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.
Carcassonne reshapes a heritage-listed house in Melbourne’s leafy south-east into a family home by FMD Architects. The project relocates daily life to a stepped, north-facing addition and reopens the original fabric to light and garden views. Across the lot, rooms now connect with both a public front garden and a private rear yard and pool, drawing a clear line between arrival, shared living, and quiet retreat.
Thompson House sets down on a steep site in West Vancouver, Canada, where harbour and mountain views pull in opposite directions. Designed by splyce design, the house navigates that tension with long cedar wing walls, covered decks, and a pinwheel roof that coax light and privacy into balance. It’s a house for gathering, but also for retreat, with circulation that choreographs movement and sightlines across levels.
Escondido Beach House sits on Malibu, CA, United States, reimagined by Oppenheim Architecture as a measured renewal of a 1980s beachfront home. The house is stripped back to its structure and rebuilt as a clear, coastal plan that privileges light, air, and the daily pull of the Pacific. What was inward and busy now stretches toward the water with a calm, continuous rhythm across rooms and terraces.
Vespa anchors a young family’s house on the Gold Coast, Australia, by Habitat Studio Architects. The subtropical retreat pairs a monolithic western facade with a hovering roof, deep overhangs, and lush planting that draw breezes and temper glare. Inside and out, rooms pivot around a generous courtyard, balancing outward living with refuge, while concrete, timber, and black detailing keep the palette grounded in durability and calm.
Ca’n Gallineta lands in Manacor, Spain, as a house by OAM – Office Architecture Mallorca that reads the hillside before it writes on it. The project settles on the knoll and extends down the slope, opening the main face to the south for light and winter warmth. Passive moves shape daily comfort, while a single sloping roof gathers the volumes into one clear silhouette.
Villa Lavan is a house in Madrid, Spain, by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos, laid out as two elongated volumes turning gently across the site. The plan separates daytime rooms facing the garden from upper-level bedrooms oriented to a nearby lake, while the rotation carves shaded terraces crucial for Madrid’s sun. Built for permanence, the dwelling threads climate sense with a clear, enduring structure.
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.
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