Chalet 1740 rests in Sauze di Cesana, Italy, where Caracter Architettura d’Interni reshapes a traditional chalet into a calm retreat of timber, stone, and glass. The project folds contemporary comforts into a rustic alpine shell, pairing generous windows with restrained furniture and a warm material palette that keeps the mountain landscape always in view. Every room leans on texture and light to hold its own quiet mood.

Reconstruction of a Writers’ Colony Villa returns a semi-detached house in Prague, Czech Republic, to dignified use under the careful hand of Atelier Hajný. The house, part of an early 20th-century colony for journalists and writers, shifts from a deteriorated structure into a renewed home that balances preservation rules with current expectations for comfort. Across garden, envelope, and rooms, the project quietly rebuilds its material story rather than rewriting it.

Auseva House anchors a calm domestic world in southern Mexico City, Mexico, where Graus Arquitectura pursues clarity through order, light, and measured sequence. The house treats every threshold, courtyard, and stair as part of a continuous journey that links interior life with the surrounding plot in a deliberate, almost meditative rhythm. Daylight, geometry, and restraint set the tone from the first step inside.

Tir Longë sits in the woods of Cesana Torinese, Italy, where Caracter Architettura d’Interni turns a steep A-frame cabin into a Nordic-inflected retreat. Inside, pale pine, dark beams, and custom furniture compress alpine tradition into a compact, light-filled volume that feels both efficient and quietly indulgent. The result is a small mountain hideaway with a clear point of view and a close dialogue with its forest setting.

Black Bear House settles into the hillside above Carbondale, United States, as a compact house by forma ARCHITECTURE shaped around light, slope, and climate. Nordic–Japanese fusion guides the restrained geometry and the warm, charred timber skin, giving this family retreat a clear presence against the rugged terrain. Inside and out, the project balances minimal lines with tactile materials to keep views, sun, and weather at the center of daily life.

Contemporary Classic transforms a 200 sqm (2,153 sq ft) apartment in Monza, Italy, under the direction of designer Anna Arpa. Within a historic envelope, she reshapes the domestic layout into a fluid sequence of rooms that balances ornate ceilings and contemporary custom work. The apartment now reads as a generous family home, tuned to daily life yet grounded in Milan-area craft and a calm, layered material palette.

Casa Enoki sits on a steep hillside in Liberia, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, where dense dry-tropical vegetation drops toward the Pacific. Designed by QBO3 Arquitectos as a luxury house, the residence reads the terrain and turns it into a series of staggered platforms with ocean views. The result is an indoor-outdoor home that treats the surrounding landscape as both boundary and companion.

House on the Pond sits on a pondside property in Austin, Canada, where Atelier Échelle shapes a compact yet generous secondary house for a family retreat. The house serves as both a guest dwelling and seasonal cabana, expanding the life of the ancestral home while directing daily rituals toward water, fire, and long views across the surrounding farmland. Inside and out, circulation traces a clear loop around light, landscape, and gathering.