Layouts for the win

Floor Plan of Roberts Creek Family Home by September Architecture

Landscape designer Kenneth Philip worked with mwworks to fill in the forested setting.

Seattle firm Wittman Estes designed this compact cabin floating above a meadow on Whidbey Island.

As Nicolás Tovo and Teresa Sarmiento of La Base embraced modular design as part of their architectural practice, they noticed that prospective clients were wary of prefabricated construction. So the duo teamed up with Place, an Argentine prefab builder, to make a proof of concept just outside the Patagonian resort town of Bariloche.

Beverley Thorne’s Music House is perched above a ravine with a flowing waterfall and topped with a massive skylight.

"Expansive windows and skylights usher in a dance of light and shadow, imbuing the interiors with a majestic west coast splendor,

The design team added a skylight to the shower room, which has a ribbed glass partition and wall tile from Solistone.

The design team restored the cork floors. The island lights are Sven Middleboe for Nordisk and are original to the house. The counters are Ceppo Di Gre Marble and the door to the restored pantry is painted Tarrytown Green by Benjamin Moore, and given a porthole window with reeded glass.

Handmade Moroccan Zellige tiles from Zia Tile continue from the kitchen into the bathroom.

The Perch at sunset.

Whether it’s cross-country skiing in the winter or trail running in the summer, the 330-foot home’s minimalist design encourages Catherine to be outside in the surrounding landscape throughout the year.

Many of the apartment’s motifs come together here, including the circular detail in the closet door, which is also found in a main room and repeated in the hardware, and the fluted glass. Custom arched mirrors hang on the wall.

Prerak and Krina wanted to be able to open the room to guests when hosting parties, so the window installation functions as both storage and additional seating.

Kaviar Collaborative livened up this blank-slate three-bedroom apartment with a pastel palette and custom built-in furniture.

After: The soaring new living and dining space benefits from an abundance of natural light from every side, and they spent a lot of time trying to find the best lighting for the kitchen. The final choice: long, narrow copper pendants from Denmark suspended by ultra thin wires to not disrupt the visual flow of the room.

The sculptural chimney breast and 60-inch void skylight accentuate the height of the room.

Upstairs, the primary bathroom presents a sanctuary adorned with Crema Marfil marble, a Restoration Hardware vanity, and brass hardware."