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Step by step, Georgina “Geo” Giner Gallardo and Zoe Barceló Vicedo converted a Lanzarote farm into a place to live, work, and surf.

The wings of this cruciform residence jut out over the landscape on stilts to capture panoramic views.

The single-volume home has been designed to appear to float over the lot on its deck. Ryan upgraded the existing foundation to support its passive design. "Originally, I wanted to make the whole house powered with wood pellets," he says. "But I decided against shoveling pellets in the snow. I'll get weird in a little bit less of a cold climate."

This Swedish prefab cabin by

White oak paneling lines the sleeping loft.

HUTCH Design used organic materials and earthy tones to transform this former concrete pig shed outside of London.

"It's not close to highways,

The sleeping cabin perches on a rocky rise near the Floating House; Meredith imagines these two as a start of a string of buildings that will wrap around the island.

After renting in San Francisco for a decade, DIY couple Molly Fiffer and Jeff Waldman bought 10 acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where the pair and their friends built a cabin compound complete with sheds, tree decks, a pavilion, a wood-fired hot tub, an outhouse, and an outdoor shower. The cabin is made from locally sourced, rough-sawn redwood, which the couple stained with nontoxic Eco Wood Treatment to give the panels an aged appearance and a dark patina.

The home also features an expansive covered patio to help prioritize indoor-outdoor living.

The bathroom is the only space in the casita with sheet rock walls. The colorful encaustic tile floor adds a modern pop of color.

The couple redid the kitchen without enlarging it, in an effort to stay true to WInter’s plan. “We were trying to do a modern version of what would feel right in a house designed in the ’70s,” explains Rick.

Drywall masks the shipping container’s raw edges inside the cabin.

The Fish Camp acts as the couple’s forest getaway, just a quarter mile from their main house.

Ryan Anderson of RAD Furniture designed the stools as well as the table and benches on the pool deck.