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Exterior view of the drive through to the interior courtyard, wild flowers beyond

A wall of clerestory windows brings afternoon light into the ceramics studio while large sliding glass doors can open it entirely to the garden. They were all custom-made by Blomberg, a company in Sacramento, and the project's biggest splurge.

Facundo Ochoa’s beach house is an ode to craft and coastal living with a sprawling deck, DIY details, and lots of room to hang out.

The house floats out over the hillside, minimizing its impact on the landscape, while taking advantage of surrounding views. The design, which places the primary living spaces on the upper floor, leaves flexibility to add an additional bedroom underneath in the future.

A decorative cinder block wall edges the property and provides a sense of enclosure without hemming in the yard too tightly.

Floor Plan of SI House by Iragüen Viñuela Arquitectos

Borrassá by Peris + Toral Arquitectes holds 54 social housing units in Barcelona’s Besòs district.

In 1962, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill architect Arthur Witthoefft won the AIA's highest honor for a home he built in the lush woods of Westchester County. Having fended off a developer's wrecking ball, Todd Goddard and Andrew Mandolene went above and beyond to make this manse mint again.

This airy addition on the back of a historic house in Boise is a model of sensitive renovation, seamlessly melding new and old. Photo by Lincoln Barbour.

"I wanted that natural beauty to be visible throughout the house and easily accessible,