Create thousands of unique faces with these environmentally-friendly, hand printed FaceMaker Wooden Rubberwood Blocks by Miller Goodman. (Pin).

Eames House Blocks via House Industries $150.00 Take a tour of your own through the Eames House (also known as Case Study House No. 8) with this basswood block puzzle, which pays tribute to the iconographic midcentury landmark.

The Constructures Building Set from Brinca Dada is an educational and modern toy. The set is made up of a collection of windows that can be stacked and placed to create modernist structures. An elevated take on classic building blocks, this set will be a treasured toy for budding modernists.

"We didn't want to diminish the openness and height and feeling of a great expanse of space," said the owner of this resurrected 19th-century barn house in Pine Plains, New York. Fortunately, the barn frame's horizontal beams perform a domestic function by creating the illusion of a lower ceiling. An abundance of furnishings in rich materials fills out the space. Photo by Raimund Koch.

Six-year-old twins Nicolas and Constanza use Pentimento as their “little battleground,” says Pasternak. “They have some options here that they will not find anywhere else.” Among those options are a climbing wall offering easy access to the roof.

A set of blocks in the recently launched Sunset palette.

ShapeMaker Wooden Blocks by Miller Goodman via Dwell Store $75.00 Get creative with ShapeMaker's twenty-five colorful hand printed blocks made of sustainable rubber wood.

In 2014, Teresa began collaborating with her sister on Sarmiento, which produces toys, artwork, and home accessories. Teresa says both she and NET "were shocked with all the disposal of good wood" during the furniture production process, "so we decided to do something meaningful with it."

A-Z Flashcards and Blocks Set, $28 at the Dwell Store Created for the child’s active imagination, the A-Z Flash Cards and Wooden Blocks by Hungry Little Minds combines 26 design and architecture inspired alphabet cards with 36 European beech wood building blocks. This unique combination of materials allows the child’s mind to associate form and language as new ideas emerge.

The architects designed the large dining table, which is framed by the open kitchen, the wood-burning stove, and the garden beyond.

A linear sequence of eight, 12-foot bays extends the length of the home from rear bedrooms and an office to the open kitchen and living room space. The modest form, a reflection of the owners' desire for simplicity, required few materials: wood, concrete, and steel. Photo by Ron Johnson.

Faces on wood blocks line the ceiling.

“There are plenty of challenges working with salvaged and reclaimed lumber, but the benefits far outweigh those problems,” says Michael Rupich. “The wood is so beautiful and has so much character—each board has a story to it. I love being able to take something that is so old and worn and reuse it to create something modern and contemporary, it's a beautiful blend of past and present.” Photo by: Esther Nisanova.

Blockitecture Wooden Blocks, $25 at the Dwell Store This set of ten blocks takes classic building blocks to new, architectural heights. Each block is hand painted, giving the blocks a distinctive finish. Combine multiple sets to create tall towers or clusters of modern buildings.

Set amongst the trees, with its simple form and earthy adherence to wood, the home fits in well. "Veronica and I walked the land for many months before we decided where to put the house," says Hirsh. "We had picnics there. We sat looking east. We sat looking west. We sat looking south. The site felt wonderful." Photo by Ron Johnson.

Teresa fashions Sarmiento's prototypes in her basement workshop, then collaborates with a small team to fabricate them. The up-and-coming company sold almost 1,000 items—such as the desk set seen here—in 2015 alone.

The trip from garage to first floor is through a wood-clad spiral staircase that resembles a giant slatted barrel.

The units don't even require foundations—simple ground screws from Krinner are enough to support them.

The Wilson’s living and dining rooms are outfitted with furniture from B&B Italia, Fritz Hansen, Modernica, and Knoll.

While it's not your traditional backsplash material, when properly prepared and treated, wood can make for an effective, functional, and beautiful backsplash. Here, the wood backsplash matches the wood of the nearby kitchen island in an otherwise white kitchen with white cabinetry.

Number Wood Blocks, $19 at Little Sapling Toys.

From Brooklyn-based design studio Fort Standard comes this handsomely designed set of Balancing Blocks. Ten faceted, stone-sized shapes combine in myriad ways, letting children and adults alike create original sculptures. The set was tumbled in water-based paint and packaged in a cotton drawstring bag, ready for gifting.

Nix and Novak-Zemplinski designed the black-steel bookshelves and had them fabricated at a local metal shop.

An Alvar Aalto table is surrounded by a quartet of the designer’s Chair 65.

The diminutive Morsø wood stove and its hearth of local Criehaven beach stone gives off enough heat to warm the entire cottage.

"We composed the house to have its highest, brightest space in the middle," says Paul Raff. Warm wood stairs lead to the second floor, which houses guest bedrooms, bath, and a kitchenette for the family's frequent visitors.

A best seller at the DOD pop-up, Blockitecture is a small set of nesting blocks that is hand-painted to recall the look of urban structures. The colorful collection of blocks can be stacked in numerous ways, but the shape and cutouts of each block require some engineering in order to create a structure that stays standing.

The other collaboration between Matti Syrjälä and Erik Bertell is the Font Block Set.

Designed by Alex Hochstrasser, this award-winning rocking toy could be a chair, a sled, a spinning top, a cradle, or anything the developing mind can imagine.

BLOCK TABLE The light and airy design of Block Table, created by Danish designer Simon Legald, offers a fresh take on the familiar tray table. Outfitted with wheels and four handles extending from the legs, it is easy to move around as well as highly versatile. May be used as a bar cart, side table, tea table, coffee table or bedside table.

This set of faceted balancing blocks from Fort Standard is a sculptural upgrade from stackable cubes.

Blocks by Tegu.

The children’s rooms, which are reserved for family and an extended network of friends, feature more custom Crasset-designed beds set against a vivid blue backdrop, courtesy of the French paint brand Zolpan.

The couple stockpiles wood under the deck.

The Pine Plains, New York, home of Elise and Arnold Goodman boasts 48 windows, the largest of which measures 8'6'' by 7'6''. As architect Preston Scott Cohen explains, the "free facade makes it impossible to identify how many levels there are, or even to tell the difference between a door and a window." Photo by: Raimund Koch