Modern Architecture

While Kari cooks, Mark often DJ's from a station stocked with records and custom-built speakers.

Avid entertainers and

"I love everything about our primary suite—the giant blackout curtains that swoosh just right when you open them to let the morning sun in through the big windows or close them to turn the world off at night,

“We chose materials that would age with dignity, because they value things that deepen over time,” Bart explains of the couple and their contrasting selections of warm wood and glass.

A monolithic concrete wall acts as not only as a street-front enclosure, but also a threshold, and a deliberate transition from public to private life.

Light floods into the home's open kitchen, dining, and living rooms through striking large glass windows facing the inner courtyard.

Wooden beams running from exterior to interior act as stylish yet functional load bearing elements that draw in daylight and warm up the room.

Both sliding glass and screens create an indoor-outdoor environment that maximizes space.

Ibañez Shaw Architecture designed a family home for the founders of Melt Ice Creams, Kari and Mark Seher, that splits the depth of its lot into indoor and outdoor areas.

Views of Palm Canyon and the city of Pheonix unfold outside the home.

Golden-hued Philippine mahogany clads the walls.

To round out the design cohesion, furniture is included in the sale.

Perched high above Palm Canyon in Phoenix, Arizona, the Norman Lykes House has mahogany walls and built-ins, a curvaceous kitchen, and a crescent-shaped pool.