Casita stands just off the Rendezvous Main House in Jackson, WY, United States, conceived by Prospect Studio as a compact yet complete guest dwelling. The house answers Teton County’s strict 1,000-square-foot guest limit with boatlike efficiency, wrapping warm cedar and stone around a tight program for visiting family and ski friends. Inside, calm rooms and careful built-ins make winter stays feel generous despite the modest footprint.
Strážné Cottage stands on a hillside above the village of Strážné in the Czech Republic, reimagined by Mimosa Architekti as a contemporary mountain cottage for an extended family. Within a form rooted in Krkonoše building traditions, the project replaces a heavily altered structure with rooms that feel both familiar and newly precise. Guests arrive to a compact yet generous retreat where everyday routines, shared meals, and quiet evenings can unfold at an unhurried pace.
Octothorpe House settles low in Bend, United States, where Mork-Ulnes Architects explore a cross-laminated timber house shaped by light and memory. Four slender shed-roofed wings organize the home into public and private realms, drawing desert views deep indoors while small planted courts mark pauses along the way. The result is a calm, contemporary dwelling that treats circulation as both route and room.
Kailua House sits just inland from the shoreline of Kailua, Hawaii, United States, where Mork-Ulnes Architects shape a dense neighborhood lot into an inward-looking retreat. The house turns toward lush planting, a grass-roofed lanai, and a long pool, arranging daily life around water, shade, and garden rather than the street. Inside, warm timber, concrete, and broad glass walls support a calm rhythm of cooking, gathering, and rest tuned to the island climate.
Casa A occupies a steep urban plot in Braga, Portugal, where L2C Arquitectura studies the slope instead of fighting it. The house steps down the hillside in quiet terraces, aligning itself with stone walls, streets, and long southern and western views. This measured approach turns a difficult Barros plot into a layered domestic landscape, with exterior rooms and interior volumes sharing the same grounded, horizontal rhythm.
MS House by Studio Saransh rises among nine mature neem trees in Ahmedabad, India, turning a Brutalist concrete shell into a porous, climate-aware family home. The architects organize the house around a central double-height bay that frames the canopy, threading courtyards, verandahs, and shaded terraces so daily rituals stay in step with breeze, filtered sun, and the soft acoustics of water.
Allegato anchors a new house in Toorak, Australia, as McMahon and Nerlich translate a personal journey into a place of stillness and light. The project threads Māori notions of Wairua with Design; Building on Country principles, tying the home to land, memory, and a carefully tended garden. An L-shaped plan, sculpted roof forms, and material continuity between indoors and outdoors frame everyday life in a way that feels measured and quietly rich.
Crescent Residence 2 Serviced Apartment anchors a new chapter for hotel living in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with IDMatrix steering the transformation. The serviced apartment complex, designed in 2025, responds to a rising international community with a minimalist yet resort-inflected character rooted in local materials. Guests move through a calibrated sequence of lobby, corridors, and rooms where prefabricated construction and a disciplined palette support both comfort and long-term operation.
