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.
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.
Casa A12 stands on a hill above Aci Castello, Italy, where exposed concrete lines meet rough lava stone. Designed by Salvatore Puleo as a contemporary house, the project replaces an old rural building with a residence that commands views of the coast, the Acitrezza stacks, and Mount Etna. It reads as both lookout and dwelling, grounded in the volcanic terrain around it.
House on the Lake sits on the west banks of Lake Memphremagog in Magog, Canada, where Atelier Échelle pairs contemporary rigor with rural memory. The house translates the archetypal Quebec barn into a six-bedroom lakefront residence for an art-collecting couple. Four related volumes create distinct realms for summer, winter, living, and guests, turning the waterfront site into a seasonal sequence of terraces, galleries, and intimate rooms for family and friends.
Le Fenil sets a low, assured line across the fields of Québec, Canada, where naturehumaine [architecture+design] grounds a new rural house in former farmland. The single-story retreat uses a barn-inspired volume to choreograph everyday life between panoramic countryside views and sheltered outdoor rooms. Inside, an edited material palette and clear plan organize family routines around a bright central living core that stays closely tied to the open landscape.
L10 House updates a 1970s single-family home on the coast of Spain, rethinking how it meets the Cantabrian Sea and southern light. Garmendia Cordero Arquitectos work with the original structure’s quiet intelligence, rotating internal axes and loosening partitions while keeping the building’s essential character intact. The house shifts from a compartmentalized layout toward generous, flexible rooms that support a warmer, more connected way of living today.
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