An Egg vase.

Smitten Kitchen's Baked Eggs with Spinach and Mushrooms: A last minute Easter Brunch solution and gorgeous food photography.

Achieving such efficiency and maintaining the integrity of the wetlands and woodlands on the property meant more research for both the designers and the resident—just getting approval for the siting of the buildings and the driveway took eight months—but Hague is hardly one to do things half way. “A lot of times couples engage in house-building, like birds. I'm doing this solo, more like a monk,” he says of the deeply personal undertaking.

Exbury Egg, PAD Studio and Stephen Turner, 2013 Constructed with traditional yacht-building techniques, this 20-foot-long floating oval on an inlet in southern England functions as a self-sufficient studio and home for artist Stephen Turner. His work, which is inspired by water, relies on data he collects here on the rising and ebbing tides.

Architect Ben Waechter wrapped the upper floor of Nick Oakley’s house in inexpensive black corrugated steel. By rounding the corners, Waechter avoided unsightly trim at the edges.

Atomium egg cup by Christian Ghion for Alessi.

HAY released reissues of Danish classics by Poul M. Volther, Jørgen Bækmark, and Folke Pålsson.

Plants wrap around the perforated aluminum railings for a natural touch.

In the warm months, each of the couple's three hens lays an egg a day. "It's a good thing we can only have a few chicken," Snyder says. "That'd be a lot of cholesterol to eat otherwise." Fortunately for Snyder and Martin, the hens' production slows to an egg per week in cool months (and some chickens stop laying eggs altogether in the winter). But even in the summer, the couple has plenty of friends happy to share a scramble.

Michael tends to his capons in a Big Green Egg.

Rich, dark concrete panels and colorfully dispersed windows wrap the exterior in varying permutations.

Fabric-clad wardrobe doors custom designed by INTERIOR-iD, along with Joseph Giles leather pulls, add texture to the master bedroom.

In one corner of the room, an Arne Jacobsen Egg chair and ottoman rest on a flokati rug. Overhead is an Ecos pendant by Vistosi.

The ceramic design of this birdhouse will keep the sparrows out, yet create a welcoming home for smaller birds like wrens and chickadees.

Charm Cards by Egg Press.

The Egg Chair, another Arne Jacobsen design—this one from 1958—was originally created for the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. Would today's numerous "inspired-by" copies really make Jacobsen roll in his grave, as Rosenkvist puts it?

López insisted on a concrete pathway that winds through the trees, so visitors don’t have to enter through the driveway.

Five-year-old Thomas Dochter plays outside the houses.

The Food Zone Fine-tuning your cooking and dining areas pays off in more ways than just saving resources. As in other functional zones, their success starts with awareness: Where exactly does your food come from? Where exactly does your trash go after you haul it to the curb? Playing an active role in your family’s food cycle can be eye-opening, and it often helps spark an interest in improving other house zones.

How House, the site of the May 17, 2014 reception and talk, and included on the May 18 tour. Photo by Tim Street-Porter.

In the kids’ bath, Ann Sacks slate tile is again used on the floor, while Heath tile in a more playful Mango hue makes for a cheery wall feature. The tub is wrapped in Celador quartz, which continues up the surrounding walls. Tom Dixon Felt pendant lights hang outside the second-floor hallway.

Egg Vases by Orbix Hot Glass $630 per set of three Each Egg vase is handblown by Cal and Christy Breed in their Alabama studio. orbixhotglass.com

Tadao Ando’s “Urban Egg/Space Strata”.

Brooklyn-based design trio Egg Collective has been on our radar for some time now, and the studio continues to impress. The Ritter chest is made from lacquered wood, features a stone top, and bronze detailing.

An exterior view shows how the building wraps around the site’s existing trees.

Find out how Passive House standards are being integrated into affordable housing projects in the United States.

A kitchen is kept light and bright with white cabinets with dark hardware, white countertops, and a geometric patterned backsplash in a range of whites, creams, and beiges from Dwell patterns Heath tile backsplash.

Joe Colombo; Photo courtesy of Kartell

Julia: How to Make a Concrete Camera Are you looking for a creative project for the weekend? Well look no further! Why not make a pinhole camera out of concrete? I came across this DIY tutorial and was surprised that this unlikely material was being used to make a camera. How wonderful!