Surrounded by hedgerows and overlooking Bellême Forest, in the cultivated countryside of Normandy’s Perche region, this cube-like house is set on one-third of a 492-foot-long plot of land—standing in an isolated residential area.

The client for this project owns a slipper factory, exporting slippers to America, Europe, and Japan.

Located on a hillside overlooking the Los Angeles basin, this project had a height limit of 16 feet, to maintain the panoramic views.

The house began its life in 1949 as a modest four-room row house on one of the steepest streets in San Francisco’s Noe Valley. Dramatically expanded with two new floor levels, the building is now home to an active family of five with ample space for guests, parties, and projects.

Located in the upscale village known as Barvikha, this estate contains three buildings in a line on the site: a garage, clad in black slate, a 15,048-square-foot house, finished with white glass panels, and a wood-clad 1,219-square-foot guest house and pool.

A Toronto-based couple desired a retreat that would provide a contemporary take on country living.

The development of this site in Massachusetts by two generations of a very close family in the Berkshires has lasted more than a decade.

In an area of intense development overlooking the Aspen Valley, where many 20,000-square-feet-plus houses are built, the site for this house is clearly visible from the town of Aspen.

Exposing the dynamic potential of a building under construction was behind the development of the seismic exoskeleton that became one of the defining elements of Xiao-Yen’s house.