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A view from the kitchen looking toward the glass-ensconced great room, with a custom Olson Kundig-designed dining table in the foreground.

Mystery novels line the shelves that conceal the hidden door, hinting that there's more than meets the eye.

Ana Smud’s studio is in downtown Buenos Aires, yet she also has a home office with built-in bookshelves and a long narrow desk.

New window units were swapped in to the old openings to reduce the visual clutter of mullions.

A wood slat wall at the stairs and lining the hallway for the primary suite allows light from the skylight to infiltrate additional areas of the house.

A more formal dining area can be found just steps from the kitchen in the glass-wrapped atrium.

"The adjacent detached garage continues the home’s sculptural language with a curving roofline and high windows," says architect Olson Kundig. Inside, vaulted ceilings further echo the bright and airy interior of the home’s main living space. The garage provides an open workspace that supports the owner’s passion for restoring classic cars, as well as weather-protected storage. Just outside, a defined entry and forecourt create a multipurpose, functional space for both parking and play.

Detached garage, outdoor grill and patio, perfect for summer entertaining.

The family bedrooms are arranged in two wings on the main floor, with three children’s bedrooms on one side of the great room and the primary on the other. Operable glass doors in the primary bedroom open out to a large terrace for entertaining.

Floor Plan of Galeo Pavilion by Stanaćev Granados

Philip Johnson's Glass House is in fact one building out of 14 that sit on the 49-acre property, each with their own approach to structure, geometry, siting, and proportion.

Much of the furniture in the Devon house was designed by Zumthor himself.

After: The walk-through closet is a huge upgrade, with ample space and myriad drawers and compartments to keep everything organized. Laura's side (on the right) had a "higgledy-piggledy

Buenos Aires–based architect and furniture designer Alejandro Sticotti combined clean lines and a handmade aesthetic at his beach house in Uruguay. The home is made up of two stacked boxes built from steel and board-formed concrete and wrapped in glass and tropical hardwood. Surrounded by a fence in the coastal town of La Pedrera, it is a sanctuary within a sanctuary.

The outdoor dining nook echoes the interior curves in the back corner of the garden. "Built-in seats just generally give you more space, basically,

The side patio doubles as a parking spot for a custom-built 1970 Honda CB750.

The dining table is vintage. Having a meal means you're surrounded by nature.