House_JA sets a concrete profile on the slopes of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, by éOp-arquitectura e design. The three level house tracks the natural topography, stepping from a discreet street front to wide openings that catch the sea, the Douro estuary, the river, and Porto beyond. Inside, social rooms, bedrooms, and leisure areas align around those shifting views with a clear, landscape-led logic.
French Creek Workshops House sits beside a wetland in Snohomish, WA, United States, where Wittman Estes shapes a low, calm house for a newly retired couple. The single-level residence folds studios, gardens, and water into a daily routine that supports aging-in-place and welcomes multigenerational visits without drama. Every room orients toward making, resting, or watching the seasons change across the layered landscape.
Amnesia House sets a low, steady line against the foothills of Napa Valley, California, United States, its form shaped by Garde Hvalsøe with Edmonds + Lee Architects. Conceived as a single-storey house for San Francisco clients seeking a counterpart to urban life, the project leans into resilient materials and crafted interiors. The result is a calm retreat where wildfire-conscious construction, Danish cabinetry, and the raw terrain hold equal weight in the daily rhythm of use.
House of Monitors sits on the Scarborough, Canada edge as a compact house shaped by light and structure. Designed by Williamson Williamson, the project responds to fragile bluff conditions with a precise mix of concrete shoring and cantilevered wood volumes. Within this tailored envelope, daily life unfolds against controlled daylight, tactile finishes, and a clear reading of how the building is made.
Portal 62 begins as a compact house in Merida, Mexico, yet unfolds into something deeper under the direction of Veinte Diezz Arquitectos. What starts as a conventional courtyard dwelling soon pivots around the discovery of a hidden cavern, turning the project into a carefully staged journey from street to subterranean. Each move through the house clarifies that this is less a showpiece than a measured sequence meant to be uncovered slowly.
Yupi Residence steps back from the street in Bertioga, Brazil, where Raiz Arquitetura stages a coastal house for weekends and lingering vacations. The multigenerational retreat in Riviera de São Lourenço gathers three generations under one roof, balancing sociable poolside life with quiet interiors that look toward preserved tropical vegetation. Generous volumes, layered facades, and measured connections to the garden give this contemporary home a calm but distinctly social presence.
House 323 commands a steep street in Sofia, Bulgaria, where I/O Architects set a dark, introverted volume against the city’s edge. Behind the brick mask, the house opens toward its garden and the nearby mountain, unfolding as a calm, glass-lined dwelling for a single family. Interior rooms follow that shift from compression to release, moving from a sheltered entrance to broad views and generous terraces.
A Touch of New brings a quietly radical house to the Tinos Regional Unit in Greece, where Aristides Dallas Architects work directly with the island’s dovecote heritage. The residence steps across two levels on the hillside, setting a hovering concrete cube against the weight of existing stone to negotiate old fabric and new construction.
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