Villa Litomyšl II is a house in Czechia by Studio MA s.r.o., designed for family life on a gently sloping site. Completed in 2021, the modern home is arranged in an L-shaped plan that opens its main living areas to the garden, using roof overhangs, broad glazing, and a central stair to connect daily life across the house.
Sagamore North Cottage is a house in Muskoka District Municipality, ON, Canada, designed by Akb Architects for life close to the water and tucked from passing boats. Completed in 2025, the all-season retreat follows the island’s slope and uses dark cladding, broad roof planes, and sliding glass walls to balance privacy with long views, family gatherings, and quieter moments alone.
Hinge House is a 2024 house by Workaday in the foothills of Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. Set to capture both city and mountain views, it turns early decisions about orientation into the project’s clearest architectural move: roof planes that intersect, lift, and shade. Inside, high windows, broad glazing, stone, and pale wood keep daylight and the landscape close in every room.
SwissHouse XL is a house in Coldrerio, Switzerland, designed by Davide Macullo Architects for a young local family with deep ties to the area. Completed in 2023, the project takes its cues from rural building types and the village edge, where the historical core meets more recent expansion. An octagonal plan, cut roofline, and exterior stair give the home a clear figure without losing its connection to place.
Casa Viteri Vergara is a house in Quito, Ecuador, designed by MCM+A Taller de Arquitectura for a narrow corner site in Nayón. Completed in 2018, the project responds to a steep slope, broad mountain views, and a warm, dry climate with a mixed structural system of concrete and wood. Its arrangement follows the plot’s long axis, setting social and private areas in clear relation to terrain, light, and privacy.
SKL House is a house in Envigado, Colombia, designed by CÂPÂ arquitectura as a sequence of four modules set across a sloping site. Completed in 2019, the home uses rotations, garden passages, and shifting levels to bind those parts into one continuous dwelling. A dark exterior gives way to light wood interiors, where double heights, angled openings, and cross views keep movement and daylight in constant play.
House M is a residence in Beijing, China, designed by Atelier About Architecture for a multigenerational family. Completed in 2025, it reworks a walled, low-light site through a sequence of courtyards, terraces, and atriums that draw daylight deep inside. The project turns inherited memories—trees at the window, terrazzo underfoot, red brick in shadow—into the home’s spatial and material framework.
Devín is a cabin in Bratislava, Slovakia, designed by Ark-Shelter as a compact weekend dwelling with full off-grid capability. Completed in 2024, it works within a 20-square-meter footprint while opening broadly to vineyard views, fold-down terraces, and a carefully choreographed interior that shifts from daily routines to sleep with remarkable economy.
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