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In the primary bath, a Porcelanosa tub complements a blackened veneer vanity.

The home's primary suite sits on the ground floor of the house and open to a private garden via large pocket doors. The blue wall is venetian plaster in a matte Cerulean blue finish. In this room, the kintsugi detail marks a crack at the room's entrance.

In the kitchen, one kintsugi detail marks a secret stairwell that leads to the guest suite. "It's a fun little moment because you open what looks like a cabinet and it's stairs leading to a bedroom,

In the kitchen, the concrete flooring cracked near the patio door and was filled with a kintsugi detail.

In the kitchen, a Henrybuilt kitchen system in blue walnut frames the space. The bar stools are by Calligaris.

In many of the home's corners, cracks appeared in the new concrete flooring once it was poured, including in this spot in the living room. Tajima and Bradley filled the cracks with grout and then gilded each of those grout lines to give the look and feel of kintsugi.

An antique French farm table anchors the dining area-- it is the same table the homeowner had in her parents' house growing up. The clients had an affinity for Japanese art, including the earth 20th century Boro futon cover from Japan hanging behind the dining table, so they immediately took to the kintsugi floor idea. The table vase is by Hana Tajima, who together with Colin Moore Bradley of Maru Projects completed the kintsugi floors.

Brooklyn-based architecture firm Estudio Esmero worked within the foundation and steel structure of an existing carriage house in upstate New York for this new build, which features concrete floors with bright gold kintsugi details.

The steel-clad home has a hidden room, a sleek black interior, and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking miles of cacti.

Architect Marc Thorpe designed the contemporary home with crisp lines, a large photovoltaic array, and 25-foot-long deck that cantilevers out into the forest.

The bedroom receives morning light from a large window and a ventilation panel that opens to the garden.

A bathroom shows off the large scale of the site's sloping rock with a floor-to-ceiling window.

The exterior of the home showcases its measured simplicity. "It looks like it lands lightly on the ground,

The modest two-story studio building occupies the southeastern corner of the property. Downstairs it houses Caryn’s studio, where she shares her enthusiasm for the Alexander Technique with her clients. Upstairs is where Greg and his small team dream up future architectural visions. The building is made of a lightweight steel framework entirely clad in what is traditionally a roofing material: an asphalt-colored shingle, made of only two millimeter-thick recycled rubber sheets, finished with a silicate coating (with a 20-year lifespan). The circular pavers are not actual pavers, but the residue from the pouring of the coffered slabs for House Katz. Instead of letting it go to waste, Greg asked the builders to pour the small amount of concrete left over from each newly mixed batch into a circular container. Once set, these circular shapes were popped out and stored to ultimately become a playful walkway between Caryn and Greg’s studios.

The rough concrete is balanced out with a peach coloured liquid floor trough-out. The concrete walls form the ideal backdrop for the homeowners’ art collection, existing holes and plugs define the position of every artwork.

The annex "lanai" opens up to the deck for indoor/outdoor living.

A view of the ipe-and-steel bridge from the main house to the annex.

Originally dating to the 1970s, Hotel Carlota was revamped by JSa Arquitectura and completed in 2015. As part of the renovation, a pool became the focal point of the courtyard, and its modernized, streamlined design makes a dramatic statement.