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“The living room bleeds into the dining room, which bleeds into the kitchen—it’s all one space, really,” says Opa Architecture principal Aria Jahanshahi.

The living room has views of the veranda and kitchen through sliding glass doors.

Kevin and Katie enjoy happy hour on their new covered patio. The plantings were inspired by the garden in Mexico where they got married. During the pandemic, "We were like, I want to go on vacation, but we can't, so let's just make our backyard a vacation,

Carving away the home's volume at the corner helps soften it towards the sloping site and the open meadow.

A family added two larger structures and two gardens—one outdoors, and another enclosed with glass looking out onto the forest.

“Sustainability is often used as a big banner. On this traditional house, we wanted the aesthetic to be subtle but the performance to be loud,” explains architect Christine Lara Hoff. The team

The rock outcropping in the backyard of this house in Victoria, British Columbia, influenced the design of the home’s addition.

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

Using off-the-shelf materials, including standard plywood and polycarbonate panels, helped streamline construction, even if it posed design challenges. “There were a lot of complexities that made it interesting,” says architect Tony Salas. “It was a big ask for a tiny project.”

Just past sunrise at Betasso Overlook.

The custom kitchen millwork is designed by reBuild Workshop, and fabricated by Custom Lotus, with quartzite counters. The high stools in white oak are by Space Copenhagen.

The cabin’s gabled form was reclad in black Colorbond steel. A new parents’ retreat extends off the deck to accommodate the growing family.