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In what was the most surprising installation on display, Guatemala (yes—Guatemala the country) has a booth at Alcova. Guatemala Diseña Con Las Manos, a presentation by the country, its Tourism board, and various local Design Studios, invites visitors to explore its cultural heritage through material presentations. This large textile pyramid by Estudio Fábrica is inspired by Mayan architecture and is presented alongside local goods.

With previous uses a butcher shop, grocery store, window workshop, hat shop, and a restaurant, the mix-and-match facade feels like an appropriate reflection of the renovated home's varied history.

These three tiny homes are designed with passive design strategies to minimize their potential impact on the environment.

Floor-to-ceiling glazing and a linear skylight help welcome the landscape within the cabin’s small footprint.

The raw edges of the antique teak wood shelves bring an organic touch to the the living area.

Floor Plan of Taclet Apartment by Atelier OLK

"Our many ideas were floating around the mountain, and we needed someone to bring them down and turn them into reality,

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

This rugged holiday home in Outer Hebrides, designed by Izat Arundell, was created with stone sourced from its small isle.

Much of the home’s exterior was preserved. The siding is painted Benjamin Moore “Dolphin,” and the trim is Benjamin Moore “Mopboard Black.”

Beverley Thorne’s Music House is perched above a ravine with a flowing waterfall and topped with a massive skylight.

A wide gravel driveway leads to the historic white farmhouse, nestled under soaring trees.

This home by AtelierM in Buenos Aires lands somewhere between a hobbit hole and a partially disguised spaceship. The architects built the home for a young couple who wanted to live more in contact with the earth.