The planks inside the house blend into those on the small porch just outside. It's a nice touch that helps marry the outdoors with the home's interior.

Cedar slats help this Ontario lake house float soundly atop still waters. Photo by: Raimund Koch

By merging typical Saigon architectural and stylistic details, architect Toan Nghiem of a21 Studio created a space that brings family together. Stacking roof layers, open flowering balconies, and an alleyway that serves as a living room, dining room, and outdoor playground are all filled with colorful, rich materials. Inside Saigon House, reclaimed and second-hand furniture lend history and spirit to the home. With so many small interior rooms and divisions between spaces, the addition of a net ceiling brings openness to the back alleyway, where the family often gathers to eat dinner. Not only does the net allow for ventilation and light, but it offers a place to play for the children, who love to climb and lounge above their parents.

Inside the studio

"A lot of people were skeptical about the idea, even though it wasn't the first time I pulled off something crazy," Cadena says. "I just trusted my intuition and the philosophy of the chef."

An aluminum-framed door leading to the terrace provides an added sense of depth, integrating outside with inside. Here, the metal contrasts sharply with the natural birch flooring.

The view inside an Armadillo.

The cover of Inside Tracks.

The view from inside the Floating House's boat dock.

Inside, Kaiser crafted a curved interior that matches the silo's circular footprint. "I didn’t want to cheat and do a box inside a curved shell," he says. "I wanted it to feel like the inside and outside were born of the same mentality." Scrap walnut plank flooring purchased on Craigslist for $350 accounted for most of the interior wood. It's paired with black steel touches. Everything in this room is custom—Kaiser designed the curved-faced cabinets, the dining table, the sofa, and the lamp that has hooks for pots and pans. The countertops are Corian. The Eames Wire Chairs are one of the only non-custom elements.

The Basecamp Hotel, South Lake Tahoe Rooms from $125 The Basecamp Hotel, located in South Lake Tahoe, brings boutique-style accommodations to the Sierras. Inside, find a rustic vibe complemented by brightly hued furniture and vintage ephemera. Amenities include a rooftop hot tub, coffee and hot chocolate bar, and places to store ski gear.

Operable walnut shutters shed dappled light from windows throughout 23.2.

A desk inside of the the hotel's spacious rooms.

As long as you’re within 150 feet of the missing laptop, tablet, keys purse, or wallet, you can open the app and a display will blink according to your proximity to the Tile.

Here's another glimpse of Greer, this time of writing implements and blown-up stamps from around the world.

Each account can monitor up to 8 Tiles.

Lavish tile treatment and intricately-etched elevator doors are found inside the Art Deco Marine Building.

From windows on either side of the administrative offices, visitors can view the inner-workings of the museum. As more of the permanent collection comes out of storage due to the increase in space, the offices will be a staging ground for curatorial and museum staff.

Inside the Libera's Casa Malparte.

Robison hollows out used books for a variety of objects, including a flask.

The café and gift shop are installations in and of themselves, capitalizing on the salvaged wood materials to create a more intimate environment within the museum.

A spread from Inside Tracks featuring images from the film, Tracks.

At a home in San Francisco, the non-visible modern cabinet door hinges of this bar and surrounding cabinetry are due to the frameless cabinets and hinges that mount directly to the interior of the cabinet.

The home’s sliding doors blur the boundaries between inside and out.

A geometric frame delineates the kitchen without closing it off. The island is an ideal spot to enjoy a casual breakfast.

Built in 18 months on a budget of $105,000, this charming A-frame saves on costs with an interior lined with exposed plywood.

Glulam beams keep the interior column free and enable a large skylight that runs the length of the roof.

Inside studio suite #213 at Met Lofts, designed by Los Angeles-based firm Rachel Winokur Interiors.

Here's a view of the interior, which houses a fireplace by the contemporary fireplace company Focus and custom furniture (including the workbench) built by the L.A. firm Environment. The floor is made of reclaimed oak from Carlisle Wide Plank Floors. In keeping with the vagabond adventurer, Gaugain told me that the workbench is the kind of place where he might repair his motorcycle or wax his skis.

Inside La Bâthie's control room

Baldwin Hills,proto core control room

Located right across from the Duomo, the Design Supermarket inside La Rinascente is always teeming with visitors taking in aisle after aisle of innovative design pieces alongside an ever-changing collection of temporary exhibitions. It also holds a special designation, in that it was conceived by the same company that launched the prestigious Golden Compass award in 1954. It's always one of the first stops Dwell editors make upon reaching Milan each year.