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Audi’s orchid collection is displayed on custom Siosi shelving with an integrated ladder.

Color-blocked pink walls echo the stair railing.

Dal Tile “Keystones” in Arctic White and Emerald cover the guest bathroom.

The office/library acts as a transition area that “slows the separation” between the main living spaces and the primary bedroom, says Sean.

The second-level bathroom is adorned with a decadent shade of green tile and wall-and-ceiling paint, linking the space to the lush landscape.

The team created an open floor plan for the interior, where the kitchen opens to the dining and the living areas. Concrete flooring lends a soothing quality to the rooms, where there's a built-in concrete bench that also acts as a plinth for the fireplace.

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,

The cabin, comprised of just wood and glass, feels especially cozy when the stove is lit.

The shelter’s standout feature is a vertical, central light well that imbues the space with a refuge-like quality.

“MA03 Library House was designed to meet the requirements of a ceramicist and a lawyer in need of a home capable of holding their extensive book collection as well as providing them with spaces for work and creative activity,” say Fria Folket, the architect behind this cabin in Sweden.

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

“During summer there is so much greenery, and it grows and changes every day. It’s very different in the autumn and winter—even the acoustics are different,

A clean-lined bathroom of stone and concrete.

Designer Bryan Boyer and lawyer Laura Lewis bought their townhouse in Lafayette Park in 2015, the same year the storied co-op joined the National Register of Historic Places. Their restoration included laying slate floor tiles the same size as the original linoleum squares, hanging modular Dieter Rams wall shelving, and adding appliances by Fisher & Paykel.

The main house was given a contemporary look by way of a metal roof and a black exterior.