Child sits in dining room of a prefabricated home in Bariloche, Argentina, by Nicolás Tovo and Teresa Sarmiento, founders of the architecture and design studio La Base with slatted wood folding screens around a porch and floor-to-ceiling glass windows sits in snowy forest clearing.

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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.