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The Catcher stands on the outskirts of Shanghai, China, where rice fields press close to the walls of a once-ordinary rural compound. TEAM_BLDG transforms this house into the Chunli Guesthouse, turning two self-built homes into an 11-room retreat framed by courtyards, terraces, and sunken seating. Guests move between interior and landscape in measured steps, watching the fields slide past as the architecture folds around them.

Casa LB turns a modest 1960s bifamily structure in Padova, Italy into a clear, contemporary house for one family. Studio Rossettini Architettura refines the original shell with a rational layout, generous daylight, and interiors tuned for art and daily life. The result keeps the existing volume while shifting the atmosphere toward a quiet, precise domestic setting grounded in concrete, white walls, and carefully placed wood.

Casa RF anchors a new country house in Salve, Italy, where the Ionian breeze meets dry-stone walls. Designed by Valentina Soncini, the home reimagines the traditional Liama Salentina as a calm retreat for an owner who returns south whenever she can. Earthy interiors, a pool edged in local stone, and a pergola aimed toward sunset turn this rural plot of former olive fields into an easygoing Mediterranean escape.

Casa dos Sobreiros II sits in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, as a rigorously ordered house by Urbanpolis that orients daily life around light and sequence. The home uses two primary axes, a courtyard heart, and a south-facing garden edge to choreograph how family, guests, and views move through the rooms. Continuous white surfaces and precise volumes underline a calm, contemporary character rooted in clarity rather than excess.

French Creek Workshops House sits beside a wetland in Snohomish, WA, United States, where Wittman Estes shapes a low, calm house for a newly retired couple. The single-level residence folds studios, gardens, and water into a daily routine that supports aging-in-place and welcomes multigenerational visits without drama. Every room orients toward making, resting, or watching the seasons change across the layered landscape.

Wenatchee River Cabin stands lightly above the floodplain in Wenatchee, WA, United States, a compact retreat shaped by Wittman Estes for one dedicated outdoor enthusiast. Conceived as a base camp and eventually embraced as a full-time home, the elevated cabin turns a modest footprint into a layered daily routine centered on the forest and river. Simple forms, durable materials, and a clear program keep the focus on lived experience rather than show.

Le Très Petit Collectif stands on a coastal plot in Carry-le-Rouet, France, where AT Architectes reworks a modest 1950s house into compact contemporary dwellings. The project forms a very small collective of three adaptable units, using a new timber structure to wrap the original masonry shell while preserving the sandy garden and its established trees. Each apartment opens toward the Mediterranean light, framing outdoor terraces as extensions of everyday life.

Vergence House anchors a sloping site in Boulder, CO, United States with a crisp, geology-driven form by Arch11. The house translates erratic stones and tectonic folds into a layered envelope that mediates between neighborhood fabric and the Flatirons beyond. Here, a complex brief for rest, work, play, and self-sufficiency folds into one near-net-zero residence tuned closely to its immediate terrain.