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The screened-in porch.

The wood-beamed kitchen features an island built atop a repurposed water boiler.

When glass dominates a home, the result is a borderless residence that syncs with its environs, creating a stunning, new visual and psychological sense of space. See how these glass homes use the versatile material to create ambiance and connect with the outdoors.

The most dramatic room in the main house is the dining room, which features a soaring, pitched ceiling and exposed stone walls.

Comprising 11 modules, this green-roofed prefab was built in 90 days in a factory near São Paulo and then transported to the site in three shipments on flatbed trucks.

The KitHaus K3 can serve as a backyard studio, home office, pool house, or playroom.

Project Name: ModHaus Website: eastcoastmodern.ca

Local woodworkers made the chairs in the living room. Claudio and Aranza lined up nine blocks of wood from nearby construction sites to create an ad hoc coffee table. The enclosed portions of the house have massive louvered sliders, also built by local carpenters.

Francisco Jaramillo, the Colombian designer behind Fango, turns to local materials for his furniture, resulting in pieces that are uniquely Colombian.

Spacecube and Breathe were already collaborating on a demonstration unit for the Adaptable Living series when jeep suggested trying a remote location, to portray idyllic off-grid living.