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The traditional wooden hot tub in this interior patio is from El Tonel. Whitewashed pine slats line the walls.

A triangular cutaway in the barn's volume creates a transitional space between indoors and outdoors and fills the interior with natural light.

In the living room, the built-in daybed was fabricated by Michael Mellon and Benjamin Winslow out of old growth redwood. The rugs are vintage Japanese and Turkish rugs sourced from Slow Roads. "We chose the green fabric for the daybeds because we wanted it to be retro looking,

Past the front door, a screen of white oak divides the foyer from the great room. The storage wall on the right includes a bench and drawers for storing shoes, a wet bar , and a closet hiding the washer and dryer on the far end. The large round mirror is from Crate & Barrel.

The owner, a school teacher, reads with her child on the banquette, which is bathed in rare London sun.

Rear garden

"Another tricky aspect was finding a place to stack the sliding doors,

Hidden Kitchen Pantry Opened

While brick is what was expected for the neighborhood, Mandel used a brick shingle for the extruded extension that occupies what was originally the side yard.

Considering the abundance of biodiversity, lifting the structure off the ground was an ecological measure as much as a utilitarian one.

Folding doors create an indoor/outdoor experience.

“By using a hybrid model that includes both prefab and site-built construction, we were able to push the architectural vocabulary of prefab construction beyond the expected, with a bold, new visual vocabulary,” Denton says.

In this Australian project, a resort-worthy swimming pool sits beside the industrial-chic kitchen and living area. It's a joy to swim in, of course, but the body of water also provides evaporative cooling for the courtyard.

The pool was purposefully constructed close to the indoor living spaces in order to contribute to the interior ambiance. The material palette was informed by the color of the surrounding trees—clay brick for the walls, wood for the soffits, and stone for the flooring.

Deciding to buy a home comes with its own unique set of pressures. Oftentimes, it’s seen as a seal of adulthood, an acceptance of permanence, and perhaps most importantly, it also means that you’re about to spend a large sum of money; it makes sense that no one wants to go about it in a casual way.

Large windows and a white bedspread lend an airy atmosphere to a California bedroom in the first home Geremia designed from the group up.