Window-Framing

Harty explains that budget was an issue, and so "the house is just big enough to suit the needs of the family without being too grand.

The multi-purpose room opens to the courtyard and looks over a small reflecting pool to the Puget Sound beyond.

The meditation room can also double as a guest room when the couple has visitors. Wide plank white oak floors throughout bring a softness to the cabin.

For more than 70 years, claims have persisted, without much evidence, that a home in Portland, Oregon, is a lost work by Frank Lloyd Wright. Regardless of authorship, the structure—a flat-roofed, cedar and glass ranch—endures as a sterling example of postwar American architecture. Its recessed entryway features panes of translucent glass.

The shelving repeats the arch treatment.

A deep green suede headboard spans the entire wall to meet the built-in shelving.

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.

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

A more narrow window focuses the eye on tree trunks, creating an “abstracted view of the landscape,” says the firm.

The house was designed to minimally interfere with the hilltop vegetation, which is what attracted the family to the site.

Greenway Studio designed this home addition In Victoria, British Columbia, to blend in with an existing natural rock formation.

The rock outcropping in the backyard of this house in Victoria, British Columbia, influenced the design of the home’s addition.

The original owners made the shoji panels themselves, and John and Erik replaced the rice paper. “There’s something special about knowing the screens were made by hand,” Erik says.