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A nighttime view reveals the glow of the pink interior and the entrance open to the backyard.

"Fabio is a triathlete and wanted a lap pool, and it also serves as a sort of plunge pool for the family," Sweet says. "It has a mechanical system that essentially turns the pool into a treadmill for his training." Western red cedar was used throughout the interior ceilings, and polished concrete flooring continues outside as pavers.

Tasked with renovating a 1950s ranch in Northern California, Ogawa Fisher Architects revived an existing Japanese garden at the center of the home as a central organizing element. Low-slung, wide decks (inspired by the Japanese “engawa,” or elevated walkway) and deep roof soffits expand the living spaces, frame views, and blur the boundaries between inside and outside. The garden is the second of three courtyards that orients the various wings of the home from front to back, creating a vast sense of openness while also maintaining privacy from other areas of the house and the street.

"They wanted to get rid of the tall bypassing sliding track mirrored closet doors in the primary bedroom and replace them with something more accessible and functional,

The minty green powder bath is a favorite room of the client's. The clear polycarbonate ceiling adds an element of surprise, while imbuing the pocket-sized space with an indoor-outdoor feel that is connected to the polycarbonate to the sunroom in the ADU.

"The color palette is really us,

The sunroom in the ADU boasts a clear polycarbonate ceiling with millwork adding storage and concealing the washer-dryer.

"We've loved the indoor-outdoor lifestyle this home provides,

Small patios with bistro folding chairs adjoin each bedroom, filling the spaces with natural light.

Green honed marble counters blend with green-painted Douglas fir cabinetry in the kitchen. "We wanted to avoid having too many different colors in one small space,

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Harding went for Fisher & Paykel appliances, which disappear behind a wall of Tasmanian oak joinery.

House Proud: Sylvain Duquette in front of his award-winning home.

Second bath, Maison JJ Joubert

This Murphy bunk bed, the Lollipop IN model from Resource Furniture, stows away flush to the wall when not in use.

The Cesca dining rooms chairs are from Knoll. The design team purchased the industrial bookshelf from Leroy Merlin and sprayed it with red paint.