A PK 22 Easy Chair by Poul Kjaerholm for Fritz Hansen adds a dash of yellow to the breakfast room.

It might not make you popular with your contractor, but for a more streamlined look, Chris recommends forgoing trim. "It lends a clean look with less visual clutter," the architect says. In their house, the doors, lights, cabinetry, and even wall sockets (all 22 by Bocci) are installed without trim. This allows the planar surfaces to recede and do their jobs without unnecessarily distracting the eye.

Abutting a costal reserve, the property has uninterrupted views of the Snowy River and surrounding wetlands

Bocci's 22 Series offers stealthy electrical, cable, USB, and phone outlets.

The three arms of the Apfel House stretch out to catch the best views of Ranco Lake and the Andes Mountains.

Mary and Kundan Bhullar built a shipshape country escape that sits lightly on the land in the Aravalli hills near Gurgaon, India.

The Armadillo is parked on a 1,000-square-foot lot that gives the couple ample outdoor space.

“Every time you challenge a basic assumption, there needs to be some method of expressing the fact that there’s new logic at work.”—Omer Arbel, creative director at Bocci

PeaceBOMB Bracelets by Article 22 "A22PeaceBomb3" $38.00 for three A special product with a special story. PeaceBOMB bracelets are crafted from the reclaimed metal of Vietnam-era bombs dropped on Laos during the United States' conflict in Indochina. Developed through a social enterprise that supports sustainable development through design thinking, its collaborators include Naphia spoon makers, Helvetas’s Rural Income Through Sustainable Energy Project and ARTICLE 22. These bracelets not only represent an opportunity for artisan families to generate income, but also tell a story about their makers and the legacies of a shared history. Buy the bombs back!"

Inspirational spaces

This kitchen features a sleek Henrybuilt kitchen system in white.

On a rocky bank, Hebra Arquitectos builds a breezy home that opens wide to nature.

British artist Hannah Sawtell and technologist Avi Flombaum created sawbaum.com, where users can create visual collages using multiple vine streams. "We wanted it to look like a visual comic book, with overlapping panels," said Flombaum. "And we wanted it to be fun!" Photo courtesy Rhizome.

Kele Dobrinski and Christina Valencia, of Sacramento, California-based Colossus Mfg., revamped a 2008 Starstream Starcraft camper that allows their family of five to comfortably explore nature in different landscapes for weeks at a time.

Track and spotlights are fixtures that are attached to a track that is mounted to the ceiling or hung off the ceiling, depending on the fixture.

A simple kitchen includes a traditional wood stove, but much of the cooking is done outside, on the outdoor wood-fired grill.

Bend Basket in Copper, designed by Gaurav Nanda for Bend, $320 at the Dwell Store Handcrafted in galvanized iron, then hot-dipped and powder-coated, this geometric bowl is rust-resistant, making it equally useful in the kitchen, bathroom, or office. It also comes in neon red, yellow, or white.

Case Study House No. 22., The Stahl House

At the end of the long hallway, a staircase leads up to a second story at the back of the home.

The Wegner CH22 was donated to the home by Joyce and Richard Opdahl. A huge axonometrical rendering by Philo Jacobson hangs in the background.

Sustainability and forward-thinking architectural techniques merge in this experimental tiny cabin clad in 3D-printed tile.

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● Custom accent wall - NEW ● Dry laid stone fireplace (Renner & Sons) with limestone hearth (hearth cleaned and interior painted 2017) ● Haiku SenseMe ceiling fan - polished aluminum probably will not stay - will be replaced ● Hubbardton Forge wall sconces ● Tech Lighting pin lights - NEW ● Maple ceiling ● Cherry beams ● 6 Operable clerestory windows

● Waterworks -- Babette’s Border custom carrara marble mosaic tile ● Carrara marble floors and shower walls ● Kohler Sink ● Toto toilet - NEW ● Walk in shower with standard and hand-held sprayers and marble seat, towel or robe hook ● Handsgrohe sink fixture ● Custom cherry vanity and storage pull-out

● Custom grey wood and glass linen cabinets with LED light strips that activate when doors are opened. Include large overhead storage cabinets for larger linens by BC Woodworking. ● Custom opaque glass water closet with rolling door enclosure & shelf with sliding door for toilet paper & sundries ● Toto Neorest washlet with heated seat, spray, self-cleaning, air dryer air purifier ● 2 Panasonic quiet ventilation fans ● Robern Cartesian white opaque full wall vanities with 2 appliance plugs in end units, dividers, and night lights ● Robern M Series full length lighted medicine cabinet with USB charging port, makeup mirror, full length mirror ● Vetrazzo Palladian Gray countertops ● 2 Kohler “Whist” glass sinks ● Oceanside glass tile used extensively ● White textured porcelain walls; gray porcelain floor ● Jason Wu for Brizo black matte fittings ● Moen matte black towel holders and hooks ● 2 operable Velux skylights ● Fully enclosed windowed walk-in shower with glass transom ● Mr. Steam steam shower with colored lighting speakers, and aromatherapy ● Stone shower seat ● 4 body sprays, 1 rainfall fixture, one standard sprayer, one handheld spray ● Fog-free shaving mirror (hot water piped behind to keep mirror clear) ● Tiled niches for bath products ● 3 Studio Italiia Skyfall fixtures ● MTI Casacara stone oval bathtub

The new great room opens up completely to the patio with multi-panel pocket sliding glass doors that measure seven feet tall and 22 feet long.

● Copper roof and gutters - NEW ● Hubbardton Forge exterior lighting - NEW ● 6 Security cameras around perimeter - NEW ● Doorbird doorbell - app-connected; with camera - NEW ● Exterior walls are cedar and dry-laid stone by Renner and Sons ● Marvin aluminum clad and wood windows ● Copper Velux operable skylights with screens in hall and master bath - NEW ● Operable clerestory windows in living room and master bedroom ● Custom designed front cable rails with gate by Hensley Design Studio - NEW ● Back cable rails by Iron Horse Forge rails; ● Trex bridge from porte cochere to house - NEW ● Curved back patio with scored concrete floor, accessible from foyer and kitchen, recently sealed

● Queen-size murphy bed that pulls down into a table ● Surround over bed has overhead lights, book shelves, disappearing night tables ● Two other book shelves ● Ample closet ● Haiku SenseMe caramel bamboo ceiling fan - NEW

● Custom built maple and cherry trimmed cabinets, TV cabinet and bookshelves by BC Woodworking ● Custom made platform bed with built in side tables and underneath storage drawers by BC Woodworking - can convey ● 84” gold Haiku fan does not convey ● 4 operable clerestory windows ● Haiku light in entry - NEW ● 2 gold Carpyen Yoko LED wall sconces - NEW ● Windows on 2 exposures

● BC Woodworking custom-designed solid cherry flat front cabinet faces - NEW ● Cabinetry reconfigured with soft close doors - NEW ● Includes drawers for dishes and utensils ○ Regular and recycling trash cans drawer ○ Dish towel rack ● Glass handles and pulls special ordered from Bulgaria - NEW ● Birdseye maple fronts with cherry insets on high cabinets with pocket doors and roll out shelves for appliance storage ● Natural maple bar tops with cherry trim ● Blue Australe granite countertops (grade Y) - NEW ● Custom backspace oceanside multi-color glass tile - NEW ● Miele 5 burner gas stove top with glass base, wok burner, simmer burner - NEW ● Miele 1000 cfm downdraft ventilation system - NEW ● 2 Thermador 27” wall ovens (side by side) - NEW ● Miele G 6596 SCVi K20 AM dishwasher (knock to open, LED lights) (raised, hidden by cherry panel) - NEW ● 2 Sub-Zero refrigerator drawers - NEW ● Kallista 45” sink with cutting board, strainer, and silver rack - NEW ● Kallista mirror-finish Bacifiore entertainment sink - NEW ● Delta touch-free faucet in main sink with integrated sprayer - NEW ● Niche Modern Pod pendant lights - NEW ● Tech pin lights on beams - NEW ● Haiku lights ● Haiku SenseMe ceiling fans (polished aluminum may not stay, but will be replaced) - NEW ● Sun Valley Forge hardware on back door - back door is NEW

● Built-in maple and cherry dresser with leather and metal pulls ● Built-in desk with drawers and file cabinet ● Walk-in closet with cherry shelves ● Haiku white matrix composite ceiling fan - NEW