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This West Los Angeles pool and guesthouse is 410 square feet and features a full kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom. It also doubles as a pool house and guesthouse. The compact design features floor-to-ceiling windows to bring the outside in.

Overlooking the double-height living/dining area is the mezzanine level, where the master suite and office are located.

Located in Orinda, California, a three-bedroom house by architect Greg Faulkner took its first aesthetic cue from a large oak tree on the site. Cor-Ten steel panels clad the exterior, while white oak offers a material counterpoint on the interior. A 12-foot-wide sliding pocket wall opens the living/dining area to a terrace with a Wave Chaise longue by Paola Lenti. The landscape design is by Thuilot Associates.

The property is on an ex-urban infill site located on almost eight acres of a Bay Area suburb. Technically a remodel, the house utilized the footprint of the existing house as a basis for a new floor plan.

Front view of the House at Los Cisnes right before dawn

Night has fallen, front view of the House at Los Cisnes

Local limestone, ample daylighting, natural ventilation and deep overhangs serve to connect the house to its context through its materiality and ease of opening up the exterior.

Two distinct blocks, facing north and west, sit on different levels, and come together in the middle with a wedge-shaped volume that forms the entrance and the vertical circulation leading to the main spaces of the house. A butterfly roof, which reverses the conventional icon of the pitched roof house, lets natural light to enter through those high windows on the back side of the building

On a five-acre property outside Taos, New Mexico, designer Molly Bell worked closely with her father, builder Ed Bell, to create a new residence for owner Lois Rodin. “Lois requested that it appear as a grouping of individual masses, so that it read more like a cluster than a solitary shape,” Molly says. “I hope it shows that it’s OK to do something modern in such a traditional environment, and not to be afraid of it.”

Exterior of Pink House from the street. The entryway is recessed to enhance the spatial notion of soild and void.

Panes by Eco Window Systems align with the grid of tiles.

A statement piece: the Grand Weave corner unit in color Meteor, highlighted by Ambient Nest lanterns.

A compact and vertical guest tower is sited at the western corner of the lot amongst tall evergreens, allowing for a more private guest experience, more compact floor plan, and the ability to effectively shut off (socially and energy-wise) the guest spaces zone by zone during typical daily use.

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north elevation

“We looked at so many colonials and couldn’t imagine what we’d do with all the tiny rooms,” says Dianne Bruning, who with her husband, David Owen, enlisted architect Lou Balodemas to update a 1968 home outside of Chevy Chase, Maryland.

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The new addition on the right extends the original home roofline and adds a new covered patio area

Master Suite with the glass doors closed

Custom whimsical glass sculptures created by Rainier Glass Studio and succulents highlight the courtyard of this curved house in central Phoenix

A board formed concrete fire pit draws you out to the back patio from the open living space

rear facade

Covered deck, sunken fire pit, and pool

Backyard

Landscape design by West Architecture Studio. Planting design by Brendan Butler

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