Lavra House stands on a narrow urban lot in Matosinhos, Portugal, where WER Studio rethinks how a family home meets the Atlantic climate. The house inverts the conventional layout, dropping bedrooms to the ground floor and lifting social rooms to higher levels to gain privacy, light, and air. Across concrete, steel, and timber, the project choreographs daily life around a central stair and a rooftop terrace with pool.
Casa Guadalupe stands on a rural-leaning suburban plot outside Gijón, Spain, where Hanghar tests a precise, industrialized way to build a contemporary house. Prefabricated in a workshop and assembled on site within days, the dwelling leans on local typologies while pushing construction toward a leaner, more controlled future. The result reads as both experimental and grounded in its Asturian setting.
Jaffe House Restoration rethinks a much-loved coastal house in New York, United States, bringing new clarity to Norman Jaffe’s 1978 work under architect Neil Logan. The project concentrates on the interior layout and connections to the courtyard and ocean, replacing piecemeal alterations with a coherent sequence of rooms that sharpen light, material, and everyday circulation. Historic fabric remains present, but the lived experience shifts toward a calmer, more legible rhythm.
AFL Port Praski unfolds as a richly layered apartment on the fringes of Krakow, Poland, shaped by Mistovia for two graphic designers and their dogs. Across 125 m², the interior balances vivid colour, tactile materials and everyday comfort, turning the home into both studio and living quarters. The result is a place where work, art and rest overlap without friction, yet each room still guards its own mood and tempo.
H / Botevgrad stands on the outskirts of Botevgrad, Bulgaria, where Makeroom Architects translate the familiar barn silhouette into a compact contemporary house. The metal-clad shell holds a double-height living core, large south-facing glazing and a warm timber-and-white interior that gathers family life around shared rooms. Inside, simple furnishings and soft textures keep the focus on light, volume and the everyday rhythm of a single household.
Shadow of Tradition anchors a new house on Bistryčios gatvė in Vilnius, Lithuania, where both the landscape and architectural heritage are closely protected. Conceived by Devyni Architektai, the project interprets traditional Lithuanian forms with charred wood facades, a gabled roof silhouette, and a slope-set basement that together weave local memory into contemporary living. Every move ties the compact rectangular plan back to nature, history, and craft.
Résidence Saint-Damien places a contemporary house along the river in Saint-Damien, Québec, Canada, by Anne Carrier Architecture. The project stretches between farmland and mountain, shaping a linear rural dwelling for a large family that follows the contours of the land and the forest canopy. Across its length, the house manages the shift from field to treeline with a calm, deliberate architectural rhythm.
G+B Residence sits in Eastman, Canada, where DESK architectes translates a wooded plot into a luminous vacation house for a recently retired couple and their family. The long, low volume organizes everyday life around an L-shaped plan that meets the site at ground level, giving direct access to trails and the west-facing yard. Inside, soft tones, precise openings, and a restrained palette keep the house calm yet generous in use.
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