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One of the two bathrooms. Ceramic tiles, which have the appearance of micro cement, cover the walls.

Before: The architects streamlined the bathroom layout.

The siding—made from Yellow Alaskan Cedar boards and finished with a shou sugi ban treatment—is highly rot, insect, and fire resistant.

The challenge of the Douglas fir built-ins was that they had to be made with 60-degree angles in mind. Vincent Pocsik of Marbletecture created the custom walnut dining table to match, and it is surrounded by Blu Dot’s Real Good Chairs.

For the couple’s shared office, which is windowless, the team installed backlit panels to give the illusion of daylight entering the room.

The team created an open floor plan for the interior, where the kitchen opens to the dining and the living areas. Concrete flooring lends a soothing quality to the rooms, where there's a built-in concrete bench that also acts as a plinth for the fireplace.

The Linns’ home, which Andrew Linn and Jack Becker completed for Andrew and his wife last year, declares its commitment to natural materials with a patchwork of wood products on its exterior. The sassafras cladding the lower portion of the house’s east face peels away from the building to become a freestanding fence enclosing a small, private outdoor space in the middle of the alley.

The eco-friendly escape is powered by solar panels and a wind turbine—and it even includes a full bath.

“We have no cell service, no Internet, and no phone—the lights are powered by the sun, the water comes from the sky, and it’s just wonderful,

Designed to be scalable, Haar envisions Löyly being used for pop-up events, festivals, and urban planning projects.

Vancouver-based architectural millwork company, Intempo Interiors, added a milled wire- brushed veneer to create cabinetry with a tactile texture that is "like the weathered wood you find on the shores of British Columbia,

Instead of installing rooftop solar panels, Alqadi and his friend and partner in the venture, Hillary Flur, built a “solar tree” to provide energy.