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The common area was opened to create large, interconnected spaces.

The single-volume home has been designed to appear to float over the lot on its deck. Ryan upgraded the existing foundation to support its passive design. "Originally, I wanted to make the whole house powered with wood pellets," he says. "But I decided against shoveling pellets in the snow. I'll get weird in a little bit less of a cold climate."

Floor Plan of Jamestown Passive House by Shelter Residential

Floor plan for Refugio Bariloche by Nicolás Tovo and Teresa Sarmiento

Architects Nicolás Tovo and Teresa Sarmiento designed their glass-encased vacation home for a site in Patagonia, a two-hour flight from their studio in Buenos Aires. Nicolás calls it “a magical enclave” overlooking Nahuel Huapi Lake. “It’s a panoramic viewpoint where we can watch what happens,” adds Teresa.

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Backdrop’s After Hours, a soft charcoal hue, gives Carlos Naude and Whitney Brown’s home in Woodland Hills, California, sleek curb appeal. Lund Sconces by Kuzco Lighting punctuate the exterior, and the streamlined garage doors are by Amarr.

The suites feature a full bathroom, with a walk-in shower and storage-friendly vanity.

Segmenting the home allows it to expand and contract depending on the number and needs of its occupants, who use it as a vacation residence.

The main house consists of two “branches” stacked at a right angle.

Candour is a prefab building system and a tool to customize building components within that system—including walls, floors, facades, and roofs—with a proprietary CAD plug-in. Users of the software can draft a design, determine if it’s feasible, and price it all in one day. Designs are built at Candour’s manufacturing facility in Sunshine, Melbourne.

Twenty minutes from Marfa, a couple bring a 1914 home back to basics by peeling away faux stone, preserving marbelized tile, and building an addition that’s boxy in the best way.

The redesign enlarged an existing arched opening between the dining room (with its vintage Saarinen table) and the new addition.

The glass-wlled addition includes a new sitting room and fireplace, with white oak floors and vintage European sofas.

Under the green roof, the cedar-clad bedroom wing cantilevers 25 feet over the hot tub.