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The light pendant upstairs is crafted from screw pine, a plant traditionally used in local craft. “We came across it while travelling through Cochin and bought it from a local artisan to use in a future project like this,” says architect Neenu Elizabeth. The chairs were left over from a previous project by NO Architects.

Working pro bono for a single mother and her two children, No Architects creates an experimental home with a vaulted roof, permeable walls, and custom furniture.

In the living space, a custom sofa doubles as a pullout bed. An Aeris Cocoon bioethanol fireplace is suspended from the ceiling.

Beside the pool is a multi-use guest house that can accomodate visitors with a movable wall of bookshelves deliniating the space, or become one large office or yoga/exercise studio.

The wings of this cruciform residence jut out over the landscape on stilts to capture panoramic views.

Floor Plan of Woodlands Hideout by Further Society and Arbor and Co.

Located just a few minutes from downtown Austin, this home for a growing family is centered around an active, sunny courtyard—a safe, central place for children to play in under the watch of caretakers. The material palette draws from the Texas landscape, pairing locally quarried limestone walls with responsibly-sourced cedar siding that will weather gracefully over time.

This renovation and addition reimagines an existing home and creates a new guest house, both of which are aesthetically rooted in the wooded, sloping site. The updated home’s design focused on transparency, with a new unimpeded ceiling on the second level that dramatically opens up the interior. The guest house, in contrast, is a simple concrete structure that visually connects to the main home’s concrete base.

This highly efficient ADU-as-primary residence makes the most of its compact site within a dense, active neighborhood. While it has no perimeter windows, the interior is anything but dark and cramped thanks to two internal landscaped courtyards that flood the 1,100-square-foot home with light and glimpses of nature.

This surprising home is the byproduct of a challenging site and open-minded owner interested in recreating the varied urban environments of New York, his longtime home. The design process researched everything from high-rise penthouses and downtown lofts to city alleys, while keeping the architecturally traditional context in mind. The exterior presents as a low-slung brick building, while in contrast, the interior features large swathes of glass and sweeping views.

Bestor restricted the height of the walls on the second floor to allow the clerestory windows to carry light from the front deck all the way to the guest bedroom in back.

The clerestory makes for a bright master bath, with soothing blue glass tiles by Hakatai cover walls and floor alike. Appealing contrast of textures and light might be why this design team have completed sixteen projects in the area, half new built, half renovations. Shower faucets by KWC and custom tub by Sunrise Specialties. [Photo Credit: Josh Perrin]

Garcia clad the ADU’s exterior with a local Texas limestone, similar in color and texture to the main house, “just to tie the two together visually,” says the architect.

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The new house numbers are the Aurele 6" Matte Black House Numbers from CB2, while the streamlined mailbox is a Wayfair find.