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Two Swiss designers breathe new life into retired gondolas by turning them into sleek, customizable saunas. The interiors are gutted, and the exteriors receive a brand-new paint job—in any color of your choice.

Folding glass doors on the north and south elevations create cross ventilation and open the cabin, clad in Western red cedar, to its forested setting and views of the ocean.

Greenway Studio designed this home addition In Victoria, British Columbia, to blend in with an existing natural rock formation.

Designer Marc Perrotta and travel editor and writer John Newton renovated and expanded a colonial building in Mérida, Mexico, with the help of Jorge Novelo Caamal of Paralelo 20. The house’s pale-green plaster facade gives away little of what awaits inside.

The pilot home on Whidbey Island demonstrates the system’s potential: a 600-square-foot interior paired with nearly equal covered outdoor space, set lightly on a pin foundation that protects tree roots and cuts carbon by 77 percent. "Puzzle Prefab can be modified according to each site,

Drawing atmospheric inspiration from the city, Waechter Architecture infuses a hilltop home with panoramic Bay views, utilitarian finishes, and a bathroom that evokes a misty day.

Working with salvaged and donated materials (and without ferry service), the Stinn Family assembled this dreamy getaway piece by piece.

Large south-facing windows by Loewen and a high-efficiency Rais X wood-burning stove help to reduce energy demands.

Featured on the cover of “Better Homes & Gardens” in 1960, this Dearborn Heights time capsule still has its original cabinetry, kitchen, and flooring.

A designer and an art director create a laid-back family residence with three patios, a new level, and a combination of granite, wood, and metal.

"The design intent was to calm down the geometry of the house," says Blue Truck Studio’s Peter Liang of the renovation.