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The primary bedroom offers a cozy, peaceful setting, complete with a spacious en-suite bath and direct outdoor access.

Dwell talks to Aishwarya Iyer, the CEO and founder of the olive oil brand with a cult following, about the home items she can’t get enough of.

Stash your books, table lamps, and tchotchkes in style with these high-performing platforms. Pictured here is the Min Bedside Pedestal table from Design Within Reach.

Designers Christopher Robertson and Vivi Nguyen-Robertson conceived their house as an unfolding sequence of simple geometric forms: a low concrete wall, a concrete cube, and a boxclad in Siberian larch.

The new house numbers are the Aurele 6" Matte Black House Numbers from CB2, while the streamlined mailbox is a Wayfair find.

A look at the 30-room Post Ranch Inn, which contains no right angles.

Site plan of Five Yard House by Miró Rivera Architects

Floor plan of Hemlock Ave Home by Chioco Design

The concrete aggregate floor runs from the interior out to the patio. The patio chairs are by Chioco Design, and the Ratio cocktail table is by local furniture brand Seer Studio.

Off-Grid Guesthouse by Anacapa Architecture

The color of the plaster and the use of landscaped elements help to soften the rectilinear form and minimize the impact of the building on the neighborhood. Creeping fig vines help ground the home to the site, and as they grow they will camouflage the mass of the built form.

Mariposa Garden House, floor plans.

Main Level Plan

Along the front of the home, tiered landscape sections are bordered by panels of COR-TEN steel, with a central walkway and staircase leading up to the main entrance. The glassy front facade provides multiple vantage points for enjoying views of the active neighborhood.

The team employed sun-tracking computer modeling to calibrate the roof planes to protect the interior spaces from direct sun in summer and provide passive heating in winter. - Austin, Texas Dwell Magazine : November / December 2017