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North Bank Road is a house in Washington D.C., United States, designed by Pierre Maré Architects. Conceived as a comfortable contemporary family home, it responds to a wooded setting and demanding seasonal shifts with a pared-back exterior, durable construction, and interiors that pull light deep into the plan. The project balances shelter, warmth, and daily livability without losing sight of the landscape around it.

Staggered Cabin is a cabin in South Lake Tahoe, United States, designed by Mork-Ulnes Architects. Completed in 2025, it adapts to a steep Sierra Nevada site with a series of shed-roofed volumes that step down the slope and shape small outdoor courts. Inside, a compact plan arranges sleeping rooms and baths around a central living and dining area, with plywood finishes and mezzanines extending the cabin’s usable footprint.

LAF Residence is a house in Ibiúna, Brazil, designed by Patricia Martinez Architecture for a family of four on the edge of a reservoir. Completed in 2024, the project works with a sloping site to separate open living areas from more private bedrooms above. Its material palette draws on the clients’ Bahian roots, using wood, glass, and textured surfaces to connect daily life with memory and landscape.

House 117 is a house in Toronto, Canada, designed by Izen Architecture, with interiors developed in collaboration with DS Interiors. Designed in 2026, the project is shaped by an elevated plan, elongated gray brickwork, and a restrained material palette that carries from the facade to the stair, kitchen, and baths. Light moves deep into the home through cut openings, recessed windows, and a skylit shower.

Casa Cosmos is a house in Capilla del Monte, Argentina, designed by Estudio Cristian Nanzer in the foothills of the Punilla Valley. Designed in 2024, it uses a triangular plan to orient daily life toward three distinct horizons while anchoring the rooms around a central social core. Heavy walls, shaded galleries, and a skylight make light, privacy, and climate the project’s main instruments.

Timbertop House is a house in Canada by Akb Architects, conceived as a contemporary weekend retreat for an active family of five. Designed in 2024, the project draws on the language of local farm buildings while adjusting its gabled form to the site’s uneven terrain and long views across the Niagara Escarpment. Inside, a single-story plan and durable materials support daily use in every season.

Park Slope Townhouse reworks a 1910 house in Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, United States, with architecture and interiors by Leroy Street Studio. Completed in 2024, the renovation opens a narrow townhouse footprint into a more fluid sequence of rooms, terraces, and double-height moments. Art, built-in shelving, warm wood, and broad garden glazing shape a house that feels more expansive, more vertical, and closely tied to the rear landscape.

Khun Atiruj Residence is a house on Phahon Yothin Road, Thailand, designed by Paon Architects for calm, open living in a dense urban setting. Completed in 2025, the residence moves from a shaded arrival court to a double-height living and dining room and out to a garden, using timber screens, plaster surfaces, and broad openings to balance privacy, light, and air.