Kailua House sits just inland from the shoreline of Kailua, Hawaii, United States, where Mork-Ulnes Architects shape a dense neighborhood lot into an inward-looking retreat. The house turns toward lush planting, a grass-roofed lanai, and a long pool, arranging daily life around water, shade, and garden rather than the street. Inside, warm timber, concrete, and broad glass walls support a calm rhythm of cooking, gathering, and rest tuned to the island climate.
Casa A occupies a steep urban plot in Braga, Portugal, where L2C Arquitectura studies the slope instead of fighting it. The house steps down the hillside in quiet terraces, aligning itself with stone walls, streets, and long southern and western views. This measured approach turns a difficult Barros plot into a layered domestic landscape, with exterior rooms and interior volumes sharing the same grounded, horizontal rhythm.
House in the Vines stands on a gentle ridge in Renmark, Australia, looking out across orderly rows of vines and the Riverland horizon. James Allen Architect extends the century-old house for a young family, replacing a dated rear wing with new rooms that keep the original stone walls and rural trees at the center of daily life.
Villa Kouhsar traces a measured route through Koohsar, a developing villa district in Alborz Province, Iran, where orchards give way to new construction. Hopo Design shapes the house as a careful negotiation between front yard, built volume, and pool courtyard, using courtyards, axes, and controlled openings to handle privacy, security, and climate. Across this compact plot, each movement from gate to water builds a distinct yet continuous domestic experience.
Casa Solis stands on the Aegean coast of İzmir, Türkiye, as a composed summer house by BAD – BasakAkkoyunluDesign. The project arranges two clear volumes across a generous plot in Çeşme, setting up a dialogue between low living areas, vertical bedroom stacks, and the stepped terrace with its pool. Inside and out, the house leans on stone, wood, and light-toned finishes to support relaxed seasonal living.
Anti-Shed sits in Winthrop, WA, United States, a house by Syndicate Smith shaped by the Methow Valley’s sharp seasons and long mountain views. The project trades the region’s familiar glassy shed roofs for a pared-back gable form, drawing instead on the owners’ Scandinavian travels and a close reading of wind, snow, and sun. Inside and out, it balances exposure and shelter in a way that feels precise yet relaxed.
Casa Nola stands as a house in Cachipay, Colombia, by Yemail Arquitectura, set among water, soil, and trees in a charged rural landscape. The project treats movement as a starting point, asking how bodies ascend, lie down, and cross thresholds while staying in dialogue with light and climate. Built in 2024, it treats the ground, large stones, and fired clay mass as equal partners in shaping daily life.
Chicureo House stretches low across its golf-course edge in Colina, Chile, a precise single-family house by Nicolas Loi Architects. The project organizes domestic life between a concrete plinth and a deep timber roof that temper the harsh sun while keeping living areas connected to the landscape. Generous interstitial zones pull daily routines outdoors, from barbecues to poolside evenings, so the house reads as a long porch facing the fairways.
