Favorites

A skylit hallway separates the living areas from the bedrooms. At the end is a breakfast terrace topped with a glass roof.

A temporary stay in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, became permanent when photographer Camila Cossio and architect Luis Carbonell decided to forgo city living and build a family home for themselves and their two young daughters in the laid-back retreat.

Just because your kitchen is on the smaller side doesn’t mean you can’t make it as efficient and effective as possible.

A curving skylight illuminates the minimalist kitchen of a dwelling in Bondi Beach, Australia, that was renovated by Andrew Burges Architects.

The kitchen acts as the family hub, its multicolored surfaces anchored by a black tile backsplash, sprinkled with dots of uncolored, earth-toned tile.

Quartz countertops and two-by-eight-inch subway tile with tan grout (on the backsplash) complement the tone of the birch cabinetry and ash shelves in the kitchen.

Wire fox terrier on guard at the raised wood deck and bedroom beyond

"The H-shaped plan and outbuildings create an assemblage of forms that celebrates the site and creates a continuing sense of surprise," Epstein adds.

A section of the facade—a cross between a shoji screen and a barn door—slides open. Planter boxes contain edible varieties that fuel Mary’s culinary explorations.