Take In The Fresh Air In These Modern Country Houses<\/h2>\n\n1. A Modern Country House In The Heart of Connecticut<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
Photography by Ken Hayden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nTo elevate an exceptional 8,500-square-foot English-style manor in Connecticut, Sanchez+Coleman Studio orchestrated a top-to-bottom transformation. The revamped d\u00e9cor transitions from a blue-accented scheme to a sophisticated blend of black, white, and lush greens, seamlessly interwoven with rich grays. Adding depth and drama, select rooms embrace a moodier ambiance with a custom sage-hued carpet and an array of timeless metal finishes that defy fleeting trends. Read more about this English-style manor.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n2. Modernizing A 1930s Brittany-Style Ch\u00e2teau<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\nPhotography by Alexander Severin Architectural Photography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn the heart of Westchester, New York, lies a Brittany-style ch\u00e2teau so artfully built that it appears plucked from across the pond. With its brick facade, diamond lattice windows, and wood-paneled walls, this home strikes a regal chord. Amy Courtney Design led an extensive renovation, considering the homeowners\u2019 taste for the Japandi aesthetic and Scandinavian minimalism, as well as salvaged antiques. The result is a serene yet striking modern country home which preserves the craftsmanship of the original 1930s home\u2014even including Ludowici terra-cotta tiles to replace the original tiles on the roof. Read more about this striking home.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n3. Discover A Brazilian Modular Home Nestled In Nature<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\nPhotography by Filippo Bamberghi\/Living Inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nDesigned by Brazilian architect Rodrigo Ohtake, this 1,940-square-foot modern country home comprises four 10-by-20-foot steel prisms, each with a different typology but all containing a bedroom. These are arranged like a pinwheel around a central void, which accommodates the open-plan living space. Sliding glass doors opening onto the surrounding forest and 33-foot-long steel beams (the maximum size sysHaus can use without support columns) define the edges of the communal volume at the building\u2019s core. Read more about this Brazilian modular home.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n4. Step Inside This Modern Country Home In Aspen<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\nPhotography by Lisa Romerein; Styling: Helen Crowther.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nFor this rustic 1990s stone-and-glass retreat in Aspen, Rowland+Broughton reimagined the space with expansive, view-framing windows that amplify the breathtaking surroundings. The existing oak millwork was meticulously refreshed to highlight its natural grain, infusing warmth and texture. The firm also balanced rustic charm with modern sophistication, adding contemporary furnishings to create an inviting country home. Read more about this Aspen home.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n5. This Horse Farm in Brazil Features Design Standouts<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\nPhotography by Fernando Guerra.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nExplore a new recreational complex that architect Arthur Casas recently completed at Coudelaria Rocas do Vouga, one of Brazil\u2019s leading Lusitano horse studs, in the old colonial municipality of Itu, northwest of Sa\u00f5 Paulo. The Lusitano is a majestic breed of ancient Portuguese origin, once prized as a war charger and now sought after for competitive sport and personal equitation. Casas\u2019s brief encompassed indoor and outdoor spaces where the client could not only parade his purebreds but also entertain, hold meetings, and provide accommodations for visiting family, friends, and prospective buyers. Read more about this modern country house design<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n6. Serenity Prevails in This House Surrounded by Nature<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\nPhotography by Ema Peter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nNestled among the trees, this home enticed a young, creative couple to move from New York City to North Vancouver, British Columbia, where they decided to put down roots and raise their two children. The family liked the original proportions of the property and decided to expand the footprint minimally. The mid-century structure, however, didn\u2019t fit their vision so they called on Olson Kundig to reinvent it. The team of Erica Colpitts Interior Design took care of the interiors, which were inspired by the peaceful surrounding landscape and rural British aesthetic to echo the homeowners\u2019 fascination with the style. Read more about this modern county house design<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n7. Inside Look: Dune CEO\u2019s Southampton Retreat by Sawyer|Berson<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\nPhotography by Joshua McHugh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nRichard Shemtov, CEO and founder of furniture company Dune, collaborated with Sawyer|Berson to create a wooded weekend retreat to share with his wife and daughters in Southampton. He envisioned something modestly scaled, modeled after traditional gable-roof barns but in a rigorously pared-down style. Key inspirations were Herzog & de Meuron\u2019s Parrish Art Museum in nearby Water Mill and the Baron House in Sweden by John Pawson. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t our typical commission,\u201d says Brian Sawyer, who has known and worked with Shemtov for years. \u201cIt was an exercise in discipline, really, a fun puzzle to work out. We could fit a certain amount of program in the box.\u201d Read more about this weekend retreat.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n8. This Hudson Valley Farm Restoration Honors the Property\u2019s Past<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\nPhotography by Steph Mossey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nFor Amalia Graziani, a designer with a background in real estate development, spending her days on a farm in New York\u2019s Hudson Valley seemed like a far-off goal, but a serendipitous moment sped up her timeline. \u201cI thought I would do something like this when I was retired, but I drove past this property and stopped in my tracks seeing a \u2018for sale\u2019 sign,\u201d she says. With expansive yellow barns, acres of wildflowers, and a grassy knoll with mountain views<\/a>, Graziani knew she could not pass up an opportunity revive the farm located in High Falls. Read more about this modern country house restoration.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n9. This Mountain Retreat in Jackson, Wyoming Nods to the American West<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\nPhotography by Tuck Fauntleroy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWorking with local firm Ankeny Architecture and Design, New York\u2013based Messana O\u2019Rorke brought its clean, modernist aesthetic to this 5,000-square-foot modern country house that effortlessly blends the past and present of the American West. Comprising four volumes of stained cedar and stone that are connected by glass-enclosed bridges, the home appears to be a series of independent pavilions arrayed in a line. The end walls of the central structure\u2014a single space containing the kitchen, sitting, and dining areas\u2014feature massive pocket doors that open onto paved terraces for free-flowing indoor-outdoor living. Read more about this award-winning mountain home design<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n10. A Modern Country House With Hilltop Views in Northern California<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\nPhotography by Matthew Millman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nTwo San Francisco denizens working in finance and tech came to Aidlin Darling Design with a straightforward proposition. Create a simple, efficient modern country house, restrained in cost and scale, for their empty hillside site in Glen Ellen, about an hour north of the city. The couple\u2019s only imperative? A single-story plan. Since Barry Mehew and David Rice were familiar with tending to aging relatives, they knew to avoid the hazards staircases present (their main residence, a four-story Victorian in the city, has plenty). Although they envisioned this new house as a weekend getaway for now, they anticipate eventually spending most of their time there, and downsizing to a pied-\u00e0-terre back in the city. Read more about this modern country home design.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n11. Inside an Unconventional Round and Rustic House in Denmark<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\nPhotography by James Silverman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nIn the Danish shelter magazine that Finn and Janni Holm subscribe to, architect Jan Henrik Jansen was pictured sitting in front of a house that he had constructed with his own hands. \u201cWe just rang him and asked him to do one for us,\u201d Janni Holm says. \u201cThat\u2019s where our adventure started.\u201d The Holms had decided to build a new home on a lot and a simple wooden farmhouse was what they had in mind. What they got was entirely different, thanks to Jansen\u2019s standard procedure: always conceiving more than one solution for a project. He first showed the Holms a design that corresponded exactly to their farmhouse brief. Then he surprised them with plans for a radically different idea: a round house. <\/strong>Read more about this rustic home design.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n12. This Cape Cod Residence Gets a Modern Update<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\nPhotography by Peter Murdock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nModernist royalty, by marriage, Lilian Swann Saarinen had met her husband, Eero, when she was studying sculpture at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, headed by his father, Eliel. After the younger Saarinens\u2019 divorce in 1953, she moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, with their two children and asked former Eero Saarinen and Associates architect Olav Hammarstrom to expand a fisherman\u2019s cottage in the Cape Cod town of Wellfleet for use as a low-budget family getaway. \u201cOn the Cape, a lot of architects built on a dime and a prayer,\u201d SPG Architects principal Eric Gartner explains. Considerably more painstaking was his own task: updating the Hammarstrom design for repeat clients, one in financial services and the other a sculptor. Read more about this home renovation.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n13. A Weekend Home Near Stockholm With a Playful Design<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\u201cEverybody was against it,\u201d Andreas Martin-L\u00f6f says, looking at the offending infinity pool outside his weekend house in the Stockholm archipelago. \u201cMy friends thought it was nouveau riche. They wondered why I couldn\u2019t just go down to the jetty for a swim, like everyone else.\u201d Traditionally, Swedes favor rustic summer retreats, and Martin-L\u00f6f concedes that he usually dislikes \u201cluxury\u201d architecture both personally and in his work at Andreas Martin-L\u00f6f Architects<\/a>. Yet he was intrigued by the possibility of the infinity pool as a mirror for the property\u2019s pine trees and expansive water views. \u201cThe pool is a crucial part of the success of the house,\u201d he continues. \u201cYou have to be a bit playful and take a few risks.\u201d Read more about this modern country house design.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nRead more: 15 Incredible Pools from Around the World<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n14. Explore an Award-Winning Modern Country House<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\nPhotography by Paul Warchol.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nA real-estate entrepreneur clipped and saved a newspaper story about Arjun Desai and Katherine Chia\u2019s glassy weekend pavilion that won a Best of Year Award in 2013. The entrepreneur was intrigued by the way the house practically floated above its spectacular surroundings, a bucolic estate in rural New York\u2014because he had just bought 60 acres on a remote peninsula jutting into Lake Michigan. Arguably even more extraordinary than the New York site, this one sits between a cherry orchard and a bluff plunging 120 feet down to the water. Read more about this modern country house design.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n15. A Minimalist Yet Rustic Home Masters a Tricky Site in Portugal\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\nModernist-minded designers often mine bodies of water for inspiration. Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s Fallingwater\u2014perhaps the greatest house of the 20th century\u2014wouldn\u2019t exist without the stream that runs, dramatically, below it. Following in this storied tradition, Atelier Carvalho Ara\u00fajo used water as both guide and counterpoint in designing a house in Vieira do Minho, Portugal. The site is a steep slope overlooking the Cani\u00e7ada Valley, about 20 miles northeast of Braga. A stream meanders down the site, connecting ponds at the top and bottom of the hillside, both now corralled into freeform pools. “Architecture must have the gift of awakening sensations, emotions,\u201d principal Jos\u00e9 Manuel Carvalho Ara\u00fajo says. \u201cThe only thing I don\u2019t want to evoke is indifference.\u201d Read more about this minimalist country home design.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n16. Inside a Stone-Clad Modern Rustic Country House<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\nPhotography by Sergio Pirrone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhen it comes to delivering the unexpected, Nathanael Dorent and Lily Jencks, respectively 33 and 35 years old, have already developed a reputation. The pair transformed a tiny tile showroom in London with an installation of porcelain planks, playing cleverly with geometry in just four shades of gray to achieve a dazzling op art effect\u2014a tour de force that landed right on the cover of Interior Design<\/em>. Now, with a modern country house in Scotland, Nathanael Dorent Architecture and Lily Jencks Studio have defied expectation in very different ways. Read more about this modern rustic country house design.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n17. This Costa Brava Modern Country House Is a Collector’s Paradise<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\nPhotography by Albert Font.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nNani Marquina has a thing for straw hand brooms. The textile designer and Nanimarquina<\/a> founder owns more than two-dozen such specimens, sourced from locales as far flung as Thailand, Pakistan, and Ibiza. Her collecting passion also extends to woven baskets, beaded necklaces, teapots, seeds, dried gourds, soap, succulents, and sand (stored in fish bowls), all of which garnish the Esclany\u00e0, Spain, getaway she shares with her husband, photographer Albert Font. The 1970s dwelling has a whitewashed simplicity that renders it a perfect backdrop for the couple\u2019s assorted ephemera. \u201cThe most important thing is not the container, but the contents,\u201d Marquina says. Read more about his rustic home design.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n18. Step Into This Pair of Modern Country Houses in Chile<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\nPhotography by Roland Halbe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nFor Chileans\u2014especially those who live in the frenetic capital, Santiago\u2014a second home is an essential refuge, an escape to the serene beauty of the natural landscape. Architect Mathias Klotz<\/a>, principal of his eponymous firm, has designed many such modern country houses, characteristically with a clean-lined modernism that nods to one of his heroes, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. For his own family\u2019s retreat on a largely undeveloped coastal island, he used archetypal forms that evoke both past and present. Constrained by the remote location and tricky logistics, the result is a timeless design that blends into the pristine setting. Read more about these modern country houses.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n19. A Minimalist Guesthouse Design in Sonoma Valley, California<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\nPhotography by Bruce Damonte.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nCasper Mork-Ulnes was born in Norway, moved to Italy at age 2, and came to San Francisco at 16. He also lived in Scotland and studied architecture at California College of the Arts and Columbia University before establishing Mork Ulnes Architects back in San Francisco. That\u2019s an unusually lengthy introduction, granted, to an unusual small project in the Sonoma Valley town of Glen Ellen. Mork-Ulnes had remodeled the property\u2019s original house for its previous owners. The new ones, a family of five, brought him back for a guesthouse. At 840 square feet, the modern country house comprises three volumes, each of which contains a bedroom and a bathroom. They\u2019re arranged in a stepped configuration, sharing party walls and a canted roof but no internal corridor. Read more about this guesthouse design.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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To elevate an exceptional 8,500-square-foot English-style manor in Connecticut, Sanchez+Coleman Studio orchestrated a top-to-bottom transformation. The revamped d\u00e9cor transitions from a blue-accented scheme to a sophisticated blend of black, white, and lush greens, seamlessly interwoven with rich grays. Adding depth and drama, select rooms embrace a moodier ambiance with a custom sage-hued carpet and an array of timeless metal finishes that defy fleeting trends. Read more about this English-style manor.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n In the heart of Westchester, New York, lies a Brittany-style ch\u00e2teau so artfully built that it appears plucked from across the pond. With its brick facade, diamond lattice windows, and wood-paneled walls, this home strikes a regal chord. Amy Courtney Design led an extensive renovation, considering the homeowners\u2019 taste for the Japandi aesthetic and Scandinavian minimalism, as well as salvaged antiques. The result is a serene yet striking modern country home which preserves the craftsmanship of the original 1930s home\u2014even including Ludowici terra-cotta tiles to replace the original tiles on the roof. Read more about this striking home.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Designed by Brazilian architect Rodrigo Ohtake, this 1,940-square-foot modern country home comprises four 10-by-20-foot steel prisms, each with a different typology but all containing a bedroom. These are arranged like a pinwheel around a central void, which accommodates the open-plan living space. Sliding glass doors opening onto the surrounding forest and 33-foot-long steel beams (the maximum size sysHaus can use without support columns) define the edges of the communal volume at the building\u2019s core. Read more about this Brazilian modular home.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n For this rustic 1990s stone-and-glass retreat in Aspen, Rowland+Broughton reimagined the space with expansive, view-framing windows that amplify the breathtaking surroundings. The existing oak millwork was meticulously refreshed to highlight its natural grain, infusing warmth and texture. The firm also balanced rustic charm with modern sophistication, adding contemporary furnishings to create an inviting country home. Read more about this Aspen home.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Explore a new recreational complex that architect Arthur Casas recently completed at Coudelaria Rocas do Vouga, one of Brazil\u2019s leading Lusitano horse studs, in the old colonial municipality of Itu, northwest of Sa\u00f5 Paulo. The Lusitano is a majestic breed of ancient Portuguese origin, once prized as a war charger and now sought after for competitive sport and personal equitation. Casas\u2019s brief encompassed indoor and outdoor spaces where the client could not only parade his purebreds but also entertain, hold meetings, and provide accommodations for visiting family, friends, and prospective buyers. Read more about this modern country house design<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n Nestled among the trees, this home enticed a young, creative couple to move from New York City to North Vancouver, British Columbia, where they decided to put down roots and raise their two children. The family liked the original proportions of the property and decided to expand the footprint minimally. The mid-century structure, however, didn\u2019t fit their vision so they called on Olson Kundig to reinvent it. The team of Erica Colpitts Interior Design took care of the interiors, which were inspired by the peaceful surrounding landscape and rural British aesthetic to echo the homeowners\u2019 fascination with the style. Read more about this modern county house design<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n Richard Shemtov, CEO and founder of furniture company Dune, collaborated with Sawyer|Berson to create a wooded weekend retreat to share with his wife and daughters in Southampton. He envisioned something modestly scaled, modeled after traditional gable-roof barns but in a rigorously pared-down style. Key inspirations were Herzog & de Meuron\u2019s Parrish Art Museum in nearby Water Mill and the Baron House in Sweden by John Pawson. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t our typical commission,\u201d says Brian Sawyer, who has known and worked with Shemtov for years. \u201cIt was an exercise in discipline, really, a fun puzzle to work out. We could fit a certain amount of program in the box.\u201d Read more about this weekend retreat.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n For Amalia Graziani, a designer with a background in real estate development, spending her days on a farm in New York\u2019s Hudson Valley seemed like a far-off goal, but a serendipitous moment sped up her timeline. \u201cI thought I would do something like this when I was retired, but I drove past this property and stopped in my tracks seeing a \u2018for sale\u2019 sign,\u201d she says. With expansive yellow barns, acres of wildflowers, and a grassy knoll with mountain views<\/a>, Graziani knew she could not pass up an opportunity revive the farm located in High Falls. Read more about this modern country house restoration.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Working with local firm Ankeny Architecture and Design, New York\u2013based Messana O\u2019Rorke brought its clean, modernist aesthetic to this 5,000-square-foot modern country house that effortlessly blends the past and present of the American West. Comprising four volumes of stained cedar and stone that are connected by glass-enclosed bridges, the home appears to be a series of independent pavilions arrayed in a line. The end walls of the central structure\u2014a single space containing the kitchen, sitting, and dining areas\u2014feature massive pocket doors that open onto paved terraces for free-flowing indoor-outdoor living. Read more about this award-winning mountain home design<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n Two San Francisco denizens working in finance and tech came to Aidlin Darling Design with a straightforward proposition. Create a simple, efficient modern country house, restrained in cost and scale, for their empty hillside site in Glen Ellen, about an hour north of the city. The couple\u2019s only imperative? A single-story plan. Since Barry Mehew and David Rice were familiar with tending to aging relatives, they knew to avoid the hazards staircases present (their main residence, a four-story Victorian in the city, has plenty). Although they envisioned this new house as a weekend getaway for now, they anticipate eventually spending most of their time there, and downsizing to a pied-\u00e0-terre back in the city. Read more about this modern country home design.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n In the Danish shelter magazine that Finn and Janni Holm subscribe to, architect Jan Henrik Jansen was pictured sitting in front of a house that he had constructed with his own hands. \u201cWe just rang him and asked him to do one for us,\u201d Janni Holm says. \u201cThat\u2019s where our adventure started.\u201d The Holms had decided to build a new home on a lot and a simple wooden farmhouse was what they had in mind. What they got was entirely different, thanks to Jansen\u2019s standard procedure: always conceiving more than one solution for a project. He first showed the Holms a design that corresponded exactly to their farmhouse brief. Then he surprised them with plans for a radically different idea: a round house. <\/strong>Read more about this rustic home design.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Modernist royalty, by marriage, Lilian Swann Saarinen had met her husband, Eero, when she was studying sculpture at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, headed by his father, Eliel. After the younger Saarinens\u2019 divorce in 1953, she moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts, with their two children and asked former Eero Saarinen and Associates architect Olav Hammarstrom to expand a fisherman\u2019s cottage in the Cape Cod town of Wellfleet for use as a low-budget family getaway. \u201cOn the Cape, a lot of architects built on a dime and a prayer,\u201d SPG Architects principal Eric Gartner explains. Considerably more painstaking was his own task: updating the Hammarstrom design for repeat clients, one in financial services and the other a sculptor. Read more about this home renovation.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n \u201cEverybody was against it,\u201d Andreas Martin-L\u00f6f says, looking at the offending infinity pool outside his weekend house in the Stockholm archipelago. \u201cMy friends thought it was nouveau riche. They wondered why I couldn\u2019t just go down to the jetty for a swim, like everyone else.\u201d Traditionally, Swedes favor rustic summer retreats, and Martin-L\u00f6f concedes that he usually dislikes \u201cluxury\u201d architecture both personally and in his work at Andreas Martin-L\u00f6f Architects<\/a>. Yet he was intrigued by the possibility of the infinity pool as a mirror for the property\u2019s pine trees and expansive water views. \u201cThe pool is a crucial part of the success of the house,\u201d he continues. \u201cYou have to be a bit playful and take a few risks.\u201d Read more about this modern country house design.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Read more: 15 Incredible Pools from Around the World<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n A real-estate entrepreneur clipped and saved a newspaper story about Arjun Desai and Katherine Chia\u2019s glassy weekend pavilion that won a Best of Year Award in 2013. The entrepreneur was intrigued by the way the house practically floated above its spectacular surroundings, a bucolic estate in rural New York\u2014because he had just bought 60 acres on a remote peninsula jutting into Lake Michigan. Arguably even more extraordinary than the New York site, this one sits between a cherry orchard and a bluff plunging 120 feet down to the water. Read more about this modern country house design.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Modernist-minded designers often mine bodies of water for inspiration. Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s Fallingwater\u2014perhaps the greatest house of the 20th century\u2014wouldn\u2019t exist without the stream that runs, dramatically, below it. Following in this storied tradition, Atelier Carvalho Ara\u00fajo used water as both guide and counterpoint in designing a house in Vieira do Minho, Portugal. The site is a steep slope overlooking the Cani\u00e7ada Valley, about 20 miles northeast of Braga. A stream meanders down the site, connecting ponds at the top and bottom of the hillside, both now corralled into freeform pools. “Architecture must have the gift of awakening sensations, emotions,\u201d principal Jos\u00e9 Manuel Carvalho Ara\u00fajo says. \u201cThe only thing I don\u2019t want to evoke is indifference.\u201d Read more about this minimalist country home design.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n When it comes to delivering the unexpected, Nathanael Dorent and Lily Jencks, respectively 33 and 35 years old, have already developed a reputation. The pair transformed a tiny tile showroom in London with an installation of porcelain planks, playing cleverly with geometry in just four shades of gray to achieve a dazzling op art effect\u2014a tour de force that landed right on the cover of Interior Design<\/em>. Now, with a modern country house in Scotland, Nathanael Dorent Architecture and Lily Jencks Studio have defied expectation in very different ways. Read more about this modern rustic country house design.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Nani Marquina has a thing for straw hand brooms. The textile designer and Nanimarquina<\/a> founder owns more than two-dozen such specimens, sourced from locales as far flung as Thailand, Pakistan, and Ibiza. Her collecting passion also extends to woven baskets, beaded necklaces, teapots, seeds, dried gourds, soap, succulents, and sand (stored in fish bowls), all of which garnish the Esclany\u00e0, Spain, getaway she shares with her husband, photographer Albert Font. The 1970s dwelling has a whitewashed simplicity that renders it a perfect backdrop for the couple\u2019s assorted ephemera. \u201cThe most important thing is not the container, but the contents,\u201d Marquina says. Read more about his rustic home design.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n For Chileans\u2014especially those who live in the frenetic capital, Santiago\u2014a second home is an essential refuge, an escape to the serene beauty of the natural landscape. Architect Mathias Klotz<\/a>, principal of his eponymous firm, has designed many such modern country houses, characteristically with a clean-lined modernism that nods to one of his heroes, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. For his own family\u2019s retreat on a largely undeveloped coastal island, he used archetypal forms that evoke both past and present. Constrained by the remote location and tricky logistics, the result is a timeless design that blends into the pristine setting. Read more about these modern country houses.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n Casper Mork-Ulnes was born in Norway, moved to Italy at age 2, and came to San Francisco at 16. He also lived in Scotland and studied architecture at California College of the Arts and Columbia University before establishing Mork Ulnes Architects back in San Francisco. That\u2019s an unusually lengthy introduction, granted, to an unusual small project in the Sonoma Valley town of Glen Ellen. Mork-Ulnes had remodeled the property\u2019s original house for its previous owners. The new ones, a family of five, brought him back for a guesthouse. At 840 square feet, the modern country house comprises three volumes, each of which contains a bedroom and a bathroom. They\u2019re arranged in a stepped configuration, sharing party walls and a canted roof but no internal corridor. Read more about this guesthouse design.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n2. Modernizing A 1930s Brittany-Style Ch\u00e2teau<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
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3. Discover A Brazilian Modular Home Nestled In Nature<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
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4. Step Inside This Modern Country Home In Aspen<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
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5. This Horse Farm in Brazil Features Design Standouts<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
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6. Serenity Prevails in This House Surrounded by Nature<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
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7. Inside Look: Dune CEO\u2019s Southampton Retreat by Sawyer|Berson<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
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8. This Hudson Valley Farm Restoration Honors the Property\u2019s Past<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
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9. This Mountain Retreat in Jackson, Wyoming Nods to the American West<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
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10. A Modern Country House With Hilltop Views in Northern California<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
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11. Inside an Unconventional Round and Rustic House in Denmark<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
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12. This Cape Cod Residence Gets a Modern Update<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
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13. A Weekend Home Near Stockholm With a Playful Design<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n14. Explore an Award-Winning Modern Country House<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
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15. A Minimalist Yet Rustic Home Masters a Tricky Site in Portugal\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n16. Inside a Stone-Clad Modern Rustic Country House<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
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17. This Costa Brava Modern Country House Is a Collector’s Paradise<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
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18. Step Into This Pair of Modern Country Houses in Chile<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
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19. A Minimalist Guesthouse Design in Sonoma Valley, California<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n
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