When design firms RESORTUM and OSUMA Architects were tapped to design a house by a Finnish lake, it was clear from the get-go that there was no point in trying to compete with the pristine landscape.

CROMWELL -- Karla Kiheri can't live without her berries. So when Kiheri moved from her native Finland to the United States two decades ago, she had to bring along her currant bushes. Not literally, of ...