Mint green-painted ironwork and tiles connect the indoors to the outside more fluidly.

The Max-A studio is also built with a pine frame, though it has pine panelling on the ceiling, while the main house ceiling is painted a warm white.

99 by Von Tundra and Lydia Cambron $13,000 Oregon-based Von Tundra’s unit combines three different storage options—a rack, drawers, and boxes—into a multipurpose dresser.

The bunkhouse and path beyond.

Leroy with his menagerie and the highway-spanning bridge beyond.

A native of Portugal, Fernanda Fragateiro produced this lacquered-iron chair frame from a design by the Mexican husband-and-wife artists Clara Porset and Xavier Guerreiro. Porset and Guerreiro's design is now part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art. Image courtesy of the artist and Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid.

"Oscar 12a," 2012, by Mauro Restiffe. Courtesy of the artist.

Photograph from the series “Two Million Homes for Mexico” by Livia Corona. Courtesy of the artist and Galeria Agustina Ferreyra, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

“Interrogating Architecture” by Felipe Dulzaides. Image courtesy of the artist.

“Opening Ceremony—Habana Libre,” 2003, by Alexandre Arrechea, from the series “Interventions.” Courtesy of the artist and Magnan Metz Gallery, New York.

"Redressed Architectures for the City of Santiago—Building # 9," collage, photograph and contact paper, by Patrick Hamilton. Image courtesy of the artist.

"Bunker Series 004," 2013, by Maria Martinez-Cañas. Courtesy of Laura Blanco and Robert F. Shainheit.

Walnut and stainless-steel installation with brass-tube netting, by Leonor Antunes, 2012. Courtesy of Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles.

Windows transcend floor levels to discretely frame views of the surrounding neighborhood, offering slices of the vistas beyond.

A loveseat and two Neo arm chairs by Niels Bendtsen in the living room offer Blauvelt a light-filled view to the courtyard beyond.

Wooden beams extend beyond the structure to create shading trellises for the terraces at the front and the back of architect Ray Kappe's Los Angeles home.

The view from the uppermost level of the yard looks down to the slide and the sloped lawn, sandbox, and, beyond the gate, bioretention unit and mulch.

The cypresses beyond the ipe fence afford the family privacy.

"Above Within Beyond" is a bronze outdoor sculpture that was displayed at Friedman Benda's show "Gathering Momentum" in the spring of 2015.

The kitchen was originally a half-level down, creating a dip in between the dining room and adjacent patio. With the kitchen and outdoor area raised to the same level, movement is smooth and continuous.

Milwaukee studio Vetter Denk Architects designed this eye-catching prefab on the banks of Moose Lake, Wisconsin, as a weekend retreat. The home was based on an idea presented by the home's owner, who was inspired by a screw-top jug of $9.99 red wine.

It was a happy accident the way that the floating Fire Orb, which was designed by architect Doug Garofalo, echoes the onion-dome-inspired architecture beyond.

The 301-square-foot cabin is situated on 99 acres on Bruny Island, an island off the coast of Tasmania. For the exterior, the architects have chosen materials that "comply with the Bushfire Attack Level of 19," they explain, including bushfire resistant wood and zincalume metal. The cabin collects its own rainwater—storage tanks are underground for an uncluttered look—and the roof sports solar panels.

Roman and Nora stand on the terrace, and look out over the reflecting pool and beyond.

Lucky Diaz spent three and a half months on this project, working all hours to get it done. “It was worth it,” he says. “To have Ella grow up in an original space is a gift that is beyond measure.”

A cross-section view of the staircase, showing the pleated green facade beyond the windows.

Dotted by potted plants and lined with a simple iron gate, Casa Tuscania’s back patio aims to exist harmoniously with the wild environment just beyond.

The outside steps of the Zulaikha–Laurence house in Sydney’s suburb of Balmain Point present an effective transition from the solid rock underfoot to the delicate structure of the house beyond. This approach helps to define the singular space of the residence.

The office windows look onto the brick wall that buffers the property from the highway beyond.

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Here's a good look at the desert beyond the Cliff May house. Pretty epic stuff.

And then just beyond the African chairs, a pastel wonderland of baby's clothes. Bizarre! But somehow mesmerizing.

From the penthouses, the view stretches across the Eight House and beyond, to protected open spaces.

Facing a COVID-19 shutdown, Taylor and Michaella McClendon recruited their family to build a breezy tiny home on the Big Island—which you can now purchase for $99,800.