Renovation of brick building

The back of Eva Pianezzola’s Toronto home, designed by Kfir Gluzberg of Kilogram Studio, features a bright red facade that may look a little extreme at first glance, but the color and form of the structure play off the redbrick gabled homes around it.

For the kitchen, Eva says, “blue always felt right. I think white kitchens feel a little sterile.”

The project, known as the Boulder Bridge House, is just down the hillside from Bruce and Connie's existing house.

Floor Plan of Boulder Bridge by Alan Morris

To save money, Bruce and Connie together performed both site work and interior finish work, including Connie's tiling of Stephanie's bathroom.

Surrounded by forest and accessed via a fairy-tale bridge, the resilient forever home showcases the strength of cross-laminated timber.

The master bedroom includes an armoire by Kastella and a chandelier by Lambert & Fils. A portion of the ceiling was pared back to expose the underside of the original roof.

The ceiling features exposed wood beams which extend straight out to the eaves.

The roofs’ concave and convex forms are elegantly layered and integrated into the home's forested setting.

Located in Karuizawa, a popular summer resort town in Japan’s Nagano Prefecture, Four Leaves is a weekend getaway designed to accommodate the homeowner and their guests in a lush, sylvan setting. Designed by Kentaro Ishida Architects Studio (KIAS), the highlight of the stunning, 2,400-square-foot house is its sloping, angular roof sections that are delicately assembled to resemble fallen leaves.

A sliding door by Bauhaus Fine Windows and Doors leads from the addition into the backyard. A sectional and floor lamp purchased from local shop Structube, Ikea rug, and Plaisir table by Formstelle for Zeitraum outfit the living room. Artist Rebecca Rodgers created the abstract painting.

Mandel mounted the fireplace in a blackened-steel frame, which echoes the window and door treatment on the house’s new facade.

“Sula is a prefabricated house that was molded and structured in Quito for two months and assembled on Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos,” say the designers at Huaira. “It is composed of about 2,000 different custom-made wood, metal, aluminum, and glass pieces, which need over 17,000 screws and pins to put together the whole building. The assembly was carried out by four plant technicians and six employees, who traveled from the continent for multiple specialized activities for a total period of four weeks.”

"The curved surface of the west facade, with its ribs, visualises a gentle rhythm and softens the black building," says Sudo.

A green marble island effortlessly takes center stage in the kitchen.