Indoor/Outdoor Living: Exceptional Homes That Celebrate Nature

The famed geothermal spa outside Reykjavík, Iceland, is entering a major new phase—paving the way for the area’s first five-star hotel.

A global look at designers to watch.

Culled from art and design schools across the world, these top-notch student projects earned a spot on our honor roll.

A Vancouver garden blossoms alongside fresh development.

An off-the-grid house that is little more than a decked campsite—albeit with a roof—includes a swimming pool for a family that loves to enjoy the elements.

Architect Barbara Bestor transforms a Hollywood Hills home by opening up its interior to the site’s dramatic backyard topography.

Two modest cabins in coastal New Zealand make waves with their respectful approach toward their environment.

A pleasure garden in northern California is rich in whimsical surprises.

For some people, building a house may seem like a daunting commitment to permanence—a kind of spatial lockdown.

A major overhaul of a bungalow in Venice, California, perfects the art of indoor/outdoor living.

A San Francisco landscape designer finds a small-space solution that’s anything but narrow-minded.

A skyward addition to an antebellum Charleston warehouse rises in an architecturally conservative city.

Toying with a conventional form, an architect designs a modern house meant for alfresco entertaining.

The owner of an outdoor furniture company updates a 19th-century farmhouse.

Best of all, it’s totally legal.