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In the kitchen, a Dornbracht faucet joins a Silestone countertop. Paint in All White by Farrow & Ball—a shade used throughout the house—provides a crisp backdrop for a print from Thomas Demand’s series The Dailies, while a vintage Boris Lacroix lamp hangs ready to illuminate the scene.

The small pool at the top of the landing provides the family with a place to cool off.

The bold and graphic pattern of the Joonas Stick Umbrella from Marimekko almost makes you wish for rain. A departure from most umbrellas, which are usually solid black or muted in pattern, the Joonas adds personality to your rain protection.

To ensure continuity, the middle portion of the terrace—including integrated heaters, a ceiling fan, and a fire pit—is covered with a minimal slope roof that Wade Design Architects cleverly hid above a continuous line of structural beams.

Sliding walls of glass by Arcadia are situated throughout.

The pool house patio, featuring Harbour Outdoor sun loungers.

Tall indigenous wetland grasses grow fecund, right up to the border of the saltwater swimming pool.

The linear swimming pool hovers above the hillside, disappearing into the tropical foliage.

Murren chose maintenance-free materials, such as Stepstone precast concrete pavers for exterior decks and river-rock-covered flat roofs. He recalls his neighbors’ astonishment and delight when “we went from a giant hole in the ground to a two-story house in just four days.”

The stunning retreat is centered around a serene swimming pool with natural stone touches.

Frank Sinatra’s “Twin Palms” Estate

The pool feels as laterally finite as the house feels spacious—but the view goes up forever.

The residence is built on the same lot as the William Theisen mansion, a sprawling 20,125-square-foot house that was the largest in Omaha when it was completed in 1983. A family currently resides in the seven-bedroom, five-bathroom house, which features a swimming pool located on the western side of the house.

“Typically people don't have pools on a small city lot like this, so we really had to work with what we had,” says Monika. The couple’s child, Sullivan, peaks through the pool’s window.

Additions of color in the interior are minimal, but when they are included, they make a lasting impact, such as with this rainbow art piece by local artist Roi James. “Although we had commissioned the piece based on a recent show we went to, I don’t think either of us realized that it would work so well with our [colorful] cookbook display [in the dining area],” Flournoy admitted. The rug and brass side table are from West Elm, the couches from Scott+Cooner. The butterfly chairs were custom made by Robert Smith.

The graphic tile covers the floor, walls, and ceiling. The kitchen millwork was done by Inovart Carpentry.

In the dining room, the vintage table and chairs are set off by a Modo Chandelier from Roll & Hill and a vibrantly patterned Anthropologie rug.

The master bedroom features a Case Study bed from Modernica.

Dutch designer Remko Heemskerk's New York City prints gloss over the Big Apple's occasional grittiness to portray a candy-colored city rich in architectural heritage.

The Lumimarja print by Marimekko.

A musician plays a 3D-printed guitar that started as a nylon powder, which is then hardened by a laser and melted into shape.

Each featured artist is introduced before a selection of his or her work is presented on the following pages. Here, one of the images used in the opener for San Diego-based printer Andrew Holder.

Sports rivals and design partners J.P. Stallard and Rob Duncan collaborate under the name Art of Sport to create vibrant prints that reference sports iconography. Each design fits a standard IKEA RIBBA frame, which significantly reduces the cost of integrating one into your home.

The principal bedroom overlooks the pool and the surrounding countryside.

The glass-walled master suite opens to the surrounding forest and gardens and feels totally separate from the children’s and guest bedrooms upstairs.

An indoor pool sits between the open-air patio and home gym at the rear of the home.

Day takes a swim in a new lap pool framed by a lush Southern California garden. The lower wall next to the pool is made from stacked Pennsylvania bluestone, which was used for all exterior stone as well.

The 82-foot-long pool gets quite a lot of use by Jeff and Millie, and especially by the kids, who are both on the local swim team.

Creede Fitch and his wife look out on the courtyard of their Austin home, where a heritage pecan tree has pride of place.

The architects discreetly sunk a pool into the roof terrace of the old corral. In order to shade part of the terrace, the architects designed a freestanding sun shelter. So as not to damage the outer walls of the old building, a galvanized-steel frame is secured to the terrace floor. A bamboo-reed covering projects a soft, filtered light onto the outdoor living area below.

Dunlop demonstrates the deck’s secondary use: as a launching pad into the concrete plunge pool on the first floor.

Skylights permeate throughout Barragán homes. Here, light enters the indoor pool, reflecting patterns that change throughout the day.

Architecture firm Bromley Caldari transformed a cramped beach house into a spacious vacation getaway filled with natural light and views.