The slate-roofed redbrick house in Houston is architect Allan Greenberg’s essay on the Federal style of the early 1800s, from lean silhouette to double-height piazza.

Greenberg designed the kitchen cabinetry.

The inlaid compass rose embellishing the upper hall’s floor was devised by the architect.

In New Jersey’s horse country, Greenberg designed a Georgian-style house.

“The garden façade is less sculptural than the entrance side of the house,” notes Greenberg, who was inspired by Robert Adam. “I tried very hard to make the entrances different—like the back and front of your body.

Inspired in part by Mies van der Rohe, the architect designed an addition for a late-19th-century house in Greenwich, Connecticut. “There’s a wonderful balance, a strong proportional relationship, between both buildings,” he observes.

Adjacent to the addition is a beautiful pool.