Homes

Mosa porcelain tile lines the bathroom floors. Pictured here is the ground-floor master bath, with massive walls of glass framing forest views.

The house has floors of burnished concrete, providing thermal mass in the cooler months. The cement retains heat from the sun during the day and then slowly releases it back into the atmosphere to warm the interiors in the evening.

Fireplace

A Fameg Armchair B-1234 and Sean Dix Forte Rectangular Glass Coffee Table from Remodern adorn the living room.

Maya Carni relaxing near the fireplace in the stepped-down lounge area.

"We installed a lot of ceiling-to-floor glass and connections with the window systems that may have been atypical but so we could include as much glass as possible," says homeowner and architect Matt Loosemore of SUM Design Studio + Architecture. Since the design was not for a client, he says, "We skirted around recommended detailing, but it was for our own use, so we were happy to explore alternatives."

Clean lines and textures add to the monochromatic palette.

Nestled among trees and apple orchards, this warm and inviting family home makes the most of its peaceful wooded plot.

Interior designer Anne Sophie Goneau gave an apartment in a former factory a bright makeover. The minimal gas fireplace is from Ortal, acting as a focal point in the room, complete with integrated shelving.

In Roanoke Park, a neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri, architect Matthew Hufft designed a home for his family that drew on the surrounding traditional homes. In the kitchen, Bertoia barstools are tucked under a custom honed-granite two-level kitchen island by a local company, Carthage Stoneworks. Hufft’s team designed and built the larch cabinets. The appliances are by Thermador.

Park City Design + Build created this indoor/outdoor, energy-efficient home for a Danish interior designer and her family.

A modest polished concrete slab floor with hydronic in-slab heating anchors the new, open-concept living spaces.

The L-shaped house has two perpendicular wings: one that contains the common areas, and another that contains the bedrooms.

A bright red pivot door marks the main entrance, located a half-level below the upper floor.

The interior also features a layering of space that can be seen here in the living room.

The home was designed for the client's multigenerational family, with each member contributing their own ideas.

The neutral color palette was carried over to the interior design, a collaborative effort between Connie Wone, the senior interior designer at Swatt Miers Architects, and Elisa Chambers of Snake River Interiors.