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The floor-to-ceiling sliding doors and windows were the most expensive line item in the renovation. “The house would simply not be the same without them,” says architect Miguel Rivera. “When you are in the living area with the doors open, it creates one large indoor/outdoor space that is simply stunning.” Just beyond the kitchen, a bookcase in the hallway is painted to appear red from one side and gray from the other.

The Tini M bedroom is surrounded by windows. The initial structure includes a bed base with drawers, bedside tables, and a wood stove.

Villa Engels, the home of the esteemed Belgian modernist Lucien Engels (1928–2016), was falling apart when its second owners bought it in 2013. Yet due to its heritage status, any changes they planned would have to be approved by the provincial preservation office. Engels completed the elongated, cantilevered residence in 1958, the same year he finalized the master plan for Expo ’58, the Brussels World’s Fair that famously featured the Atomium.

Frederick Tang Architecture also devised a sculptural black soapstone basin for a family and their beloved pooch in an upstate New York farmhouse.

A monumental staircase crafted from microcement and European oak winds from the basement to the third level of a 12,00-square-foot house in rural Oxfordshire, England.

A giant multicolored Endless Sofa from Bensen takes up the first floor living room, accompanied by poufs and a My Beautiful Backside Sofa from the same brand. The suspended paper lights are by Foscarini.

The courtyard includes a sun-filled deck, plantings, and a small run of stepping stones that lead towards the home’s entry.

The original layout was very much of the time: a perfect midcentury modern flow, with a closed-off kitchen and a fire put in the floor. “They were cool but impractical spaces,” says Schaer.

There is a chair at the center of the exhibit with an unknown provenance that’s rigged with a water color paint setup. I take a seat, and an attendant pulls a tray out over my lap. I take a paint brush, and think of something that feels like it does make sense, even if none of Lynch’s exhibit does. Thinking of the path Olga and I charted today, I bring things to an end by painting concentric circles. See you back at the fair next year.

Whether it’s cross-country skiing in the winter or trail running in the summer, the 330-foot home’s minimalist design encourages Catherine to be outside in the surrounding landscape throughout the year.

In the Los Ríos region, Hebra Arquitectos perched this H-shaped house on pillars to make its interior feel like a tree house.