrial aesthetic and how it nods to professional kitchens. On this end, the green Vitória Régia quartzite is installed to look like a solid cube.

The firm Gurgel D’Alfonso Arquitetura opened the kitchen to the rest of the main living spaces.

Vince and Adrienne Murphy’s rural retreat is clad in gray shingles and gray-stained pine. “They wanted the cottage to meld into the woods and be visually quiet,” says architect Kelly Doran, who worked with Portico Timber Frames to build the 2,500-square-foot home.

The interior features warm woods, bronze and tan tones, and stone found on the site.

Lia hoped to outfit the interior with nearby eucalyptus trees.

While not entirely off grid, the houses collect have rainwater which is then heated by the sun.