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The platform bed can also come with a headboard and underbed storage.

An Oslo apartment by architect Johan Tran features a Nordic and Japanese sensibilities. A Japanese-inspired sliding door made of birch plywood acts as a flexible room divider.

Perched at the water’s edge in New England, this home by Studio Rick Joy features expansive wooden ceilings. Dramatic lighting at night creates a cozy atmosphere amidst the tranquil natural landscape.

A steel-framed glass wall overlooks the living area from the principal bedroom upstairs.

A floating staircase leads up to the mezzanine level; a Phillip Arctander clam chair sits in the space underneath. The doorway to the right opens to a lower-level bedroom.

Maya Carni relaxing near the fireplace in the stepped-down lounge area.

A reading nook is built into one of the walls along the stairs.

“Designed, modeled and fabricated using both digital and manual processes each feeding the other, the intensity of the complex timber roof structure belies its warm domestic scale and character,” Gianni Botsford says.

An upstairs bedroom nook. The wood slats help visually integrate the space with the lower level.

The large bay window provides natural light and additional bench seating. It was inspired by a study of medieval windows.

Two office spaces serve as private think tanks for the residents of McClendon Residence. For her, StudioMET Architects designed a nook near the kitchen with a sliding panel that subtly closes the space when necessary. His is a more traditional room-sized study, and an adjacent full bathroom allows it to be used as an overflow bedroom.

The exterior’s dark cedar siding was extended into the stairwell to connect the indoors and outdoors.