Sint-Anna transforms a once-blocky 1970s house in Kortrijk, Belgium, into an elevated retreat by Decancq-Vercruysse Architects. The project inverts the traditional layout, lifting everyday living to the first floor and surrounding it with terraces and trees. What began as an under-budget duplex becomes a calm suburban home, tuned to garden light, shifting seasons, and a quieter pace of life.
Bend Hideaway sets a crisp modern house against the wooded edge of Bend, OR, United States, by San Francisco–based Feldman Architecture. The retreat supports recent empty nesters and their visiting family with a linear plan that folds around a lap pool, guest rooms, and shared rooms tuned to forest views. Here, an active daily rhythm meets a quiet, highly edited relationship to the 650-acre preserve next door.
Penthouse with 360° Ocean Views crowns a residential tower in Brazil, where architect Simara Melo shapes an expansive vacation apartment for a young entrepreneurial family. Panoramic Atlantic and city views wrap the single-level layout, which separates social and private zones while holding a pool, gourmet area, and covered terrace. Neutral materials, custom furnishings, and integrated technology keep the rooms bright, practical, and calm for holidays that easily slide into everyday living with three children.
Sky House transforms a tired 1970s house in South West England, United Kingdom into a rigorously updated family home by Klas Hyllen Architecture. The project turns a once-confusing layout into two clear volumes linked by glass, pairing super-insulated construction and triple glazing with vast views of shifting English sky. Inside, contemporary minimalism meets warmth and color as the retrofit aligns daily life with ambitious low-energy performance.
Casa L5 sits in Poble Nou de Benitatxell, Alicante, Spain, as a coastal house by Pasqual Giner Arquitectura that turns directly toward the sea horizon. The project, developed with Auñón Cabrera, brings architecture, interiors, and material choices into one measured composition where the view drives every move. White planes, stone plinths, and warm wood set a quiet tone for daily life overlooking the Mediterranean.
Scho’s House sits on the edge of Theux, Belgium, where a residential street meets open farmland and the valley beyond. Crahayjamaigne shapes a compact three-level house that treads lightly on the steep terrain, pressing stone volumes into the hillside and setting timber-clad living areas above them. The result is a measured rural dwelling that balances long valley views with a quiet presence at the boundary of town and field.
Pine Residences sits among tall trunks in Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Canada, where Agence Spatiale shapes a house in three quiet pavilions around an internal courtyard. From a discreet street frontage, the composition slowly reveals a warm, pared-back interior that leans on glass, light wood, and views of the forest to set the rhythm of daily life.
Brighton Sands is a four-level house in Brighton, Australia, by Melbourne practice mckimm, conceived as a calm yet luxurious home for a young family. The coastal residence draws on LA hillside living, with layered interiors, lush planting, and open terraces that keep daily life close to air, light, and water. Every level, from basement retreat to rooftop terrace, leans into organic materials and sculptural forms that stay generous and refined.
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