Villa Ousia sits on a hillside above Pitsidia, Greece, where Paly Architects condense a house into three offset volumes shaped by stone, earth-toned plaster, and glass. The arrangement pivots around a pool and a pair of pergolas, threading the rooms to outdoor life while softening wind and sun. Built between 2023 and 2025, the residence reads as concise and deliberate, with local materials setting the tone indoors and out.

10M sets a calm residential agenda in Tokyo, Japan, where CUBO design architect places a house at the edge of greenery with distant sea views. The project draws a Japanese-American couple toward quieter days, aligning daily life to water and horizon. Within this house typology, a long pool and a measured entry sequence organize movement and sightlines, inviting the coastal landscape back into the rooms.

Casa FM is a new house in Porto, Portugal, by António Bessa Cruz Architects. Set on a former car repair shop near Agramonte Cemetery, the project replaces an inadequate structure with a ground-up build that preserves an industrial attitude. Loft-scale rooms, courtyards, and robust materials steer the conversion toward intimate daily living while keeping the workshop’s memory in view. It was designed in 2025.

Marsala Showroom anchors a new women’s footwear boutique in Kyiv, Ukraine, with Zagrai Studio steering a swift, high-precision transformation. The project rethinks a traditional retail model into something closer to a living room, complete with a fireplace, layered lighting, and a lounge that doubles as display. Within a compact footprint, the showroom accommodates fitting, storage for 500 pairs, and a discreet office while maintaining a domestic mood rather than a store-like feel.

Moradia do Retiro is a house in Santo Tirso, Portugal, designed by Ricardo Azevedo Arquitecto. The project works within an existing structure, preserving granite walls and a sloped tile roof while opening the domestic realm to a private exterior. It balances the client’s wish to keep the building’s character with the comforts of a contemporary home, drawing a clear line between what endures and what’s renewed.

Thornton Hasegawa House sits in Wellington, New Zealand, a compact two-bedroom house by Bonnifait + Associates: Atelierworkshop. The project presses into a steep site yet reads light and open, with off-grid muscle tucked into a 50 square meter (538 square foot) footprint. Built as a modest tower, it threads utility through warm interiors and a careful plan. The result feels agile, resilient, and quietly joyful.

Convivio 2.0 lands in Bolzano, Italy, as an apartment shaped for gathering and daily ritual. Designed by Andrea Dal Negro, it balances urban energy with vineyard calm and puts the kitchen at the center of life. The result reads as a bright, social interior where color, curve, and crafted elements turn routine moments into shared ones.

Private House in Munich stands in the Bogenhausen district of Munich, Germany, where a corner plot meets a small square. Studio Mark Randel arranges three cuboid volumes to engage the street and fold back toward a private garden, making a house that reads quiet from the outside and generous within. It’s a residence tuned to its crossroads setting, aligned to neighbors yet oriented to daylight and calm.