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The large swaths of glass in the home reflect the work that Frank Lloyd Wright and Marshall Erdman were collaborating on in Wisconsin. “A lot of the other houses around here don’t have large windows,” says Michelle. “The original windows were very simple, with a one-by-three trim. I wanted to capture that and to keep the round return in the windows.”

Charles selects a record from the couple’s collection.

Artist Charles Gaines plays the piano in the Los Angeles home he shares with his wife, art historian Roxana Landaverde. For years, a piano took up most of the living room until they asked TOLO Architecture to expand the space. The project eventually included adding a series of distinctive metal screens to the facade reminiscent of Charles’s work.

Roxana works in the garden, which will be altered but remain an important part of the home.

The stereo system is one of the most important features of the house.

This summer, I built a year-round outdoor shower that’s situated paces from my bedroom door.

Architect Ana Smud’s residence in the Vicente López suburb of Buenos Aires is surrounded by gardens and wrapped in timber, concrete, and glass.

The foyer leads to a sunlit living area, where exposed wide beams line the vaulted ceilings.

The simple pool was designed to harmonize with the Mediterranean landscape.

Traditional Menorcan architecture is rectangular, squat and adapts to local climatic conditions.

The garden was designed with as sustainable approach and a water-saving ethos. Indigenous trees and shrubs were planted and gravels covers the ground.

Architect Gabriel Montañés brought in marés sandstone and indigenous plants to restore a 19th-century family home that sat abandoned for decades.

In the process of transforming a run-down motor lodge into Hotel Wren, designer and Manola Studio founder Jessica Pell also turned the accompanying home into her own desert retreat.

The office area features a Tolomeo Mega floor lamp by Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina for Artemide.