WHAT: A contemporary with three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms  PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT: $338  SETTING: Centennial is one of several smaller cities clustered around Denver, about 10 miles south of downtown and just south of the Denver Technological Center, a business hub. This house is on a half-acre lot on a cul-de-sac about five miles from the 3,300-acre Cherry Creek State Park and near Cherry Creek, a Denver neighborhood known for its shopping and dining.  INDOORS: This streamlined ranch-style house, built in 2013, was designed by Steve Barsch of Barsch Design, an architecture firm in Denver. Construction is stucco and concrete, with walls of glass and clerestory windows throughout.  The layout is open, with dark-stained oak floors and three walls of glass surrounding a courtyard. The living area, which has a gas fireplace, opens to both the terrace and the courtyard. The kitchen has white slab quartz surfaces and a large center island that doubles as a breakfast bar, as well as stainless-steel appliances and a walk-in pantry. The orange pendant lights in the kitchen and the elaborate fixture resembling a ribbon bow over the table in the formal dining area convey with the house.  There are two bedroom suites on the main floor, including the master, which is down a hallway off the common areas. It has clerestory windows and sliding glass doors to the courtyard. Its bathroom has a soaking tub, a walk-in shower, two porcelain sinks and quartz countertops. The suite also has a walk-in closet. There is also an office on this floor.  A custom-made metal stair railing leads to the walkout lower level, which has a family room and the third bedroom. Floors are bamboo; walls of glass open to a terrace. The house is wired for sound, with built-in speakers throughout.  OUTDOOR SPACE: Walkways lead from the front of the property to the back, where there’s a yard edged with woods.  TAXES: Approximately $5,637 a year  CONTACT: Peter Blank and Leilani Renteria, Liv Sotheby’s International Realty / Mile Hi Modern, (720) 849-1956 / (303) 908-9207; milehimodern.com  WHAT: A penthouse in a prewar co-op with two bedrooms and two bathrooms  PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT: $691  SETTING: This co-op is in a 1923 Beaux-Arts building two blocks from the White House. The surrounding buildings are mostly commercial or civic, with dozens of museums (including the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum) and theaters within a few blocks, as well as older apartment houses, banks and churches of architectural distinction.  INDOORS: The eight-story building was designed by Appleton P. Clark Jr., the architect of many buildings in the area, some of which are on the National Register of Historic Places. This penthouse unit was renovated about five years ago, at which time the original doors and molding were restored where possible, and new wood floors were installed. The kitchen and bathrooms were also redone.  The foyer gives way to a large living room overlooking 16th Street, to the east. There is a formal dining room. The kitchen has stainless-steel surfaces, drawers and appliances, including a commercial-grade dishwasher and icemaker, as well as a separate refrigerator and freezer. The floor is checkered marble.  The master bedroom has a large bay window and a walk-in closet. The second bedroom is used as a den. The bathrooms were refinished with mottled gray marble tile.  OUTDOOR SPACE: French doors in the second bedroom open to a balcony.  TAXES: Approximately $3,634 a year, plus $1,430 a month in co-op fees, which cover maintenance, utilities and services except electricity.  CONTACT: Charles H. LeGette, Long & Foster Realtors, Logan Circle office, (917) 699-1308; charleslegette.lnf.com  WHAT: A house with two bedrooms and two bathrooms  PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT: $784  SETTING: Haena is a beachfront community on the north shore of Kauai, a few miles down the road from the small resort town of Hanalei. This house is on about two-thirds of an acre backing up to conservation land. It is across the road from scenic Makua Beach, known for surfing and snorkeling and its shoreline reef, offshore caverns, view of Makana Mountain and role in the 1958 film “South Pacific.”  INDOORS: The wood-frame house was built in 2004. It consists of one residential level, elevated from the ground for treetop views. At ground level are a carport and a partially enclosed workshop with concrete floors.  Stairs lead to a breezeway with two sets of sliding glass doors, one to the great room and another to a bedroom. The great room is treehouse-like, with a pitched wood-beamed ceiling, a parquet floor and walls of windows or glass doors on three sides, opening up to decks and porches, 1,214 square feet in total. The kitchen has stainless-steel appliances, granite countertops and handmade mahogany cabinets. A screened porch designed for outdoor dining overlooks tropical foliage.  The master bedroom has a walk-in closet, a small loft and a private porch facing the mountain.  OUTDOOR SPACE: Most of the lot is tropical forest, with banana, coconut, lime and papaya trees. There’s also a yurt next to a seasonal stream.  TAXES: Approximately $6,137 a year  CONTACT: Danette Andrews, Elite Pacific Properties, (808) 635-7019; elitekauai.com
This week’s properties include a contemporary in Colorado, a penthouse in Washington, D.C., and a house in Hawaii.