Studio House sits in Costa Rica as a private house shaped by slope, jungle, and Pacific light. Designed by Formafatal founder Dagmar Štěpánová for herself and partner Karel Vančura, it pairs porous living with quiet refuge. The two-level villa near Uvita trades a conventional façade for exposure to air and ocean, threading terraces, a pool, and a rooftop into the site’s fall. It lives outdoors as much as in.
Villa Above the Water sits in the Czech Republic as a family house shaped by anticipation. Designed by 3AE, the low-slung home turns inward toward a private garden rather than outward to a landscape destined to develop. The L-shaped property uses the site’s gentle slope and a swimming pond to build its own world at the edge of a village near Prague.
Villa Serennia sits in Masal, Iran, a house by Padideh Kohan Boom that leans into broad horizontals, open rooms, and water’s steady calm. The project arranges life across three levels with terraces, balconies, and an infinity pool, drawing daylight deep inside while staying close to the landscape. It reads quiet and deliberate. Each floor sets a different pace, moving from communal life to private retreat with a measured, contemporary sensibility.
An’s Sai Gon brings a multi-use wellness and dining address to Vietnam under the direction of QBA architects. Set in Thao Dien, the project folds café life, restaurant service, spa rituals, and offices into one renovated compound. A tropical canopy, soft furnishings, and filtered light set the tone. Guests move from morning coffee to evening treatments with an easy rhythm that keeps the whole place humming.
Carcassonne reshapes a heritage-listed house in Melbourne’s leafy south-east into a family home by FMD Architects. The project relocates daily life to a stepped, north-facing addition and reopens the original fabric to light and garden views. Across the lot, rooms now connect with both a public front garden and a private rear yard and pool, drawing a clear line between arrival, shared living, and quiet retreat.
Bedford Barn Renovation and Addition sits in Bedford, NY, United States, where SPG Architects transform a 19th-century outbuilding into a working part of family life. The house-scale conversion respects the barn’s landmark status while adding a compact, glass-lined wing that opens to fields and sky. What was once a utility building now supports gatherings with a deliberate balance of preservation and crisp contemporary work.
V8 House lands in Vinh, Vietnam, as a ground-up house by TNT Architecture that folds family life into a tight urban fabric. Designed in 2020 for three generations, the project uses layered rooms, gardens, and filters to choreograph privacy, daylight, and daily movement. The result is a calm interior world cued to climate and routine.
Thompson House sets down on a steep site in West Vancouver, Canada, where harbour and mountain views pull in opposite directions. Designed by splyce design, the house navigates that tension with long cedar wing walls, covered decks, and a pinwheel roof that coax light and privacy into balance. It’s a house for gathering, but also for retreat, with circulation that choreographs movement and sightlines across levels.
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