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Now a one-bedroom, it flexes from family home to makerspace with ease.

With a clever arrangement comprising a cottage and a primary residence, local design firm ORA gives a family outdoor access at every turn.

The São Paulo house that architect Tito Ficarelli designed for his family includes a studio space for his wife, Luiza Gottschalk, an artist.

Folding glass doors on the north and south elevations create cross ventilation and open the cabin, clad in Western red cedar, to its forested setting and views of the ocean.

Floor Plan of Casa do Castanheiro by Luppa Architects

Chavez at Flowers and Bullets, a community farm and art center that has transformed a shuttered elementary school.

A view from the loft. Large sliding glass doors allow the sunken living room to be opened up to the outdoors connecting to both the south yard and west patio at our Not Precious project.

This warehouse in Sydney has served as everything from a Vegemite warehouse to an advertising agency over the years. The street-side windows have operable aluminum louvers for privacy and sun-shading.

The concrete basin captures water after it is harnessed by a Pelton wheel for hydroelectric power. It also is a place for the outdoorsy couple to rinse off a bit of dirt before entering their new home.