Casa Gana is a house in Pak Chong District, Thailand, designed by TOUCH Architect as a retreat with room for intimate gatherings. Completed in 2024, the project sits in Khao Yai’s quieter landscape, where a protective street facade, a courtyard entry, and broad west-facing glazing shape a measured shift from privacy to open views. Local materials and a restrained palette keep the building grounded in daily use and easy upkeep.

Casa Celeste is a 2024 apartment renovation in Naples, Italy, by FADD Architects. Reworking roughly 80 square meters (861 square feet), the project centers daily life on an open living area where the kitchen, sitting room, and book wall meet beneath recovered brick vaults. Hand-painted ceramics, Majorelle blue, and custom marble pieces give the interiors a local register with a broader Mediterranean inflection.

Villa Litomyšl II is a house in Czechia by Studio MA s.r.o., designed for family life on a gently sloping site. Completed in 2021, the modern home is arranged in an L-shaped plan that opens its main living areas to the garden, using roof overhangs, broad glazing, and a central stair to connect daily life across the house.

Cabins Kravák is a house project in Znojmo, Czechia, designed by Studio MA s.r.o. and conceived as a series of modular cabins set in close dialogue with the landscape. Designed in 2025, the project centers on compact living, using flexible layouts, integrated storage, large glazing, and a restrained material palette to make small interiors feel practical, calm, and closely connected to the outdoors.

Sagamore North Cottage is a house in Muskoka District Municipality, ON, Canada, designed by Akb Architects for life close to the water and tucked from passing boats. Completed in 2025, the all-season retreat follows the island’s slope and uses dark cladding, broad roof planes, and sliding glass walls to balance privacy with long views, family gatherings, and quieter moments alone.

Casa Libertad is a house in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, designed by Salagnac Arquitectos in 2018 for a young family of six. Set on the hills of Nosara with forest around it and ocean views beyond, the home is organized around open living, swing louver windows, and steady cross-ventilation. Masonry walls, wood elements, local stone, gardens, and fruit trees keep daily life closely tied to the site.

Casa San Giacomo is an apartment renovation in Naples, Italy, by Officine Architetti, set between Via Toledo and Piazza Castello near the Maschio Angioino. Designed in 2026, the 150 sq m (1,615 sq ft) home turns its relationship with the city into the project’s central idea. Three large windows and an adjoining terrace draw the dome of Galleria Umberto I into daily life, making the urban panorama part of the interior.

Hinge House is a 2024 house by Workaday in the foothills of Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Set to capture both city and mountain views, it turns early decisions about orientation into the project’s clearest architectural move: roof planes that intersect, lift, and shade. Inside, high windows, broad glazing, stone, and pale wood keep daylight and the landscape close in every room.