A Timeless Modern Farmhouse brings a contemporary farmhouse house to Israel under the direction of Sarah and Nirit Frenkel. The private residence spreads across a generous plot, where tall gabled roofs, stone walls, and long views set the stage for easy everyday living. Inside, the architects lean into warm woods, soft textiles, and daylight to shape a home that balances family practicality with a relaxed, quietly luxurious rhythm.
Viewridge sits on a leafy corner lot in San Mateo, CA, United States, where Feldman Architecture reworks a modest ranch house into a more open home. The renovation keeps the original low profile while reorganizing rooms, circulation, and outdoor terraces to support contemporary family living. Indoor and outdoor areas now trade light, views, and shelter, giving the house a new clarity without sacrificing its privacy.
Shared spaces are now a standard component of contemporary residential architecture, yet their actual use often falls short of their intent. Across recent residential developments, architects have begun addressing this gap by treating shared spaces as part of the building’s spatial framework rather than optional extras. When planned as integral elements of circulation and daily life, these interiors are more likely to support regular use instead of occasional occupation.
Casa Origine turns a former village fuel station in Caserta, Italy, into a layered apartment by Pianozero Architetti. The project converts a symbolic communal place into a contemporary home that still holds the traces of its working past. Across courtyard, stair, and upper rooms, the architects orchestrate a quiet shift from public memory to private ritual while keeping the site’s original role present in daily life.
Entrelomas anchors a single-family house in Zapopan, Mexico, where V Taller answers dense urban conditions with an inward-looking concrete shell and garden-centered life. Behind the closed street façade, the project arranges social and private rooms around patios and a central courtyard, turning everyday routines for a young couple into a measured rhythm of light, shadow, and quiet air.
Casa Dragones anchors a contemporary house in Mérida, Mexico, with a grounded reading of climate and terrain by V Taller. The project reinterprets Yucatecan courtyard traditions through patios, arches, and planted voids that fold daily life into sequences of filtered light and shifting shade. Across its concrete base and lighter upper volumes, the house leans on local materials and open-air circulation to shape a calm, climate-responsive way of living.
La Marinedda Residence sits on a sloping hillside in Sardinia, Italy, where Space4Architecture shapes a new coastal house from local stone and measured light. The single-story dwelling stretches low against the horizon, pairing an A-frame profile with a sheltered courtyard that answers the island’s wind, sun, and sea views. Calm interiors in pale finishes open directly to terraces and planted edges, giving the house a quietly contemporary yet regionally grounded presence.
Jiuxi Rose Garden sits in Hangzhou, China, as a private house by GFD shaped around quiet contact with landscape and light. The 500-square-meter residence draws nature into daily rituals, from tea and reading to family gatherings, through restrained materials and calm furnishings that keep the focus on texture, proportion, and the slow movement of the seasons. Rooms stay open yet composed, inviting an unhurried way of living.
