Modern Marvels

The home's entry is adjacent to the primary suite.

The fixed glass was swapped out for stacking glass doors that open the house to the garden.

MASA Architects design a serene urban hideout with open-plan spaces that juxtapose gritty, exposed brick and concrete with silky stone and glass finishes.

Scott and Ina's home is resilient to Maine's snowy winters, and with the addition of solar panels can easily be made off-grid.

Tom says he left the concrete vaults deliberately rough and unfinished to create “a contemporary experience of space and light that feels rooted in the past.”

Ceramic pendants by Courtney Duncan and a yellow sculpture by Antonio join a Hay sectional in the living room. Antonio crafted the stained glass panel at left.

“It was just a shell,” Geraldine Vergara says of the apartment, which sat vacant for years before she and her husband gave it a minimalist revamp with mirrored storage and sculptural archways.

A triangular cutaway in the barn's volume creates a transitional space between indoors and outdoors and fills the interior with natural light.