Bueno Apartment sits in Brasília, Brazil, where BLOCO Arquitetos reworks a 125 m² (1,345 ft²) residence inside a pillar-free 1980s building. The renovation reduces four bedrooms to two while expanding the social rooms for gatherings and daily life. Designed in 2025, the project draws on the building’s perimeter structure and precast concrete to unlock a flexible plan for a couple and their young son.

Villa Zenith sits above the coastline in Las Huacas, Nosara, Costa Rica, as a house by Salagnac Arquitectos shaped for ocean views and breeze. The plan divides generous social rooms and terraces from six quiet bedrooms, opening living areas to an infinity pool and an outdoor BBQ while keeping private quarters calm. Clean lines, light tones, and natural textures anchor the indoor–outdoor rhythm.

Villa Ganymede is a house in Bali, Indonesia, by LUASA architects. The project pursues modern tropical living through deep roof overhangs, shaded terraces, and generous sliding doors that dissolve edges between rooms and garden. Inside, double-height volumes and floor-to-ceiling glass carry daylight across polished floors and quiet, open-plan arrangements, while outdoor rooms align with the pool and palms to extend daily routines into the breeze.

Haven House lands in Nosara, Costa Rica with a quiet confidence, its broad roofline throwing deep shade over a concrete plinth. Designed by Salagnac Arquitectos, the house turns a compact, roadside lot into a calm interior realm that leans on gardens, cross-ventilation, and measured openings. The project is a house with a minimalist attitude and a practical tropical toolkit, completed with warm timber surfaces drawn from the site itself.

House of Vid and Higurea sits on a cliff above Ostional, Costa Rica, where the Pacific wind and turtle nesting cycles set the rules. Designed by LSD architects, the house reads as a single level from approach, yet slips down the slope to preserve views and the site’s fragile rhythms. It’s a house first, but its stance is environmental—quiet, resolved, and tuned to place.

Lina Apartment sits in Blumenau, Brazil, where Alencar reimagines a 1980s apartment without losing its original character. Arched doors, high ceilings, and organic lines meet a renewed interior anchored by Brazilian modernist pieces and a convivial kitchen. The project preserves the bones while shifting the home’s daily rhythm toward gathering and light.

Tiny House LUX lands in Niederanven, Luxembourg as a compact house by ODA Architects, conceived with the municipality as a real-world pilot for missing-middle housing. The project addresses narrow, leftover parcels with on-site 3D concrete printing, a wood frame, and a swift build schedule. It’s small, but rigorous. Clear standards, local materials, and a digitally driven process push the model toward replicability without sidestepping national performance benchmarks.

Steel House anchors 3100 Brighton Boulevard in Denver, CO, United States with a confident steel profile and an uncommon amenity landscape. Designed by MA | Morris Adjmi Architects, the office complex wraps a private, elevated park and pulls daylight deep inside through factory-inspired windows. The building leans into RiNo’s industrial lineage while shifting the daily rhythm of work toward fresh air, movement, and informal gathering.