Lake Forest Park DADU sits in the wooded backyard of a Lake Forest Park, WA, United States home, designed by Studio Zerbey Architecture + Interiors. The compact house serves as a detached guest cottage, workspace, and party annex, balancing a dark, durable exterior with a light interior. Everyday life and occasional visits share the same clear, calm rooms, giving the family a versatile outbuilding that stays closely tied to its garden setting.
Casita stands just off the Rendezvous Main House in Jackson, WY, United States, conceived by Prospect Studio as a compact yet complete guest dwelling. The house answers Teton County’s strict 1,000-square-foot guest limit with boatlike efficiency, wrapping warm cedar and stone around a tight program for visiting family and ski friends. Inside, calm rooms and careful built-ins make winter stays feel generous despite the modest footprint.
Bronze and Black House steps lightly across a Los Angeles hillside, its long upper volume skimming above gardens and pool. SPF:architects arranges the house and companion studio along a decisive linear spine, tying together cul-de-sac ends and calibrating every room to the surrounding views. Inside the house, warm materials and generous glazing support open daily living while keeping the experience of the steep site legible from morning to night.
Araucarias House sets two compact dwellings amid the cool, pine-covered slopes of Campos do Jordão, Brazil. Designed by ARKITITO Arquitetura in 2024, the house uses durable assemblies to meet mountain moisture and cold. The real estate type is a house that splits into a main residence and a guest house, each with social and private wings, reading as a pair of dark, low volumes bridged by a bright metal hall.
Nested within the redwoods of Los Gatos, California, The Cube by Fuse Architects + Builders serves as a guest house for the Las Cumbres Residence. Designed in 2019, the structure offers a private retreat with a shared outdoor communal space.
The Las Lomas Pool House in Soquel, California, was designed by Fuse Architects + Builders in 2019. It serves as a central hub with a Henry Built kitchen, outdoor fireplace, and both indoor and outdoor showers, offering a space for entertaining and guest accommodation.
In the heart of Spello, Italy, a historical town known for its ancient Roman walls, the Blackbeard Garden House blooms. This 2021 architectural project, masterfully designed by Massimo Berzetta, has breathed new life into a historic mansion, repurposing it into a modern guest house. The transformation incorporates a blend of structural rehabilitation, energy upgrades, and functional plant system, all beautifully crowned with a tasteful interior design and art-furnishings.
Infusing modernity with traditional charm, Blackbeard Garden House offers an exquisite hospitality experience in a culturally rich town.
La Escocesa is a modern guest house located on 25 de Mayo, Argentina and designed by Dub I Diseño & Sustentabilidad in 2022.
Situated in the flat plains of the ‘Pampas’ in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, this house was built to be flexible and to support a family home. The house consists of four modules: a large kitchen/dining room; a two-bedroom module; a split-bathroom module; and a large multi-purpose space in the attic. Low or no maintenance materials were chosen for the building envelope, as well as environmental design strategies to require very little air conditioning throughout the year. The central patio serves as the nucleus of union of all the parts of the house, providing an outdoor distribution hall and a space for meeting and contemplation of the surrounding landscape.
