Located in Tulum, Mexico, Villa Amaite is a house designed by Ignacio Cabrera that emphasises a nature-immersed design. Designed in 2023, the layout showcases a main structure that accommodates up to 12 guests while a smaller secondary home incorporates the same design language. The project utilises chukum on the exterior walls and features open-plan living areas that maximise both space and ocean views, all within tropical surroundings.
Minty House stands as a remarkable renovation by Fluid Glass that takes place in London, United Kingdom. The real estate type, house, underwent a transformation in 2024, focusing on spaciousness and individuality. Emphasizing a coherent design, the transformation includes distinctive elements such as expansive sliding doors, a curved glass bay window, and creatively designed skylights, merging Victorian heritage with contemporary design features.
This house, located in Nahariya, Israel, was designed by Ronnie Friedman in 2020. The clean design style provides maximum privacy and separation from the street due to the dense nature of the surrounding neighborhood. This house features an enclosed façade that creates a transitional space to reinforce intimacy and detachment from the street, framing views toward a distant horizon visible from the upper floor.
The Mishmar David 1 house was designed in 2019 by Ronnie Friedman for a couple in their forties with three children. Located in Mishmar David, Israel, the house incorporates raw materials and clean lines. Exposed concrete walls define the public areas and separate the private side of the house, which includes a basement unit “mostly buried” beneath due to the topography of the land.
House FLA is a residential project located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, designed by Frederico Bicalho. The structure, built on a steeply sloping lot, features the use of concrete as both a functional and aesthetic element and embraces modern design principles to create an open and fluid integration with the landscape, ensuring light and ventilation throughout the space.
In the leafy suburb of Fairfield, Melbourne, the Fairfield Courtyard House, designed in 2024 by Taylor Knights, has been thoughtfully transformed into a modern sanctuary for a retiring couple. The project emphasizes a single-level layout to ensure accessibility and comfort, and its innovative features include courtyards offering an indoor-outdoor lifestyle, complemented by durable materials like bush-hammered concrete and sustainably sourced hardwood floors.
Casa Pastizal is a house in Machachi, Ecuador, designed by Diez + Muller Arquitectos in 2023. This architecture focuses on a dynamic connection with the surroundings, emphasizing a retreat through living spaces set in the landscape, where sunlight and views change in a delicate balance of the rugged earth and fluid spatial thresholds. The design uses a construction system that adapts to the challenging topography and climate, highlighting the relationship between interior and exterior.
One hundred miles north of Midtown Manhattan, Ridge House is nestled in a wooded upland area of lower Columbia County, New York. Designed in 2025 by Brooklyn-based architecture studio Worrell Yeung, the 128-foot-long gabled structure resembles a concrete enclave for a young family of four. The home consolidates a main house, an outbuilding, and a pool into a pathless layout, taking full advantage of views to the Catskill Mountains and the Taconic Range.