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Throughout the years, the couple sought to restore the main residence to its original design by architect Eric Gugler.

At the Brooklyn outpost of The Wing, the all-women co-working space, a meeting room is swathed in a mature color palette of monochromatic pinks with matching un-upholstered Beetle chairs. The walls are covered with wallpaper depicting the the face of women.

A balcony opens from the living room overlooking the contemplative garden, filled with rhododendrons, camelias, and ferns, and the canyon below.

Vintage clay lanterns hang at the entry near the golden-yellow front door.

The Nook exterior features shiplap cypress siding, a reclaimed oak deck, and an entranceway of oak blackened in the traditional Japanese method.

Residents Ann and Tony Spagnola sit with their architects, Peter Stamberg and Paul Aferiat, in front of the whitewashed brick fireplace in the living room. A vintage Butterfly chair joins custom sofas designed by the architects. Coffee tables by Alvar Aalto for Artek and pillows by Marimekko create a clean, Finnish-inflected environment.

In the living room and kitchen, soft-but-tough Expanko cork flooring provides comfort and stands up to dings and scuffs. While the kitchen was designed primarily with Surendra and a caregiver’s needs in mind, it also accommodates the five-foot-radius of a wheelchair.

Architects Richard Whitaker, Donlyn Lyndon, Charles Moore, and William Turnbull—the designers of some of the earliest buildings at Sea Ranch—in Condominium #1 courtyard in 1991.

To reflect light around the room, Alper chose to use two shades of white in this space. The warmer of the two, Cotton Balls, was used on the walls.

Koto combines design influences from Scandinavia and Japan to create minimalist and modern cabins that blend into the landscape.

Even as the square footage of this cottage in Fayston, Vermont, shrank in response to budget constraints, architect Elizabeth Herrmann remained focused on making the space feel warm and functional for a family of four and their dog and cat. "I think the trick to making small spaces feel much larger is to design the experience of being there,

Eunice Byun, cofounder of Material Kitchen, raves about the best things she keeps in her cabinets.

Kaufman describes DKC-84 as "a dynamic white that is as dark as we could make it, and have it still be neutral.