Résidence l’Échouage sits on a narrow point of land in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Canada, where the St. Lawrence River presses close on both sides. Bourgeois / Lechasseur architectes transform an inherited summer house into a cedar-clad residence of linked pavilions, balancing resilience with an intimate relationship to the shifting tides. The project reads as a modest house from the ground yet quietly extends into a layered landscape of rooms, courtyards, and river views.
Lebenski stands on the edge of the forest in Stary Smokovec, Slovakia, where the High Tatras rise behind a once-neglected modernist sanatorium. Reimagined by Atrium Architekti as a contemporary hotel-style apartment building, the project balances strict park regulations with an insistence on quiet clarity. Guests now look out over the Horný Smokovec valley from a structure that keeps its familiar outline while updating its mountain character for a new generation of visitors.
Tree House stands just off Squam Lake in Holderness, NH, United States, where Alchemy Architects compress a house into a precise, wooded footprint. The compact Passive House retreat draws on prefabricated construction and digitally crafted timber to shape a series of rooms that open wide to water, forest, and filtered northern light.
Casa Cajuí sits on a lush slope in Manaus, Brazil, where TROOST + PESSOA Architects read the forest and climate before drawing a single line. The house stretches out above the ground, using terraces, elevated volumes, and porous envelopes to keep air and light in constant motion. What results is a home that stays close to the Amazonian landscape while holding onto a clear architectural order.
The Landscape Within anchors an apartment in Taiwan by designer Peny Hsieh, where the daily view of trees and sky sets the tone indoors. Raw stone, wood, brick, and iron replace overt luxury so the interior reads as a calm extension of the surrounding landscape, threading natural textures through the owner’s long-term home. Every surface leans toward clarity and restraint while holding quiet, durable character.
Renew sets a calm new chapter for a multi-level house in New Taipei City, Taiwan, reshaped by 1001 Giving Living. The studio works with a restrained palette, careful furnishings, and subtle light control to reinterpret a decade of life without erasing it. Everyday rooms shift toward clarity and openness, yet still hold objects that anchor memory and routine.
East Hampton Modern stands on a pastoral property in East Hampton, NY, United States, where Workshop/APD rethinks the classic weekend house for city dwellers. The 2021 project arranges crisp gabled volumes around a pool and meadow, setting up a clear dialogue between social life, guest privacy, and the open landscape. Inside and out, the house reads as a retreat planned around movement, light, and long poolside days with visiting friends.
Chalet 1740 rests in Sauze di Cesana, Italy, where Caracter Architettura d’Interni reshapes a traditional chalet into a calm retreat of timber, stone, and glass. The project folds contemporary comforts into a rustic alpine shell, pairing generous windows with restrained furniture and a warm material palette that keeps the mountain landscape always in view. Every room leans on texture and light to hold its own quiet mood.
