Casa N I D O sits in Mérida, Mexico, as a house shaped by climate and family rituals. Designed by Arkham Projects in 2024, the dwelling turns a quiet face to the street and opens wide to a planted courtyard and pool. Across two levels, the plan balances privacy with easy gathering, drawing steady light from the north and breeze from the east for daily comfort.
Armstrong Cottage sits in Peterborough, Canada, as a family retreat by Peter Braithwaite Studio. Two slender pavilions rise within a lakeside canopy, set lightly on the land yet engineered for a tough island site. The off-grid house ties childhood summers to a future-facing build, trading heavy foundations for bedrock-fixed steel and a kit-of-parts structure. It’s a modern escape with pragmatic grit.
Casa Oruç sits in Mineral del Monte, Mexico, where mist, pines, and a severe grade shape daily rhythms. Saavedra Arquitectos steers a house through this wooded slope with an approach that starts high and threads down to living. It’s a house, yes, but also a route through trees and rock, built for hosts who love company and quiet in equal measure.
Fulnek Kindergarten sits in the northern reach of its garden site in Fulnek, Czech Republic, designed by XTOPIX architekt as a compact, low-slung school. The building orients its life to the south, where courtyards cut into the slope and open classrooms to views of the château across town. Calm materials, a legible plan, and child-scaled thresholds shape a daily rhythm of arriving, playing, and gathering.
Tetherow Overlook House sits on a bluff in Bend, OR, United States, designed by Hacker as a family house rooted in the high desert. The project organizes daily life around terraced platforms and articulated volumes, linking interiors to the surrounding pumice hills and distant horizons. Across its 2024 composition, rooms track light and wind while providing settings for art, gathering, and quiet work.
Mars House lands on a Toronto, Canada street with a measured confidence, designed by Studio Lau for a small family. The house rethinks routine with a split-level plan that trades formality for function and ties rooms to daily rhythm. A gym and basketball court set the brief in motion, while open yet connected living areas keep activity and quiet in balance.
Stealth rises on elevated ground in Tokyo, Japan, by APOLLO Architects & Associates. The house folds resort ease into an urban address, pairing privacy with a vivid daily rhythm. Behind a guarded facade, a garage for eight cars, a third-floor pool, and layered rooms stage a home that moves between retreat and show, light and shade.
Horní Malá Úpa Mountain Chalet anchors a steep hillside in the Czech Republic with a panoramic gaze toward the Úpa River valley and Sněžka. Designed by OK Plan Architects, the new-build chalet balances National Park constraints with a modern family brief, reading traditional Krkonoše cues through a crisp, durable shell. Inside, warm textures and large glazing steer daily life toward the views, while discreet energy systems keep comfort steady year-round.
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