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A lighthouse of cutting-edge digital fabrication, the building glows like a beacon at night.

Tru Form Tiny merged two of their standard models and then further customized the exterior with paneling and tight knot cedar. They also added Galvalume roofing and a removable awning.

The only grouping of Frank Lloyd Wright's early American System-Built Homes—built by Arthur Richards and designed with standardized components for mass appeal to moderate-income families—is situated in the Burnham Park neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The four model 7A duplexes, one model B1 bungalow (shown here), and model C3 bungalow were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

A peek of the Axiom Desert House from the exterior, with the beautiful San Jacinto mountain range in the distance.

The salt-and-moisture-resistant timber structures were prefabricated in Windhoek and then transported to the site for final assembly.

The floating suites were prefabricated in a workshop in the Pyrenees to reduce production costs and minimize site impact.

For maximum privacy, the bridge leads directly to the home's entrance, bypassing a walk-around deck that is typically found on houseboat or floating home designs. Along the front half of the roof, permanent vegetation adds greenery in the summer months.

The exterior is wrapped in cement fiber boards with a Cembrit patina finish. Due to a lack of onshore infrastructure, a big challenge of the project was the addition of self-contained sewage and clear water tanks.

Along the opposite side, sheets of self-rusting Corten steel run along the home, hiding stairs to the upper deck behind them. The striking facade contrasts with the otherwise muted exterior.

“Our inspiration has been to create a beautiful space that children (and adults) can claim as their own, but also a structure that assumes an elegant and striking sculptural form, for the grown ups,” explains Koto.

Inspired by the Nordic aesthetic, Ilo is a minimalist, mono-pitched playhouse designed to provide shelter and immersion in nature.

“Putting all the detail and quality of a full-size building into a mini playhouse takes skill and time,” says Zoe. “There are also some fairly complex joints, for example where the roof and the walls meet.”

The Ilo Playhouse features a footprint of roughly 42 square feet, and it’s approximately 6.5 feet tall at its highest point.

The 1,687-square-foot home includes three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a flexible-use basement that can serve as a garage, ADU, or studio/workshop. Zero- and low-VOC finishes, pervious paving, and solar hot water heating are among the home’s many sustainable features that counted towards LEED Platinum certification.

Set back from the road at an angle to minimize views from the road and to maximize connection with nature, the home is a quiet and private sanctuary. The photovoltaic panels on the garage can feed excess solar energy back to the grid.

“The walls consist of a stick-framed stud wall with prefabricated structural insulated panels attached to it, made off-site in a facility to our design and specifications,” explains Gibson. “The roof structure consists of trusses built off-site.”

Fiber-cement siding by Allura emphasizes the horizontality of the house and, along with the standing seam metal roof, nods to the traditional New England vernacular.

At the north facade, a series of lapocho wood shutters mitigate solar heat gain in the summer.