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.

Cabin in Woods stands on a hillside above the Kozak Plateau in Bergama, Türkiye, conceived by Ediz Demirel Works as a compact, short-term rental retreat. The cabin leans into the contrast between an existing dry stone terrace wall and a prefabricated steel shell, pressing visitors closer to the terrain while holding them inside a precise metal envelope. Within this tight footprint, everyday rituals orbit a sunken gathering core and its framed landscape views.

Capriccio House is a three-story family house in Louveira, Brazil, designed by Vitor Dias Arquitetura with a gently sloped roof anchoring its street presence. Inside, open-plan social levels flow toward a pool terrace and a wide forest view, shaping a contemporary home for a young family that loves to gather. Wood ceilings, Minas stone surfaces, and generous glazing lend warmth and clarity to the daily rhythm of this hillside residence.

Casa Mirantre rises within a gated community in São Paulo, Brazil, where a 12-meter drop shapes every move. Designed by Gilda Meirelles for a couple and their children, the house climbs and descends with the terrain, threading social rooms, terraces, and gardens into a calm sequence that edges toward the nearby lookout and surrounding greenery.

Nyrenstone Estate steps down a steep hillside in Indonesia, tracing circles and tangents across the Tampah Hills landscape. Designed by Alexis Dornier as a house for two families, it reads as a measured response to slope, view, and movement rather than a singular object dropped on the land. Curving rooms, calm materials, and a tiered layout create a sequence that moves from communal energy to quiet retreat.

Home Again transforms a 1950s house in Prague, Czech Republic, into an intimate retreat for two under the direction of Mimosa Architekti. The renovation reworks an earlier family-focused scheme into a layered interior where light, color, and material support both quiet daily routines and generous gatherings. Original elements stay in play while new surfaces, windows, and crafted pieces give the house a calmer, more personal character for its next chapter.

House G unfolds as a generous private house on an 800 square meter (8,611 square foot) footprint in Istanbul, Turkey, shaped by ACARARCH. Set within a 2,000 square meter (21,528 square foot) garden, the four-level residence turns a busy urban address into a quiet world of warm materials, tailored rooms, and long views to greenery. Light, height, and a calm palette guide the whole composition.

Whyle sets a new rhythm for extended stays in Washington, DC, United States, recasting the hotel as a series of lived-in apartments by MA | Morris Adjmi Architects. Clean lines, generous glazing, and carefully chosen furnishings support guests who might be working, resting, or exploring the neighborhood over weeks rather than nights. Every choice leans toward everyday comfort, from full kitchens to leafy corners that soften the building’s glass and steel shell.