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The passage that leads to the bedrooms doubles as a library, with large bookshelves and a reading window.

Inspired by the modernists, the brothers integrated bespoke furniture into the architecture. The bespoke cabinetry is crafted from raw, unpolished timber that has an earthy, warm colour that complements the colour and texture of the walls.

The experience of the farm includes to the permaculture vegetable garden, fresh farm eggs, interactions with the goats and horses, and hiking through a landscape populated by giraffes, zebras, antelopes, and warthogs.

According to the architects, the house's "thinner dimensions not only display refinement of technique, but also remove visual weight from materials—the position being that lightness is good for the human spirit and visual heaviness is not."

Along with the sage, citrus trees irrigated by gray water from the house provide the couple with lemons and limes for mixing drinks, among other things.

Permeable hardscaping retains moisture and helps reduce the need for watering.

FormLA Landscaping principal Cassy Aoyagi integrates drought-resistant plants into her Southern California projects.

The outdoor space includes a fire pit.

In front, a patterned brick pathway leads through a cactus garden to the main entrance, which is marked by a low, horizontal facade with wooden accents and splashes of color. The orange-red overhang is inspired by a torii (a traditional gateway to a Japanese Shinto shrine).

The lower level features Lezanne's in-house studio.

Steel-and-timber balustrades connect the multiple levels in the back.

The living room displays ceramics from Artisafire, a South African nonprofit pottery studio.

Through a collaboration with Ross Chapin Architects, the award-winning creator of GoodFit house plans, Shelter-Kit brings a range of kits for ready installation, such as this clever pool-side addition.

This pool house in Connecticut was fashioned from two shipping containers, bedecked in well-lit cedar, which contrasts beautifully with the blue of the water.