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The Strolz House nestles in the winter snow at the edge of the Austrian village of Lech. Large wooden shutters help protect the windows against avalanche damage.

"Each interior space varies in height and shape, contracting and expanding to capture both natural light and the forest shadows,

Nestled just a stone's throw from the water, the home has been thoughtfully built into its tree-filled lot. Parking is provided by an oversized carport, which includes a Tesla charger.

In the primary suite on the second floor, a Swedish Gabriel wood-burning stove with hand-painted tiles anchors the space. The client grew up in a home with a similar stove, and desired one here. "The porcelain wood stove in the bedroom is one of my favorite parts of the home,

The elevated modular home is clad in locally sourced radiata pine treated with a stone-gray oil stabilizer.

Surrounded by forest and accessed via a fairy-tale bridge, the resilient forever home showcases the strength of cross-laminated timber.

Views from the lake up to the house.

Lake|Flato designed a weekend home on North Fork, Long Island that nods to the rustic agricultural structures dotting the region. Western red cedar siding is stained black to help the home's three structures recede into the landscape.

The couple originally installed a spinning chimney cap, but thanks to faulty manufacturing, it squeaked as it rotated. “But of course it would squeak down the chimney into what is essentially a trumpet,” says Peter. “We had to get a crane in and get into a basket to get the thing off.”

The family home that residents Tyler Lepore, Lisa Giroday, builders Hanson Land & Sea, and September Architecture devised in the Sunshine Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, is wrapped with cedar and brick, tying to its wooded surround, which is only a four-minute walk to the ocean. "The house feels like it's part of the setting,

A floating Fireorb wood stove warms the living room. To avoid the odd nooks and crannies that an A frame’s roofline creates, low shelves were built along the wall to hold fire wood.

- Leelanau County, Michigan Dwell Magazine : September / October 2017

For Gabriel Ramirez and his partner Sarah Mason Williams, following the Sea Ranch rules—local covenants guide new designs—didn’t mean slipping into Sea Ranch clichés. The architects love Cor-Ten steel, with its ruddy and almost organic surface, and they made it the main exterior material, along with board-formed concrete and ipe wood. The Cor-Ten, which quickly turned an autumnal rust in the sea air, and the concrete, with its grain and crannies, mean the house isn’t a pristine box, Ramirez says. His Neutra house “was very crisp and clean,” he says. “This house is more distressed, more wabi-sabi.”

Solomon Troupe Architects designed this 430-square-foot backyard bedroom suite for the owners to retreat to when their family comes to visit.