Black steel wraps the 570-square-foot retreat—complete with an art space and bedroom loft—on a rugged site north of Reykjavík.

Utah's Powder Mountain, a striking natural spot in ... of wood (the fairly spare structures feature a cedar-shingled roof and vertical shiplap cedar walls), large openings and human-centric design ...

and to nurture engagement and interaction between these diverse yet compatible sectors under one roof. They set out without a clear brief to select an architect to deliver the as-yet undefined Blue ...