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.

Construction of the seating element.

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.

Fifth Element Micro-Apartment in Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan)The units inside the Nakagin Capsule Tower, designed by Kisho Kurokawa in 1972, are relics of a future imagined but not achieved, white plastic spaces with a bank of appliances, a minimum of comfort and a vision of small-scale living measuring roughly 7.5 x 12 x 7 feet. There’s no extra charge to share the historic space with someone, though that may be more of a challenge than you expect. Listing at Historical Nakagin Capsule Tower

Almost every element of the interior—from the kitchen cabinetry to the art on the walls—was created by Dollahite himself.

Cho’s recently completed vacation retreat, the Concrete Box House, was inspired by the use of raw materials. Cho decided on grape vines as an unusual landscape element.

Façade design for Teacher House, Oslo, Norway, 2009, designed by Jorunn Sannes, Element Architects. Photo by Element Architects.

Triangular windows beneath the roof line are a common element in all of the second-floor rooms, including the master bedroom.

Element Vessel Terra-Cotta by Vitamin. Made in the United Kingdom from slip-cast terra-cotta, oak, and cork, the Element Vessel works as a vase, decanter, or sculptural object.

The final unit including the bench element continues to be fabricated and welded.

Rocks are definitely an element we are planning to bring to the space, large and small...

We added an extension to the original platform in order to support the seating element.

Precision timekeeping, a central design element at the main station, governs the trains.

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.

From the street, the most visible element of the George Street Residence is the original brick structure.

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.

A constantly moving shaft of natural light that edges along an oak bench is a defining element in the room.

A fireplace with a floating chimney is the central element of this part of the lobby.

The stacked volumes add a playful element to the overall design.

Moreland House

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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.

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The main element is the counter seating and preparation area, which has to be both functional for the chef and comfortable for the guests.

Bailey decorated the toyhauler with a handmade Persian rugs, which she bought on eBay for $99 each, some poufs, woven flat baskets that she “borrowed” from her mother.

The modern steel staircase adds a striking architectural element to the space and leads from the ground-floor living spaces to the bedrooms upstairs.

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Water is featured in most of Barragán's work as a sensory element. Here, a fountain and a large pool provide a sound barrier and a place for reflection.

An oversized entrance door leads to an angled hallway that obscures views to create an element of surprise. The Vollen bench in Custom Red Lacquer is from Chadhaus.

With floor-to-ceiling glazing lining the home, natural light becomes the prominent element of the space, helping to highlight the ever-changing seasons of the spectacular wooded vistas.

The custom-built tree fort-inspired bunk bed provides lofted space for the small room with the ladder doubling as structural support and an element of play.

“Design really has two elements: there is an artistic element and an analytical element. I prefer to work with the latter, which I see as a finite sandbox of constraints,” explains Levy. “At its core, modular construction is just that—working with module size and module seam constraints to figure out the most amazing solution possible. To me, success isn’t measured by the one beautiful solution. It's measured by the process of developing 99 potential solutions that didn’t work out on the way to getting to the one.”

I. M. Pei’s 1990 Bank of China tower is an immediately recognizable element of the Hong Kong skyline.