Plano House sets a low, confident line against the greens of Morro do Chapéu Golf Club in Nova Lima, Brazil, by Daniel Carvalho Arquiteto. Designed as a single-story house for a couple over 60, it folds around a protected courtyard and opens every room to the lawn for barefoot everyday living. The result is a home tuned to hosting, resting, and easy movement across one generous level.
Trigo House rises among mesquite trees in Querétaro City, Mexico, as a composed family house by Heliana Arquitectura. Volumes and gardens step with the terrain, giving a family from Mexico City a calm retreat shaped by courtyards, interior patios, and framed views. Natural materials and controlled openings support a way of living that feels rooted, open, and quietly sheltered at the same time.
Octothorpe House settles low in Bend, United States, where Mork-Ulnes Architects explore a cross-laminated timber house shaped by light and memory. Four slender shed-roofed wings organize the home into public and private realms, drawing desert views deep indoors while small planted courts mark pauses along the way. The result is a calm, contemporary dwelling that treats circulation as both route and room.
Villa Kouhsar traces a measured route through Koohsar, a developing villa district in Alborz Province, Iran, where orchards give way to new construction. Hopo Design shapes the house as a careful negotiation between front yard, built volume, and pool courtyard, using courtyards, axes, and controlled openings to handle privacy, security, and climate. Across this compact plot, each movement from gate to water builds a distinct yet continuous domestic experience.
Anti-Shed sits in Winthrop, WA, United States, a house by Syndicate Smith shaped by the Methow Valley’s sharp seasons and long mountain views. The project trades the region’s familiar glassy shed roofs for a pared-back gable form, drawing instead on the owners’ Scandinavian travels and a close reading of wind, snow, and sun. Inside and out, it balances exposure and shelter in a way that feels precise yet relaxed.
Lavra House stands on a narrow urban lot in Matosinhos, Portugal, where WER Studio rethinks how a family home meets the Atlantic climate. The house inverts the conventional layout, dropping bedrooms to the ground floor and lifting social rooms to higher levels to gain privacy, light, and air. Across concrete, steel, and timber, the project choreographs daily life around a central stair and a rooftop terrace with pool.
Jaffe House Restoration rethinks a much-loved coastal house in New York, United States, bringing new clarity to Norman Jaffe’s 1978 work under architect Neil Logan. The project concentrates on the interior layout and connections to the courtyard and ocean, replacing piecemeal alterations with a coherent sequence of rooms that sharpen light, material, and everyday circulation. Historic fabric remains present, but the lived experience shifts toward a calmer, more legible rhythm.
Dunelands Residence crowns a dune above Lake Michigan in Saugatuck, MI, United States, where dSPACE Studio shapes a house tuned to weather and water. The lakefront retreat translates the owners’ love of rugged, four-season adventure into rooms that prioritize wellness, outdoor living, and a quiet connection to the shifting dune landscape. Stucco, steel, and glass read with a low, assured profile against the horizon, giving the dwelling a grounded yet open character.
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