Hufft Projects' Baulinder Haus, Predock_Frane Architects' Venice House (photo by Nicolas O. Marquez), and a Neutra addition by Johnston Marklee. Last year, the Kansas City-based firm Hufft Projects completed.
The knotty-grade tongue-and-groove cedar siding was an aesthetic touch as well as a cost-saving one, architect Mark Wheeler says. "Higher grades wtihout knots doubled the price," he says.