Muxarabi House unfolds in Granja Viana, Brazil, as a warm yet refined house by Paula Aveiro Arquitetos. The interiors lean on wood, travertine navona and sandy tones to shape a generous setting for a family that enjoys gathering. Across two floors, the project uses muxarabi panels, planted walls and expansive glazing to stitch rooms together while keeping each daily ritual distinct and quietly expressive.
Pine Island Cottage sets a quiet rhythm on a small Canadian island, where Bureau Tempo and Thom Fougere Studio craft a house tuned to weather and rock. The retreat unfolds as a sequence of communal and private rooms, each grounded by stone, wood, and metal surfaces that invite touch and slow movement. Family life gathers around a central hearth while light, texture, and modest changes in level mark the day.
House in Čakovice anchors a young family in Prague, Czech Rep., with a clear, minimalist house shaped by Edit! Architects. The compact volume holds a two-level layout that separates quiet work from shared daily life while drawing long views to the hedge-wrapped garden. Inside, a central gallery ties rooms together with light and sightlines.
Los Llanos House stands on rural ground in Paraje los Llanos, TM Lorca, Murcia, Spain, where a near-ruin becomes a lived-in memory. Designed by Pepa Díaz Arquitecta as a house rooted in family history, the project turns a former childhood home into a contemporary dwelling. The restored structure balances emotional continuity with a new way of living that favors shared rooms over compartmentalized domesticity.
Tangram House occupies a gently sloping lakefront site in Lagoa Santa, Brazil, and comes from the studio TETRO Arquitetura. The house holds the street with a discreet horizontal line, then turns inward to frame trees, lawn, and water rather than traffic and cars. Across two levels, the project choreographs daily life between a sheltered upper volume and an open lower level that leans directly toward the lake.
Home for Life sits in Ghent, Belgium, as a compact house for a retired couple by architect Karel Verstraeten. The single-storey home arranges daily life across an accessible plan, then tucks a small loft under the gabled roof for visiting grandchildren. Warm timber surfaces, generous circular windows, and chimney-like roof volumes keep the mood domestic and bright while the layout quietly anticipates future care.
Banool House opens to the sea from a modest clifftop plot in Fairhaven on Victoria’s Surf Coast, Australia. Lachlan Shepherd Architects transform a dilapidated two-bedroom structure into a robust weekender that leans into modernist beach shack ease, with timber-lined rooms framing long ocean horizons. The house stays low-key yet precise, tuned to relaxed days, changing weather and easy maintenance for extended family visits.
Admirals Row crowns a tower in FL, United States, as a loft apartment by Studio Collin Cobia tuned to quiet, under-stated luxury. The penthouse divides private rooms from an expansive open plan where charred cabinetry, marble, and blackened steel shape a calm retreat above the city. Soft plaster walls and linen curtains temper the daylight, turning daily living into a slow, measured rhythm of light, shadow, and texture.
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