House GM stands on the edge of Rosà, Italy as a composed concrete house by Didonè Comacchio Architects. The project arranges living and sleeping rooms around green patios, using solid and permeable surfaces to manage views, light, and privacy. Concrete, brick, and walnut set a restrained palette that lets the quiet shifts of daylight and courtyard greenery define the mood through the day.

Residencia Chavarria stands in Puntarenas, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, as a low, porous house by Carazo Arquitectura that trades thick walls for garden-filled thresholds. Composed around an interior courtyard and wrapped in modular brick, the home reads as a continuous exchange between enclosure and vegetation. Shifting between open and sheltered zones, it reworks domestic life for a humid coastal climate and lets everyday routines unfold in tandem with light, air, and greenery.

Casa Tupin sits within a gated community on Brasília’s Park Way, where BLOCO Arquitetos shapes a concrete house around a calm interior court. The single-family residence leans on exposed structure, suspended slabs, and native cerrado vegetation to link its social rooms and private wings while holding onto the loose character of the surrounding landscape. Inside and out, the composition keeps the house airy, open, and tuned to the Brazilian plateau light.

Casa 49 stretches along a lush hillside in Nosara, Costa Rica, where Salagnac Arquitectos shapes a modern house tuned to Pacific light and wind. The project arranges generous living areas, terraces, and bedrooms to keep family life close to the surrounding landscape without losing a sense of calm retreat. Strong structural elements sit beside warm timber and open thresholds, giving daily routines a direct connection to ocean views and green slopes.

Jinakachi anchors a singular hotel room along the Kuniga Coast in Shimane, Japan, reworked by Amane Architects within the long-standing Kuga-so property. The project turns a south-east corner room into a deliberate viewpoint over the Shimamae Inland Sea, giving guests an immediate encounter with wind, water, and the grazing grasslands that define this island setting. Architecture here acts as a lens rather than a spectacle.

House O sits on a lava-formed plateau above Itō, Japan, where Amaine Architects threads a clear geometry through dense cypress forest and distant sea views. The house works as a deliberate pause in this long geological story, raising daily life above the undergrowth while holding on to the breeze, the horizon, and the rhythm of the trees. Within this lifted volume, a quiet holiday routine meets the calm of the woods.

Ga.o House sets out a calm yet ambitious hybrid environment in Hòa Hải, Ngũ Hành Sơn, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, conceived by 85 Design as both office and home. The prefabricated steel structure wraps working rooms, gardens, and compact living quarters around light, air, and water, translating Vietnam’s push toward sustainable urban growth into a very local, very tactile experiment. Staff and residents move through planted terraces, waterfalls, and double-height volumes tuned to the tropical climate.

Apartment Lavrica sets a calm, contemporary tone in Lavrica, Slovenia, where Studio Formica reworks a compact house into an easygoing home. Sunlight, pale wood, and precise color choices carry through the living room, kitchen, and bedroom to create a consistent visual rhythm. Every surface feels considered yet relaxed, from the gallery wall above the sofa to the soft textiles that temper the open-plan layout for everyday family life.