In this glass-enclosed master bedroom, a LC4 armchair faces the master bed. The moveable frame adjusts along the base, allowing the sitter to switch from upright to full recline, or lounge at a number of other sitting angles.

Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, and Pierre Jeanneret designed the LC4 Villa Church lounge for Cassina.

Cubic bookshelves do double duty as a dividing wall and as a sliding door.

A glass door on the north side sits opposite a glass window on the south wall that overlooks a birch tree forest. Skylights pull light into the interior. "Even though the artist paints landscapes, she didn't want to be distracted by the beauty of her surroundings while in the studio, which led to the limited apertures," Peterson says.

At night, the exterior is lit with small LED bulbs for minimum impact. Steps are carved directly into the mountain landscape, leading visitors into one of the home’s two main entrances.

Due to the lot’s small size, Cloud9 placed the garage beneath the house.

The LC4 Chaise Lounge has become one of the most popular pieces to emerge from Le Corbusier's studio.

The addition of a glass wall in the center of the property further opens the interior space to the outside and allows for an additional source of natural light.

The hallway terminates in the bathroom, flooded in natural light.

On the top floor, the bookshelf becomes a storage cabinet at the entry to the master bedroom. A well-placed skylight illuminates the staircase.

In Vancouver’s Strathcona district, two side-by-side lots now hold seven residences—thanks to a thoughtful renovation of a pair Edwardian houses and the addition of a laneway, or alley, building by Shape Architecture. The team salvaged as much 120-year-old siding as they could for use on the street-facing facades.

One of Perriand’s early sketches of the LC4. The original prototypes were made for the interior of the Villa Church Pavilion, a house near Paris that was designed for an American couple.

Still, it’s possible to remove or relocate non-structural walls in a home with good bones.

The curvilinear form of the LC4, shown here in black leather, contrasts nicely with the large rectangular windowpanes of this Alaskan cedar cabin.

The LC4 in this Palo Alto home sits just by the acrylic pool window, allowing the owners to monitor their swimming kids in maximum comfort.

The children’s bedroom features NET bunk beds and storage baskets from Mono, the design shop of Sticotti’s wife, Mercedes Hernáez.

A Wassily Chair and an LC4 sit amongst furniture from CB2 in this multi-family home.

In a portion of the living area, Le Corbusier’s LC2 chair is set alongside Pablo Pardo’s Elise lamp.

The limited-edition LC4 CP chaise longue, based on Perriand's original LC4, indtroduced in 1928. It features a self-supporting mattress attached directly to its frame. Le Corbusier dubbed the original LC4 the "relaxing machine" becuase of the way it reflected the natural human form for maximum comfort. Image courtesy of Cassina.

Pieces from Lawrence’s voluminous archive act like unintentional architectural ornaments, bringing color and humanity to the often Spartan LOT-EK design.

Toronto designer Julia Knezic built this house for her own family in a narrow lot next to her mom's house. Photo by Sean Galbraith. Check out the interiors here.

The clean white of the cabinets, walls, and countertops is offset by the dark woods of the table, trim, upper shelves, and beams.

The stairway to the office loft is lit by translucent windows insulated with Nanogel.

Jeff lets us in.

The owners of this home decided to limit their color palate to wood tones, black, and gray. The LC4 fits right in.

A photograph by Phil Schaafsma highlights the ergonomic design of the chair.

Charlotte Perriand’s first landmark collaboration with Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, this triptych of chromium-plated steel chairs, presented a Modernist view of living. Each was crafted with a specific function: the B301 sling back chair was for conversation, the LC2 Grand Confort was for relaxation, and the B306 chaise lounge was meant for sleeping.

Urban Renovation (Foster Dale Architects) Created from composite materials, the deck gives this modern home a desirable outdoor space in a crowded city lot.

A gang of Lit Lines strategically center a Baroque style room at the Nilufar Gallery in Milan, Italy.

A close-up in the kitchen of the Ryall residence.

Lots of fun finds in the lighting department.

In place of the previous opaque panelling and dark glass, UNStudio will install insulated glass and aluminum framing to increase the amount of natural light and reduce overall energy consumption.

In the combined kitchen and dining room, a skylight lets in lots of sunlight, and the table overlooks the courtyard.

A pair of photographers employed a pair of architects (they’re all buddies) to transform an aging schoolhouse into a modern marvel.