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Despite its pedestrian character and inadequate size, the house did have one thing going for it—it sat on the right place on its site, within a ring of mature trees.

An expression of Modernism in the tropics, this Residence was recently completed in a small beach neighborhood, one of the last single family enclaves along South Florida’s coast line. The residence was developed for a family of six on an infill island lot fronting the Intracoastal Waterway.

This 2,200 square-foot residence is located on a Chesapeake Bay barrier island near the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, an estuarine marshland ecosystem, and an important stop along the Atlantic Flyway.

Designed by Holst Architecture and built by Hammer & Hand, Karuna House is the first in the world to achieve the green building triple crown of Passive House, LEED, and Minergie certifications.

The architects took Portland’s increased density movement and used it as an opportunity to explore housing iconography, sculptural forms, dual-purpose elements, and explore how to massage small space regulations in order to maximize useable space. They call it Garden House.

Balanced shade, dappled sunlight, and tree canopy views are the basis of the 518 Sacramento Drive house design. The entry is on center with the lot’s primary Live Oak tree, and each interior space has a unique relationship to this central element.

Clients’ of The Ranch Mine, a national award-winning Phoenix design firm comprised of Cavin and Claire Costello, testify that the renovation of their house was an effort in self-discovery evident only after the completion of the project.

Inspired by early Modernist and Bauhaus era architecture, this one room deep house is organized along an L-shaped window wall which offers each space a connection to a central courtyard and a balance of natural light from multiple sides.

Link is an infill house in the Historic Pierson Place neighborhood in Phoenix, Arizona. The house is named “Link” as it was the last vacant parcel in the neighborhood, or as we saw it, the missing link.

A house for two people and 18 bicycles. This new 2,400 square foot residence is located at the intersection of two major bike routes in the Mount Baker neighborhood of Seattle.

The owners of Garay Residence had lived in an older home on a magnificent, private hillside lot in Tiburon, California for many years, at their spectacular site, perched above San Francisco Bay

The first requirement that the owners, a young couple with three children, expressed was that their new home should have a casual, barefoot feel, like a vacation destination, with strong indoor-outdoor connections.