A South Korean house with a traditional gable roof maintains a sense of privacy.

A single-family home near the Karoo Desert in South Africa brings inhabitants closer to spectacular natural surroundings.

A split-level home in Hermosa Beach, California, exudes quiet sophistication.

A four-bedroom, Mexican Modern–style house welcome visitors with extensive glazing and generous outdoor spaces.

Clients on a farm in Oregon wanted a single family residence and guesthouse with a close, living connection to their natural surroundings.

The Rough House is a single family residence rooted in handmade craft and built to showcase local artisans and their design processes.

The clients—a chef and an artist—wanted a private, 3-bedroom residence, an artist’s studio, and a separate apartment joined to the restaurant that they own and run, also designed by the architect.

A young family of four sought a five-bedroom home with a pool in an artsy, eccentric neighborhood of Austin with strict zoning specifications and large existing trees.

A house on a two-acre two-acre waterfront lot in North Haven, New York, looks out over Sag Harbor Bay.

The clients wanted the house—which is situated on a ravine near the city center—to have a strong connection between indoor and outdoor spaces, and to encompass a modernist sensibility, with every space and site line being fully considered.