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TreeTop House sits on half an acre in Longboat Key, Florida, where SOLSTICE Planning and Architecture shapes a compact family house around creek views and privacy. The 2017 design answers a suburban site with a restrained plan, a water entry, and long sight lines that keep the rooms connected to the landscape. Inside, light, ventilation, and durable materials support everyday living and entertaining.

White Haus is a house on Siesta Key, Florida, by SOLSTICE Planning and Architecture. Set at the meeting point of two boating canals, it answers a site defined by water, sun, and tropical breeze. The house focuses on open views, outdoor gathering, and a calm balance between material, form, and light, without leaning on fashion.

Mozart House reworks a Grade II listed house in the City of London, United Kingdom, by Studio DERA. The 2025 project turns a former swimming pool volume into two new floors of living space, using courtyards, daylight, and a measured material palette to answer a site shaped by heritage and a deep rear garden. Travertine, GRC panels, and timber linings give the interiors a steady rhythm.

CLM Residence is a house in São Paulo, Brazil, by Raiz Arquitetura. The project organizes daily life around open rooms, shaded terraces, and wide views, keeping city comfort in step with the surrounding landscape. Inside, the plan shifts from shared areas to quieter private wings with a calm, measured rhythm.

Trim House is a single-family house in Vilnius, Lithuania, designed by KWK Promes | Robert Konieczny. Shaped by a suburban site with old trees and a loose pattern of houses and summer cottages, it answers changing regulations with a compact triangular plan. Raised living and sleeping levels let the interior take in daylight, extend toward the garden, and keep the private rooms above ground level.

Casa CDB is a 2025 house in San Gregorio di Catania, Sicily, Italy, shaped by Andrea Guardo. The project reworks a 1990s residence near Etna, keeping travertine and the existing color palette in view. Inside, the staircase organizes movement, while new stone finishes, built-in storage, and a renewed garden bring the interiors and exterior into closer contact.

Alta North is a house in Alta, WY, United States, designed by Prospect Studio as a contemporary mountain retreat for a family of five. Designed in 2024 at the edge of Caribou-Targhee National Forest, it organizes living, sleeping, and service zones along a sheltered boardwalk entry, pairing broad landscape views with board-formed concrete and a deliberately modest scale for the region.

Cardwell Clubhouse is an off-grid house in Muskoka District Municipality, ON, Canada, designed by Dubbeldam Architecture + Design as a social hub for an active family compound. Set beside a clearing created for the site’s photovoltaic array, the elongated building pairs a recreation room and flexible guest quarters with a gear garage, tying indoor gathering to sports courts, lake views, and the daily routines of outdoor life.