Villa Lavan is a house in Madrid, Spain, by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, laid out as two elongated volumes turning gently across the site. The plan separates daytime rooms facing the garden from upper-level bedrooms oriented to a nearby lake, while the rotation carves shaded terraces crucial for Madrid’s sun. Built for permanence, the dwelling threads climate sense with a clear, enduring structure.
Brisa House anchors a coastal site in Guarujá, Brazil, where FCstudio shapes a contemporary house around ocean views, breeze, and light. The 2024 residence leans into a vertical stance and wide glazing to fold daily life toward the Atlantic while dialing in resilience for sea air and sun. Inside, program and outlook sit in balance.
Can Tudó sits on a steep hillside above Paguera Bay in Palma, Spain, by Caballero+Colon. The house reads as a single folded plane that turns into roof, wall, and floor, with frameless glass and plant-filled fissures softening the edge between pine grove and interior. It’s a residence built from a tight set of rules and a taste for play, bringing island light deep into daily life.
Maison NI rises above the Port of L’Estaque in Marseille, France, a hillside house by Isabelle Berthet-Bondet. The project steps with the limestone terrain, composing white volumes that hold daylight and open wide to the southwest view. Terraces stitch the rooms to the outdoors, and crafted woodwork steadies the bright, mineral palette. It reads calm and resolved.
House in Pazzallo stands in Lugano, Switzerland, with a measured presence that suits its residential setting. Designed by Acerbi – Zaccara, the house reads as careful planning translated into everyday comfort, with circulation and rooms laid out to serve daily rhythms rather than dictate them. The result places use at the center, with calm transitions and clear routes guiding movement from morning to night.
UAN House lands in San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, where Alric Galindez Arq places an upside-down plan on a gentle, brushy slope. The house sets living areas above and sleeping rooms below to catch lake views of Ventana and Catedral hills while preserving the low vegetation. It reads as two clear volumes: a residence and a lifted garden that leaves the original ground intact.
GB+G Residence anchors a rare vacant lot in Montreal, Canada with a measured, contemporary house by DESK architectes. The four-bedroom home folds family life and remote work into a clear plan, using brick, wood, and generous glazing to balance openness and privacy. Set back on the parcel, it nods to neighborhood plexes while carving out a terrace and sunken pool for daily use.
Moldova’s Hobbit Houses settles into a lakeside wake park near Pănăseşti, Moldova, where three earth-sheltered cabins read as shaped mounds in the grass. Designed by LH47 ARCH, the hotel turns unused shoreline into a quiet retreat that faces the water and hides its mass in the land. Inside, local craft and timber work carry the idea forward without fuss.
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