In Esperance, Australia, Fiona and Matt Shillington turned an outdated holiday resort into a cozy compound with restored A-frames, log cabins, and cottages.

The clients for an existing home in Seattle approached Best Practice Architecture with a need to make space for an aging family member, but the home on-site was already filled to the brim. The firm's answer was to expand the existing detached garage into a gracious and airy living suite. The architects worked with the natural, six-foot slope of the site and built the Granny Pad into the hill to gain the needed interior height. The volume on the right is the original garage footprint, which now houses a kitchen and sitting room. The added volume on the left hosts the bedroom, as well as a bathroom beneath the loft space.

In the Roma district of Mexico City, Vertebral designed a four-unit apartment building that grants its residents access to verdant terraces.

Another 20 loft homes are available in the concrete building starting on the second floor. These spacious residences will feature wide white oak flooring, along with restored concrete beams and columns.

The oak ceilings are about 16.5 feet high in the living and dining room.

A display from the Emigre at Gallery 16 exhibition, on view at Gallery 16 through January 29, 2010. Image courtesy of Gallery 16.

Sushi House — Rataskaevu 16, sushihouse.ee

Klopf Architecture's modest 72-square-foot addition at the front of the home blends in with the original structure while giving the owners a greater sense of openness in the master and hall bathrooms. Inside, the re-imagined great room now features dining space.

Generations of family have lived on this wooded, waterfront site, where architect Will Randolph has built a weekend getaway for less than $70,000.

Beach days, park picnics, and backyard barbecues—wherever your Fourth of July weekend takes you, these products will elevate your event with ease.

The once dim, cramped kitchen in this 1963 Eichler in San Jose, California, now features luxe vinyl tiling, white slab fronts from Semihandmade, and a dual-pane window, courtesy of Cathie Hong Interiors.

Bathroom with double 16' vanities

“Architecture and sculpture are both about breaking norms,” says Winka Dubbeldam, designer.

Set of forty-three Krenit bowls with two serving utensils, designed by Herbert Krenchel in 1953. Danish; enameled steel and melamine; estimate $5,000–$7,000.

This double A-frame Eichler was renovated by Phoenix–based Mackenzie Collier Interiors. Joanne Encarnacion's office is located in the atrium, on the opposite side of her husband's. Graphic bursts of black and white are complemented by greenery and positive affirmations.

Specialized Housing: The 17-story 160 Massachusetts Avenue Tower by William Rawn Associates serves myriad purposes at Boston's Berklee College of Music: It's home to dorm housing for 380 students, a fitness center, practice rooms, performance space, six double-height lounges, and the largest recording studio complex in New England.

Bark gives the exterior walls a textured appearance and allows them to blend into the forested surroundings.

Hollyhock House, view looking southeast in living room, with garden court (at left) beyond.

Hammock Chaise by Hans Wegner, 1960. Stained oak, flagline, brass; estimate $7,000–$9,000.

Mirror designed by Uno and Östen Kristiansson in 1960 for Luxus Vittsjö Sweden (1960). Teak, mirror, steel, oak; estimate $2,000–$3,000.

rear of the house from the yard, a 16' wide sliding door opens up the living space

In the ivy-covered garden on the first level, Alice, 16, sits near “Rakaia 2,” a rock sculpture by New Zealand artist Chris Booth.

Klopf Architecture updated this Eichler with a radiant floor heating system, re-stained paneling, and a new office/guest room filled with Eichler hallmarks like dark bronze door handles.

Fasad carpet by Marianne Richter (1963) and Spättan carpet by Barbro Nilsson (1943) for Märta Måås-Fjetterström in Sweden. Both are made of handwoven wool; Richter estimate $12,000–$15,000, Nilsson estimate $7,000–$9,000.

Cambrian black granite countertops lie in contrast with white cabinetry below and open shelves above in this contemporary kitchen. "One of the favorite things I have to do in the kitchen is wash dishes, just because it’s such a delightful view out the window," says the owner.

Some of this Eichler's original highlights remain, such as the tongue-and-groove redwood ceiling decking and the now re-stained luan wall paneling. In the kitchen, walnut is juxtaposed with crisp white, and the light blue found in the dining area is a unifying accent color.

The MP-163 “Earth Chair”and matching footstool in light beige, and the S1 collection of armchairs, sofas, and tables, designed in 1975.

A little cottage in North Carolina is furnished with a cluster of wood-stump end tables by Urbia, two Eames rockers, and a 16-H wood-burning stove by Stûv. Scaly Mountain, North Carolina Dwell Magazine : September / October 2017

The other living room 16’ arch