GreenSpur and McAllister Architects imagined a cabin sided with Cor-Ten steel, glass, and shou sugi ban–treated cedar for a wooded property outside of Washington, DC.

An artist and an architect built their home, studios, and an exhibition space inside a lushly landscaped Antwerp warehouse.

Concrete menorah by XYZ Integrated Architecture, $200. The concrete menorah by the Tbilisi, Georgia, studio offers a modern industrial take on the Hanukkah staple.

The colorful concept shop that faces Rue Yves Saint Laurent is the third piece of 33 Rue Majorelle’s tripartite design experience.

The steel fireplace in the dining area is framed with rescued stones from the dismantled garage during the original remodeling of the home.

Amidst the vintage furnishings—including pieces by Hans Olsen, Paul McCobb, and Hans Wegner—Stevens works an array of musical gear.

Interior designer Danielle Roberts sought practical materials for the living room, such as custom wide-wale upholstery for a CB2 sofa. The fallen-wood coffee table is by St. Louis–based designer David Stine; the chair is by Hans Wegner for Carl Hansen & Søn.

Perhaps the family’s biggest priority was their connection to the outdoors. The north-facing facade is almost entirely made up of operable windows with screens for ventilation and—a favorite of Jeff, the family father—listening to the lullabye of cicadas and spring peeper frogs during the summer. The joint living and dining area features a Wishbone chairs by Hans Wegner for Carl Hansen & Son, a Groundpiece sofa from Flexform, David Weeks' Tripod No. 303 floor lamp, and PP Møbler's Circle Chair and Fruit Table. The latter two are also by Hans Wegner.

During a Danish furniture trade show, Dr. Eigill Snorrason critiqued the industry for not paying enough attention to ergonomics. The Swivel Chair (1955) Wegner’s rejoinder of sorts, an elegant backrest of hand-carved wood that’s been compared to a gently bent propeller. The smooth lines, thin profile and wheels invite a sure-footed slide across any office. Manufactured by PP Møbler. Photo by Jens Mourits Sørensen.

It requires roughly ten hours for a craftsman to weave paper cord across the curved frame of this oak Easy Chair (1950) before it’s complete. Another example of Wegner melding design and material without unnecessary fuss or adornment. Photo courtesy Carl Hansen & Son.

Among the family heirlooms on display are a pair of Hans Wegner Shell chairs from 1963, a rug picked up on vacation in Tibet, and a coffee table made by one of the homeowners’ grandfathers.

Ineke Hans, Fracture series, 2007.

Ineke Hans, My Storage, 2011.

Austrian Culture Minister Josef Ostermayer described Hollein as "a master architect, inspiring teacher (and) visionary."

Hollein’s design for this edgy contemporary art museum integrated angular structures amidst the cathedral and abbey of a quaint baroque village in West Germany, and managed to make it a striking yet seamless part of the landscape. The array of spaces, shapes, and designs was meant to present diverse means of presentation, yet stand on its own as a work of art.

The shop’s co-owners Yehia Abdelnour and Monique Bresson.

Designer Lucia DeRespinis at age 33. The photo was taken by George Nelson’s son while they were working in Moscow on the American Exhibition.

The designers explain, “These steel windows played an integral part in making the interior feel larger and more open by blurring the boundaries between the interior and exterior.” A grey Halcyon Lake area rug, an oak chair from MAP, and Hans Wenger Wishbone chairs make for a simple, neutral palette. The painting over the fireplace is by Kate Hendry.

Wishbone Chair by Hans Wegner

This 2'5" by 3'3" rug is an improvised interpretation of crazy quilt designs.

A touch of nostalgia marks the upstairs home office, furnished with several vintage pieces: a teak Danish dresser, a Hans Wegner armchair, and Jo Hammerborg’s 1962 Orient pendant, made from a copper shade with rosewood detailing.

Arctis Chair by Hans Brattrud One of more than 500 pieces of furniture and decorative arts being displayed at "Norwegian Icons," a massive exhibition coming to Openhouse Galleryin New York on May 23, 2014. Photo by Blomqvist for Norwegian Icons

A Flag Halyard chair by Hans Wegner in long-haired sheepskin occupies one end of the living room.

More fun than it may sound, the volcano amusement park, designed by Hollein, features a metaphorical volcano (pictured above), lined in steel, dark stone, and gold, that provides a colorful symbol of geo-thermic power.

The Flex table features a laminate surface set atop solid-wood legs. The tabletop is avalable in white, light gray, and graphite, and it comes in six dimensions.

Here, a Flex table and chairs are paired with a set of Zig Zag chairs, which Markus Johansson also designed for Hans K.

The tables come with round or square legs in a choice of four colors.

The line was designed to be both durable and suitable for public settings, like offices and restaurants, and private dining rooms and kitchens.

Imagine Sofa, Hans Hopfer, 1990.

The chairs are stackable with a webbed seat. They come in white, blonde, light gray, and black.

Hollein retrofitted a private residence-turned-embassy in Tehran and turned it into a luxurious showplace for art and craftsmanship that blended Eastern and Western styles, including elegant wooden staircases and stucco mouldings.

Hollein’s dramatic design for a simple candle store won him the $25,000 Reynolds Memorial Award, a purse that actually was more than the cost of the building.

Wegner's design boats a storage compartment beneath the seat.

Scandia chair by Hans Brattrud for Fjordfiesta.