Yet another example of Pune's pastel-colored homes.

Haptic Lab designs intricate quilts of celebrated cities. Each Soft-Map City Quilt is made using 100 percent superfine cotton, ensuring a pleasant and soft tactile experience. From afar, the ivory quilt appears uniform, but upon closer look, the cotton quilt is interrupted by warm brown stitching, creating an elaborate and organized reproduction of your favorite city. Brooklyn City Quilt is shown here. The quilt is also available in Boston, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, Paris, Philadelphia, Rome, San Francisco, Washington D.C. versions at the Dwell Store.

A trove of yet more vibrantly colored rugs, pillows, and blankets.

Vitra Cork Stool C by Jasper Morrison "I love the classic design of these stools and especially love seeing them when grouped together," says Derringer. "They’re so versatile, which is why they’ve got such great staying power." Two Vitra Cork Stools are currently up for grabs in a Design Milk and the Dwell Store giveaway.

Though she's yet to properly design a building, Velma's small office has her set up to do big things.

The price of steel and concrete skyrocketed during construction, yet Williamson and Ginge couldn’t imagine the house built of any other materials.

Ahmad Djuhara’s drastic redesign of the typical suburban Indonesian home is certainly unusual, and yet the house appears far from grandiose.

The campaign for the greenest school in America: yet another reason why hope lies in youth.

The housees that circle San Francisco's Buena Vista Park run the gamut from wedding-cake Victorian to Scandinavian modern. Architect Cass Calder Smith aimed to create a façade that contextually relates to the adjacent ornate ones yet is purely modern.

For a family of four, Ueda Design Studio restores the luminous-yet-drafty midcentury home of Alden Mason with warm materials and sensible restraint.

The Reagan house has yet to start construction, though Sullivan estimates it will be complete by the end of the year.

A rolling ladder made from salvaged wood and components leads to a small, yet well equipped, office.

A simple, yet elegant vanity doubles as storage.

Sturdy but unobtrusive garment racks are a clever option for apartments with little closet space. Nomess Copenhagen's Dress-Up comes in white or black legs with the option of a black, white, or orange hanging bar at top. (Buy it for €229 here.)

Have your children help you go through their book collections and pick out what books they haven't read yet. If you are able to safely leave your home, you can coordinate curbside dropoff book exchanges with friends.

A rearview look at the slender yet highly functional residence.

The sliding doors at the entrance are only a minor, yet necessary, disruption in the home's virtually seamless indoor/outdoor connection.

A dramatic cantilevered roof extends over the lower building volume, tying together the separate, yet connected, blocks of the home.

Now, a white kitchen recedes from the main space. A long island keeps the working area separate, yet still connected.

The simple design and remote-yet-close location of Elsewhere Retreat's cabins make it perfect for a weekend getaway.

Here's a closeup of the same room where you can see how the hay comes through the paint. I don't know if it's to intentionally show off the building material or if they just haven't gotten to paint that bit yet.

Burnt cedar, Japanese cypress plywood, and mortar create a trio of contrasting yet simple surface textures that breathe a relaxed vibe into the Muji Hut.

The refined architectural detailing is finished with natural textures and subtle color shifts, from clay brickwork to rose linen accents, creating a robust yet calming home.

My love of Jean Prouvé's chairs and tables remains unabeyed. The are so beautifully contemporary yet look like the Titanic.

The best place to ride in China? Newly paved highways that haven't yet been open to cars but are available to cyclists.

Scrubby Bay is completely private yet still connected—guests have access to Wi-Fi, digital television, and even laundry services and catered meals.

From its minimal use of materials to its simple yet elegant geometry, the home effortlessly blends the use of modular fabrication with the craft of traditional construction methods.

Exposed steel, concrete soffits, and cement-washed bricks were been chosen as key components of the home due to the materials having low-maintenance, yet being extremely durable.

The kitchen, the property's only modern addition, has been created from a garden courtyard. The space has been enclosed by a glazed roof and wall with sliding door, yet it retains its open feel.

Right away Hood thrilled at seeing this guy across the street using one of the aluminum tables for his laptop. He enthused about uses for the parklets that he'd not even imagined yet. As to whether there were any that made him nervous he said with a laugh, "skateboarders."

Wrapped in standing-seam aluminum metal panels, the new addition is artful and subdued. Modern yet discreet, the dark tone and slanted roof allow the addition to fade behind the original structure and roof.

Pricing is not yet available for ENSAMBLE, but a single board of cholguán retails for about $5. By keeping assembly simply and using glue to join the system, the Andes House hopes to make it a cost-effective solution for the office and beyond.

"The brief was to efficiently and cost effectively transform a light-starved weatherboard into an open and modern home with a good connection to the rear garden and a relaxed yet refined feel," says the firm. The owner charred and oiled the shiplapped cypress siding himself.

Five tiny glass cabins on Sweden’s Henriksholm Island allow travelers to unplug from the noise of their technology-driven lifestyles. The “72 Hour Cabins” are Norwegian spruce structures that offer peace and quiet with minimally furnished yet cozy interiors.

The computer-designed kitchen area has the feel of a ship's galley, with everything neatly stowed, yet visible and instantly at hand: It's much the definition of "ship-shape." For dinner parties, well-worn Eames shell chairs are pulled down by David, with the help of a footstool. "I have nearly an eight-foot reach," says the 6'3'' David. ("It gets a little tough if I have to spend a weekend or so alone," says Im.)

The stunning Star Map bench or table is simple in silhouette yet features painstakingly detailed inlay. Photo courtesy Robert Andrew Highsmith.