Interior

Plywood lines the attic guestroom of Mattie Iverson’s revamped Tudor home in the Queen Anne section of Seattle. The floor lamp is by Frandsen and the duvet is from Pottery Barn. The similarly colored bed frame lends a sense of serene continuity, and appears to float in the stripped-down space.

The state-of-the-art home cinema is perfect for intimate movie gatherings.

The exposed concrete is thoughtfully balanced with warm wood and minimalist details.

With concrete floors and pine construction, the minimalist home is designed to keep focus on the outdoors. Here in the square-shaped family room are the open-plan kitchen, dining area, and living room.

"When the windows open, it becomes a large terrace open to the outside along both diagonal axis," says architect Cristián Izquierdo Lehmann.

The interior of the Jalil Peraza-designed housing concept, which could be part of Yeezy Home's line of affordable prefab houses.

Beautifully detailed built-ins store home necessities. A wood-burning fireplace adds a rustic feel to this modern cabin.

As with most Usonian homes, the living room features high ceilings. The living room also opens to an outdoor terrace.

The living room features a red concrete floor and warm Philippine mahogany furniture designed by Wright.

A perpendicular walkway leads right to the garage and laundry areas.

The master bedroom and the master bath enjoy a more private, shaded forest view.

Radiant floor heating, a high-efficiency boiler, a heat recovery ventilator, and a convection wood stove work to conserve energy.

The frames around the glass were kept minimal so as to put the attention on the outdoors. The polished concrete flooring inside merges easily with the courtyard to encourage a sense of indoor/outdoor flow.

Floor-to-ceiling windows fill this bedroom with natural light.

The architects stuck to a gray-scale color palette, installing slate tile floors that softly contrast with the white walls and Eames dining chairs. “It lets the views out the windows become the focus,” Dworkind explains. Doses of pure black accent important features, like the central wall that divides the kitchen and master bedroom behind it from the main living space.

Architecture firm _naturehumaine designed a dream hideaway in eastern Quebec, complete with a centralized fireplace. The modern fireplace was built into a custom, multi-purpose cabinet welded from sheets of hot-rolled steel. It stores firewood on one end with an open shelve, holds a TV, and even acts as a guardrail for the staircase.