Planar House is a house located in Thailand. Designed in 2024 by JI+TA architect, the project features layered planes that filter views while ensuring privacy and maintaining a sense of openness. The architecture allows natural sunlight and breeze to permeate, creating moments of ventilation in a dynamic interior. With a well-orchestrated entry sequence, this single-family villa has a central courtyard flanked by communal spaces that lead towards a split-level upper level housing a master suite and two smaller bedrooms.
Located in Panchkula, India, Residence 91 by Charged Voids is an inward-looking six-bedroom house with patterned brickwork informed by local construction practices. The home features an improvised rat-trap bond, serving both thermal insulation and noise reduction purposes. Owing to the bustling location, this Chandigarh residence is designed with carefully planned recesses that ensure privacy. The design is described as a humble, meditative sanctuary, housing a nine-member family spanning three generations.
Lai The House by DUHA Architects is situated in the culturally rich village of Lai The, Huế, Vietnam. Designed in 2023, this house features alternating courtyards that foster a connection between generations. Its open-plan living area seamlessly integrates with a lush garden, creating an inviting and intimate atmosphere.
Isla Architects has renovated a terraced home in Esporles, Spain, turning it into a light-filled space. Completed in 2024, the project involved opening walls to create a courtyard with various lighting features like sliding windows, skylights, and pivoting panels. The material palette includes lime mortar, green carpentry, and custom tiles, adding character to the main house and the newly added guest house on the adjacent plot.
Castle High is a coastal farmhouse located in Pembrokeshire, Wales, designed by Hyde + Hyde Architects in 2021. The project transforms a thermally inefficient farmhouse into a contemporary residence, creating a natural-flowing horseshoe courtyard layout.
Residence on the Carmel is a house located in Haifa, Israel, designed by SaaB Architects in 2024. It features three distinct volumes with different finishes: one with white plaster housing public spaces overlooking the sea, another clad in gray stone for bedrooms, and a hovering wooden box serving as the parents’ unit.
Villa Lev is a house in Tulum, Mexico, designed by the local studio Espacio 18 Arquitectura in 2024. The building comprises three volumes positioned in a horseshoe shape to create a central courtyard and increase its connection with the natural surroundings and ensure more privacy.
The dwelling was constructed using raw concrete, with wooden furniture used throughout the space to give the interior a warmer atmosphere.
A Bit W Residence is a house in Nonthaburi, Thailand, designed by TA-CHA Design in 2024. The modernist-influenced home features basic geometric forms, passive design, and an open courtyard to enhance ventilation and green space.
