Houses

Natalie and Lauren wanted to replicate the feel of a Zen garden with their home’s central courtyard. The garden features a Japanese maple that pops against the charred timber cladding, while structurally, the U-shape design ushers light right through to the back of the house.

“From anywhere in the house, you have a sense of the outdoors,” says Melonie, “and yet it’s very private.” Ikegami agrees. “The building was really about the landscape—it can dissolve into the background,” he says. In the master bedroom, Japanese Tansu chests from the couple’s previous home flank a Duxiana bed. The full-height windows and swing door are from Western Window Systems.

Floating steps rise past leafy branches in this skylit stairwell designed by Anonym Studio.

This geometric L.A. residence was the last project to be completed during acclaimed architect Pierre Koenig’s lifetime.

Antonin Yuji Maeno and Kelsea Crawford founded Cutwork to "rethink spaces to make them more elastic in their usage,

The Cunningham House located at 3309 Quail Creek Rd in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is currently listed for $1,379,000 by owner/agent Joy Baresel of Engel & Völkers Real Estate.

The home’s design unifies two extremes—light and dark, weightless and heavy.

Designed by Michel Rojkind and featured in Dwell’s July/August 2022 issue, Casa Pasiddhi encircles a sun-kissed garden with brutalist volumes.

“We didn’t want a mansion that you can see driving by on the road—it needed to blend into this beautiful landscape,” Sally adds.