M.H. Lair is a new house by Claret-Cup in Los Angeles, CA, United States, set into a steep Montecito Heights hillside. The three-story residence uses courtyards, terraces, and a winding circulation to pull daily life outdoors while threading privacy back inside. It reads contemporary without fuss, favoring fold-away thresholds, a cinder block spine, and rooms that adapt to guests or quiet routines.
Stealth House lands in Austin, TX, United States as a compact house by Specht Novak that hides its life within. The 2024 ADU turns its back to the street with corrugated Cor-Ten cladding, then opens to courtyards and full-height glazing that soak interiors in daylight. Privacy drives the parti, yet the plan feels effortless and bright.
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.
Winnow sits in Phoenix, United States, as a modern house by The Ranch Mine that pivots outdoor life around shade, views, and a disciplined plan. The developer brief called for Arcadia character refined into clear volumes and a strong bond with light and landscape. The result is a desert compound that moves easily from everyday routines to lively gatherings.
Can Tudó sits on a steep hillside above Paguera Bay in Palma, Spain, by Caballero+Colon. The house reads as a single folded plane that turns into roof, wall, and floor, with frameless glass and plant-filled fissures softening the edge between pine grove and interior. It’s a residence built from a tight set of rules and a taste for play, bringing island light deep into daily life.
V House sets its stance in Portugal with a confident V-shaped plan and a stone skin that reads as one continuous body. Designed by João Tiago Aguiar, the house turns south to a garden and long, low pool while folding around a courtyard pierced by a tree. It’s a house, yes, but also a clear sequence of rooms and thresholds that makes daily life feel measured and connected.
Palm Springs is a house in Palm Springs, CA, United States, designed by sticklab. The single-level home gathers daily life around a pool courtyard while long rooflines and slatted shade manage the desert light. Clear glazing opens the living areas to patios and gardens, setting up a measured back-and-forth between cooler interiors and sunlit outdoor rooms.
Copper Canyon House stands at the base of Camelback Mountain in Paradise Valley, AZ, United States, conceived by Architecture-Infrastructure-Research. The house reads as a thin copper tent raised on a concrete slab, poised above a scatter of boulders and washes. It’s a residential project that treats climate as a driver, pulling landscape and light through a broad central pavilion while carving quieter masonry rooms to the sides.
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