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Casa M steps down a steep plot in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, as a two-story single-family house by Silverline. The split-level composition gathers everyday life around a social lower floor while lifting quiet suites and the garage above. From the street, it reads as a modest single-story volume; from the garden, it opens across two levels toward terraces, greenery, and a pool.

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.

House and Office in Hokusetsu places a family home and workplace along a tree-lined avenue in Osaka, Japan, under the direction of Fujiwaramuro Architects. The project stacks a concrete-tube living level above an aluminum-clad base with garage and office rooms, turning a height difference on the site into a clear split between domestic life and daily work. Inside, exposed concrete and filtered light shape a calm yet engaged urban setting.

Tangram House occupies a gently sloping lakefront site in Lagoa Santa, Brazil, and comes from the studio TETRO Arquitetura. The house holds the street with a discreet horizontal line, then turns inward to frame trees, lawn, and water rather than traffic and cars. Across two levels, the project choreographs daily life between a sheltered upper volume and an open lower level that leans directly toward the lake.

Bueno Apartment sits in Brasília, Brazil, where BLOCO Arquitetos reworks a 125 m² (1,345 ft²) residence inside a pillar-free 1980s building. The renovation reduces four bedrooms to two while expanding the social rooms for gatherings and daily life. Designed in 2025, the project draws on the building’s perimeter structure and precast concrete to unlock a flexible plan for a couple and their young son.

Japi House sits in Jundiaí, SP, Brazil, a contemporary house by UNA Barbara e Valentim that turns to the foothills of Serra do Japi for cues. The project revives rammed earth alongside exposed concrete and a garden roof, tying durable craft to climate and daily life. Quiet from the street, it opens to sky and green inside.

MSR Apartment sits in Rio de janeiro, Brazil, where Mauricio Rebello – MRG Architecture reshapes a 150m2 holiday home around view, light, and tactility. The brief called for a social core that folds kitchen and living together while framing the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon. What emerges is a warm, refined interior with exposed structure and Tauari wood that turns daily rituals toward the water.

Casa FM is a new house in Porto, Portugal, by António Bessa Cruz Architects. Set on a former car repair shop near Agramonte Cemetery, the project replaces an inadequate structure with a ground-up build that preserves an industrial attitude. Loft-scale rooms, courtyards, and robust materials steer the conversion toward intimate daily living while keeping the workshop’s memory in view. It was designed in 2025.