The Monochrome Frame House unfolds as a calm, graphic house in Tel Aviv, Israel, composed by designer Narkis Rubin Barazani. Large steel-framed openings, pale floors, and dark built-in volumes align living, dining, and kitchen into one continuous everyday realm. The result is a monochrome interior that leans warm rather than cold, tuned to family life and the soft Mediterranean light that washes in from the garden.
La Marea sits among the rolling fields of Magliano in Toscana, Italy, a contemporary country house shaped by Special Italy – Special Umbria. Open volumes, stone walls, and a sunlit palette give this rural retreat a distinctly modern edge while keeping its footing in the landscape. Inside, the studio layers warm textures, generous furniture, and vivid color so long days drift easily between interior rooms and outdoor terraces.
House VCH anchors a calm residential plot in La Moraleja, Alcobendas, Spain, where FH2L Arquitectos choreographs water, patios, and garden as one continuum. The house unfolds as a layered sequence of light-filled rooms and outdoor rooms, using proportion and careful orientation to maintain privacy while staying visually open. Across three levels, the project balances family life, leisure, and environmental responsiveness with a confident yet quiet architectural presence.
Phan Rang House – Hidden yard stands in Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm, Vietnam, where Plus Idea Studio tackles dense city fabric and a harsh coastal climate with quiet clarity. This private house for a young family turns heat, wind, and noise into design drivers, using raw concrete, shaded voids, and layered thresholds to shape daily life. Inside, open volumes and sliding partitions keep the home adaptable as the children grow and routines shift.
Concrete Harmony House sits in Shilat, Israel, as a crisp, contemporary house by Narkis Rubin Barazani. The project arranges concrete planes, saturated color, and tailored furnishings into a calm yet expressive open-plan interior that glides toward the garden. Everyday life plays out across generous living, dining, and terrace zones, where each room keeps a consistent visual rhythm while allowing small moments of surprise.
Second Wind House sits along the coast of Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, where Salagnac Arquitectos shapes a restrained yet generous tropical house. Organized around a central social core and wide ocean views, the residence draws its character from natural textures, outdoor living, and a patient engagement with daily rituals at the edge of the sea.
Les Récoltes sits on farmland in L’Assomption, Canada, where Thellend Fortin Architectes rethink a working farm as a precise, linear workplace. The expansion turns a utilitarian building into a hub for administration, commercial production, and rooftop cultivation, threading new geometry between existing barns. Inside and out, the project ties daily agricultural work to a clear structural rhythm that runs from soil to skyline.
Contemporary Renaissance transforms a suburban house in Montpellier, France into a calm dialogue between interior and garden. Brengues le Pavec orchestrates the renovation as a gentle thickening of thresholds, using wood, concrete, and carefully framed views to draw daily life outdoors. The project treats the existing shell as a backdrop for layered terraces, subdued rooms, and a new canopy that pulls the pool, lawn, and living areas into one continuous experience.