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Schoolhouse Luna Cord pendant lights hang above the square island in the kitchen.

Located on a rural family farm near Cayambe, Ecuador, this off-grid prefabricated retreat is designed specifically for short stays.

Floor plan of Forest Pavilion by Signal Architecture & Research

Butterfly rooflines help guide water into the channels that lead to the downspouts.

Floor plan of Brown House by Bldus

Concrete from the exterior continues indoors as a fireplace surround. For the couch, Annemie found the wooden base and cushion covers in a secondhand store and used baby mattresses as inserts. David made the oak back.

Annemie Lathouwers grew up in a forested enclave on the outskirts of Antwerp, Belgium. A nature preserve filled with stately pines, the area lured her back when she and her husband, David D’Hulst, began thinking about trading their house in the city for greener surroundings.

Matanzas is a famous beach destination in Chile's central O'Higgins region.

Floor plan of Lil Shingle by Best Practice Architecture

The renovation cleaned up the rear yard and rear elevation with a new addition and careful landscaping.

<span style="font-family: Theinhardt, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif;">"The house is bermed into a steep hillside,

Just past sunrise at Betasso Overlook.

Durable VCT tiles were used for the floor. Though this material is typically used in a checkered pattern (you’ll find them in grocery stores, for instance) but all in one finish, it makes for a sophisticated, lightly flecked look.