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In the house that Richard Williams designed for David Frum and Danielle Crittenden Frum on Lake Ontario, floor-to-ceiling windows from Oldcastle offer views through the house to the lake beyond.

The overhanging roof creates covered outdoor space connected to the home's public areas.

In the living room, a warm woodsy palette reigns, with a few blue-gray notes to create a serene mood.

Clerestory windows in Tyler's design studio provide plenty of light, while built-in bookshelves and flat files offer ample storage.

“Gatherings here can be a very rich experience, a dis-cussion around art history, music, food, and fashion.”—Kenneth Montague

Tucked away on a wooded property in Greenwich, Connecticut, the cantileverd writer’s retreat holds over 1,700 poetry volumes.

Reilly, pictured here, deleted the original front door in order to create an expanse of uninterrupted wall in the living room. The existing slider is now the main entry point. She clad the exterior with planks marketed as a shou sugi ban product that reads as burned, knotty cedar. A new, corrugated metal roof replaced asphalt shingles.

Glass sliders running the length of the interior can close off the living space, or retract for a wide-open connection to the dining area, patio, and pool.

“Zarzales is a vacation home located in Valle de Bravo, whose architecture, simple and pure, gives the prominence it deserves tothe surrounding nature,” says the firm.

The exterior is clad in corrugated, galvanized metal. “We just spray it off with a water house,” says Mark.

While they may resemble shipping containers, the pods are actually built of wood and clad in corrugated steel.

In the main living spaces, Montgomery exposed the Douglas fir LVLs, which are structural support beams that span the entire ceiling and don’t necessitate support columns.

The primary bathroom has Regoli Collection tile from Ames Tile and a Corian vanity counter.

The metal mesh casts interesting shadows and allows sightlines to the front yard from the hall.

The middle floor hallway has terrazzo flooring and Douglas fir at the ceiling.

The large kitchen island and perimeter counter is covered in Lido Quartz. “We just wanted a big entertaining space, with a big kitchen, for everyone to enjoy, and not to be used by just us,” says Monika.

The storage extends to the wall, and an office space is tucked on the other side of the staircase. No baseboard or trim underscores “where materials come together and form a reveal between them, rather than having an additive baseboard,” says Montgomery. “It’s about a reduction and elimination to try to create a cleaner visual for your eye.”

Montgomery designed a custom shelf for the couple’s vinyl collection. The green sofas are the Camaleonda by Mario Bellini for B&B Italia. The bent aluminum side tables are the Facsimile Table by Yusho Nishioka.

The mesh continues around the exterior balcony. In the dining room, the table and chairs are by Gazzda.