Traditional beige three-story gable roof idea in Chicago

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This three-story vacation home for a family of ski enthusiasts features 5 bedrooms and a six-bed bunk room, 5 1/2 bathrooms, kitchen, dining room, great room, 2 wet bars, great room, exercise room, basement game room, office, mud room, ski work room, decks, stone patio with sunken hot tub, garage, and elevator. The home sits into an extremely steep, half-acre lot that shares a property line with a ski resort and allows for ski-in, ski-out access to the mountain’s 61 trails. This unique location and challenging terrain informed the home’s siting, footprint, program, design, interior design, finishes, and custom made furniture. Credit: Samyn-D'Elia Architects

Example of a 1950s patio design in San Francisco with a fire pit and no cover

Transparency throughout the property was an integral part of the design for the home owners. The goal of the plan and the form was to connect the interior to the exterior in order to create a transparency between the terrain and the architecture. The plan had to be transparent in order to connect views from multiple areas of the 4,700 sf. household. A sense of privacy and security was maintained in certain areas through the activation of landscape barriers such as boulders, bedrock, and elevation and grade changes.

Stone steps leading to patio with moss
This is an example of a large traditional partial sun backyard stone water fountain landscape.

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Contemporary one-story glass house exterior idea in Santa Barbara

This three-story vacation home for a family of ski enthusiasts features 5 bedrooms and a six-bed bunk room, 5 1/2 bathrooms, kitchen, dining room, great room, 2 wet bars, great room, exercise room, basement game room, office, mud room, ski work room, decks, stone patio with sunken hot tub, garage, and elevator. The home sits into an extremely steep, half-acre lot that shares a property line with a ski resort and allows for ski-in, ski-out access to the mountain’s 61 trails. This unique location and challenging terrain informed the home’s siting, footprint, program, design, interior design, finishes, and custom made furniture. Credit: Samyn-D'Elia Architects

A family in Evergreen, CO worked with the designers at Eldorado Climbing Walls to create 527 sq. ft. of unique climbing terrain. The wall includes a hand-carved crack, a prow, and a special nook.

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Inspiration for a large coastal three-story wood gable roof remodel in Portland Maine

Exterior of a house at sunset in Los Feliz, CA.
Trendy backyard rectangular lap hot tub photo in Los Angeles

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This three-story vacation home for a family of ski enthusiasts features 5 bedrooms and a six-bed bunk room, 5 1/2 bathrooms, kitchen, dining room, great room, 2 wet bars, great room, exercise room, basement game room, office, mud room, ski work room, decks, stone patio with sunken hot tub, garage, and elevator. The home sits into an extremely steep, half-acre lot that shares a property line with a ski resort and allows for ski-in, ski-out access to the mountain’s 61 trails. This unique location and challenging terrain informed the home’s siting, footprint, program, design, interior design, finishes, and custom made furniture. Credit: Samyn-D'Elia Architects

Architecture by ÁBATON www.abaton.es Interior Design Project and furnishing by BATAVIA www.batavia.es Photographs: Belen Imaz
Photo of a farmhouse landscaping in Madrid.

This three-story vacation home for a family of ski enthusiasts features 5 bedrooms and a six-bed bunk room, 5 1/2 bathrooms, kitchen, dining room, great room, 2 wet bars, great room, exercise room, basement game room, office, mud room, ski work room, decks, stone patio with sunken hot tub, garage, and elevator. The home sits into an extremely steep, half-acre lot that shares a property line with a ski resort and allows for ski-in, ski-out access to the mountain’s 61 trails. This unique location and challenging terrain informed the home’s siting, footprint, program, design, interior design, finishes, and custom made furniture. Credit: Samyn-D'Elia Architects

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Design ideas for a modern landscaping in Las Vegas.

Example of a mid-sized farmhouse beige two-story stone gable roof design in Philadelphia with a metal roof

The focus of the house is a large room with walls of glass providing views of the natural setting. The house is built to age gracefully by using materials like cedar, copper, board-formed concrete and stacked stone. The composition is intentionally geometric to contrast with the organic shapes of the surrounding foliage and terrain. Phillip Spears Photographer