A look at the small reading nook located on the level between the bedroom and ground floor.

House O, designed by Jun Igarashi, forgoes hallways and interior doors in favor of casually interconnected rooms.

Sleeping nooks that look like the grooves in a block of cheese.

QUEUE METAL STICK LIGHTER For more than half a century Tsubota Pearl has produced Japan’s most imaginative and artfully crafted lighters. The Queue Metal Stick Lighter’s elongated form is rendered in cool metal gold and silver. It fits perfectly into any small bag or pocket and makes a stylish tool for lighting candles or incense. For use with ordinary lighter fluid (not included). Includes a funnel for refueling.

In all of its beige glory...

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A passage between the walls for hide and seek.

Lightroom 1.0, a photography studio, is a freestanding structure on the property. “Together, they represent an autobiography of my career,” Carpenter says.

Both the sitting and standing versions of DESK 01, a collaboration between Artifox and IdeaPaint, are outfitted with dry erase surfaces for recording sudden bursts of creativity.

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Despite its message-in-a-bottle appearance, this product is in fact a glass carafe and stick of kishu binchotan (coal). The coal purifies drinking water and improves its overall taste.

The addition’s two stories of cedar-framed sliding doors and window provide generous views of the house’s prized jacaranda tree. The addition’s polished concrete floor and white cladding extend into the garden, drawing occupants to the serene rear porch. There, they can relax on stools designed by Alvar Aalto and Charles Wilson while admiring the luscious greenery.

Bathroom of the Freunde von Freunden X Vitra Apartment Hanging plants and an open shower accentuate the bathroom’s light, airy layout. Sink by Alape, shower and fixtures by Dallmer and Dornbracht. Photo by Steve Herud

Top 9 Kitchens of 2020: The nominees for this year’s Dwell Design Awards are the epitome of style and function.