Ciro anchors a renovated apartment in Bilbao, Spain, with a quiet sense of order shaped by designer Andrea Diego. The project turns a conventional layout into an open, warm home where the kitchen, dining, and living areas connect with ease, while a concealed threshold leads to more private rooms. Calm materials, custom elements, and a restrained palette define a dwelling that favors balance, comfort, and everyday clarity.

Van der Vlugt Residence stands along the Keys, United States, as a clear expression of coastal resilience by [STRANG] Miami. The elevated house draws from Sarasota School principles to meet sea level rise and storm surge with a calm, modernist posture. Robust concrete, louvers, and passive cooling strategies work in concert, giving this retreat an unhurried presence at the water’s edge while quietly addressing the realities of its exposed setting.

Hata-Mazanka stands on a private estate near Kyiv, Ukraine, where YOD Group reimagines the archetypal rural mazanka as a contemporary guesthouse experience. The project translates traditional whitewashed walls and thatch into glass-walled volumes beneath a sweeping roof, creating a quiet setting for short stays rooted in local craft. Guests move between bedroom and living room as the landscape presses close, blurring the threshold between interior comfort and open countryside.

Luna House sits at the end of a quiet street in Curitiba, Brazil, where Nommo Arquitetos draw the house into close conversation with the Atlantic Forest. This modern family house stacks a timber-clad base and a pale upper volume, opening daily life to birdsong, filtered light, and a compact pool court. Inside, restrained finishes and large openings keep attention on the shifting greenery beyond the glass.

Residential House in Kaunas stands in a forest-fringed neighborhood of Kaunas, Lithuania, where Architectural Bureau G. Natkevicius & Partners shape a concrete house around ancient pines. The project turns a suburban corner plot into a quiet, inward-facing dwelling that still holds the surrounding forest close, using cast-in-place concrete and sharp geometry to negotiate privacy, light, and views. Inside and out, nature stays present in every daily routine.

Forestone Cabin stands on a sloping Pyrenean hillside in Spain, a compact blackened timber cabin by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia. Conceived as part of IAAC’s Master in Ecological Architecture and Advanced Construction, the experimental dwelling supports regenerative forestry while giving two guests a small, crafted retreat beside the existing hostel at MónNatura Sort.

Locanda la Concia rises above Reggio Emilia, Italy, as a penthouse retreat shaped by Eligo Studio within a long-held family building. The project revives a deteriorated property as a contemporary locanda, where restaurant and guest rooms share a narrow vertical volume that balances inherited character with a fresh interior attitude. Guests enter an unassuming structure and move upward into an “Italian riad” that quietly references Marrakech while remaining rooted in local tradition.

Casa al Pradet stands on the last triangular plot of a quiet street in Vilamacolum, Spain, where agricultural fields press close to the village edge. Designed by Clara Crous Studio as a self-built house for architect Clara and her partner Carles, the project grows from local farming knowledge, contemporary timber fabrication, and a deep familiarity with the rhythms of the land that surrounds it.