Riviera Apartment sits above the beach in Bertioga, Brazil, where Marina Salles shapes a coastal home around soft light, sand tones, and unbroken sea views. This apartment unfolds as a relaxed retreat, balancing Brazilian authenticity with a gentle Mediterranean mood for a couple who wanted comfort and practicality without losing the warmth of a lived-in seaside address.

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.

Matisse Apartment sits in Moema, São Paulo, Brazil, where Gurgel D’alfonso reshapes a 1990s apartment into a generous, connected home. The renovation turns former sharp angles and level changes into calm transitions, while a restrained palette and Brazilian furniture anchor family life. Art, natural materials, and carefully tuned light give the residence a collected character that feels both urbane and grounded in local craft.

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.

Mountain Journey Family Suite reimagines a 130-square-metre suite in Shenzhen, China as an indoor topography for shared adventure and rest. Created by Archstudio for a public-interest initiative, the project turns a typical hotel layout into an explorable “mountain” that lets children roam while adults unwind. Families encounter a room that folds daily routines into play, where every level, tunnel, and platform supports both comfort and discovery.

Prédio Fanqueiros 156 returns a rare surviving apartment building in Portugal to architectural clarity under the hand of João Tiago Aguiar. Behind its restored envelope, the project uncovers historic structure, Pombaline commercial depth, and calm domestic rooms where new interventions negotiate with centuries-old fabric. Every move stays measured, so memory, light, and proportion regain control of the everyday routines threaded through this rehabilitated urban dwelling.