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Fin wall shields porch from westerly breezes somewhat while maintaining views and providing lateral shear resistance.

The cantilevered living room is hung from the roof and features large glazed walls that overlook the surrounding landscape.

Architect Reinhold Andris has lived in this house in southwestern Germany since 1998. Fifteen years on, the structure remains emblematic of his modernist perspective. "It’s a very open architecture," he says, noting the near-invisible steel frame and pervasive use of glass.

Surrounded by wheat fields on a high-altitude plateau stands a small glass house and a solid, traditional barn. The owners, inspired by Philip Johnson’s Glass House, wanted a refuge that opens up to the prairie and mountains.

Set on a steep slope, the building features angled geometry that mimics the mountains and terrain.

For O’Reilly, paring the design back to a minimum was important from both an aesthetic and budget standpoint.

The gently sloping nature of the block generated a step in the house levels, which O’Reilly used to delineate living and sleeping zones.

The galvanized steel frames, visible from both the interior and exterior, create a repetitive rhythm along the north and south elevations.

The mottled patina of the galvanized steel will change as it ages.

The Groninger Museum by Alessandro Mendini.

Composed of four volumes and two bedrooms, the Jackson Family Retreat is located at the base of a canyon in the Big Sur area of Northern California and feaures 2,500 square feet of living space.

Because the studio does not have air-conditioning, it relies on natural ventilation for passive cooling. Its north orientation harnesses good solar gains.

A view of the main home's sheltered entrance with the annex to the right. All buildings feature continuous exterior insulation.

This annex houses a large recreation room as well as a guest suite.

A dramatic cantilevered roof helps mitigate unwanted solar heat gain while inviting in warm winter light.

To recall the region's past as a historic mining town, a rustic palette of mostly natural materials were applied to the home, including stone, Cor-ten steel, and reclaimed barn wood with modern detailing.

The roof has a large tongue-and-groove wood overhang that shades the pool deck and outdoor dining area.

South side of house, with 6-ft roof overhangs and large sliding glass panels

Hard shell, soft core. The industrial exterior shell wraps up and over the warm interior of the great room.

A large window wall folds in to create a spacious deck that wraps up and over to become the roof and overhang of the home.