The Stair House is a family home in Edmonton, Canada, shaped by NAKO Design in close collaboration with a client who’s an architect himself. Behind a modest brick façade, the house orchestrates four levels through a sequence of sculptural stairs and quiet rooms, setting a composed rhythm for daily life. The project reads as both workshop and dwelling, where material precision meets a warm, livable plan.
Casa Lua lands in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, with a poised urban presence and a clear view toward the Serra do Curral. TETRO Arquitetura organizes the house as four stacked levels on a steep slope, each one reading as a belvedere. The real estate type is a house, yet the layout stretches beyond a typical domestic plan, binding daily life to the horizon and the moonrise that clears the mountains.
Kazemat Koningsweg sets a quiet tone on the Veluwe in the Netherlands, where JCR Architecten crafts a hideout that recedes into the land. The small holiday house occupies a former military compound now shared by housing, workplaces, and eleven compact retreats, and it meets the brief with angular restraint and a camouflaged stance. Sunken into the ground, it reads like a bunker from afar yet opens to treetop views and light within.
Casa en Asturias sits on a raised terrace in northern Spain, composed by Jovino Martínez Sierra Arquitectos as a contemporary house tuned to long coastal views. The project organizes daily life around a double‑height living room and a concrete walkway that threads the home like a quiet promenade. Broad glazing frames the Cantabrian horizon, while the pool and lawn extend the plan outward.
Janošík Headquarters and Showroom sits in the Czech Rep., where the White Carpathians drop from forest to meadow, and it carries the hand of designer Jakub Janošík. The project converts a 1950s grain hall into an office and showroom for a windows-and-doors maker, binding daily work to distant views and a working landscape. It’s an office, yes, but also a live laboratory for openings, thresholds, and light.
Casa Horizonte sits on the cliffs of Ericeira, Portugal, shaped by Mamey Home for a client who surfs and works remotely. The house, a ground-up residence on a west-facing plot above the Atlantic, answers the view while guarding privacy from neighbors. A rigorous nine-square grid anchors the plan, setting the stage for terraces, patios, and a roof terrace that extend daily life outdoors.
Floating Roof House lands in Tel Aviv, Israel, with a presence equal parts calm and exacting. Pitsou Kedem Architects shape a one-story house around a floating roofline, a geometric mashrabiya, and long planes of concrete and glass. The project reads as a private retreat set within a quiet neighborhood, yet it unfolds as a precise composition of screen, void, and light.
Rathnelly House anchors a comprehensive renovation in Toronto, Canada by Studio VAARO, reshaping an Edwardian semi-detached home into a materially rich multi-family residence. The project enlarges usable area within the existing footprint through structural rethinking and a sculptural approach to concrete, wood, stone, and plaster. Across floors, crafted millwork, curving partitions, and an evolving stair establish a clear narrative of construction and comfort that supports family life and entertaining.
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