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The sliding front door is made of glass panels, and its bright red color was inspired by the red doors (symbolic of fortune and prosperity) found in traditional villages in Taiwan. “We wanted the front door to be transparent so that light filters into the interior even when the door is closed,” says Chu. “It was very important to have a constant relationship between inside and outside.”

A clean-lined bathroom of stone and concrete.

Originally featured in Better Homes & Gardens as “The House You Asked For,” its colorful built-ins, modern wall treatments, and indoor-outdoor living were a direct response to reader input, and were inspired by California Case Study architecture.

This 1962 Eichler home designed by A. Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmons is in the Fairhaven tract in Orange, California.

Built in 1953 by Richard Neutra in the city of Long Beach, Hafley House remained the family home of Olan Hafley, a General Motors executive, and his wife Aida, until her death in 2010. The property's new owners painstakingly restored the home to its midcentury modern splendor.

After much research, the original buff stone pictured was discovered at a quarry in Utah, which had since closed but reopened for the material sourcing for this project, the restoration of Richard Neutra's Kaufmann House. A mason worked there for a year and a half to accurately restore stone, chiseling and cutting blocks precisely in place to create a pleasing mosaic. Tops and bottoms of the stones were cut smooth to sit in horizontal position, allowing the sides and faces to be more organic as Richard Neutra intended.

Architect Minwook Choi’s 710-square-foot Seroro House rises from a tiny urban lot in Seoul that had long been neglected because of its challenging size.

Frank Lloyd Wright lived and taught for decades at his home, studio, and architecture school, Taliesin, in Spring Green, Wisconsin.

The home is typical of the Santa Fe style, with an earthy palette and organic form that blends into the surrounding landscape.

This revamped ’60s beach house is set on a large, beautifully landscaped lot—and the living area opens to a big balcony with sunset views.