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The open-plan public zone, which includes the kitchen, dining area, and living room, looks out onto the back patio, where the dining table is often wheeled in the summer for al fresco meals. Ken and Joan regularly have 10-20 guests over, so she requested enough space in the dining area to put another table if needed.

The primary bathroom is a recreation of what Peter and Abigail had in Tokyo, particularly a tub that allows one to preset and maintain a desired temperature.

The existing home already took advantage of the former pool location to create a meadow of flowers and mint, but it was redone by Lynley Ogilvie Landscape Design.

Marble was used on the kitchen island, complimented by walnut cabinetry and butcher-block countertop, as well as a backsplash of ceramic tile.

The new kitchen, part of the reconstructed extension, takes advantage of ample glass.

This shipping container office cantilevers over its concrete foundation by seven feet and draws utilities from the property’s 1930s residence.

Virginia-based screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan’s 400-square foot work studio features NanaWall doors that fold open to connect the interior to the surrounding forest.

A view of the house from the street, set in the quiet residential area of Vicente Lopez, just north of the official city limits of Buenos Aires.

"The forest outside our windows brings us joy from the moment we wake up in the morning," says Jonah, "while we watch the hawks and birds and drink our coffee to the period of dusk when the deer pass through on their evening foraging and the fox come out of hiding."

The home is located at Ragged Point, and the young family is always “running full out,” as Adair says—so she and Kopp cheekily named the project the Run Ragged house.