Mike Mills' Mountain House
Graphic designer, writer, and director of both film and music videos, Mike Mills — not to be confused with the REM bassist — is multi-talented. Architecture is also an interest, if his Mountain House is any indication. Commissioned by Mills, it is Tokyo-based Atelier Bow-Wow's only residential project in the United States, set in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The house is a fresh take on the A-frame, with the sloping roofline used to cover a spacious rooftop deck, while the 2,280-square-foot interior houses three bedrooms, two baths, bunks, a central daybed, concrete floors, and plenty of windows to provide natural light and views out onto the private, forested 60-acre lot.

