Casa do Engenho sits within an agricultural estate in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, where architect Jorge Prata reworks an ancillary building into the family’s primary house. Once a rigid, compartmentalized volume used mainly for gatherings, the former pool house is now recast as a fluid, light-steered home with contemporary character. Across two levels, everyday life unfolds between preserved stone, new wood, and a renewed connection to the surrounding landscape.
Pine Island Cottage sets a quiet rhythm on a small Canadian island, where Bureau Tempo and Thom Fougere Studio craft a house tuned to weather and rock. The retreat unfolds as a sequence of communal and private rooms, each grounded by stone, wood, and metal surfaces that invite touch and slow movement. Family life gathers around a central hearth while light, texture, and modest changes in level mark the day.
House in Čakovice anchors a young family in Prague, Czech Rep., with a clear, minimalist house shaped by Edit! Architects. The compact volume holds a two-level layout that separates quiet work from shared daily life while drawing long views to the hedge-wrapped garden. Inside, a central gallery ties rooms together with light and sightlines.
Los Llanos House stands on rural ground in Paraje los Llanos, TM Lorca, Murcia, Spain, where a near-ruin becomes a lived-in memory. Designed by Pepa Díaz Arquitecta as a house rooted in family history, the project turns a former childhood home into a contemporary dwelling. The restored structure balances emotional continuity with a new way of living that favors shared rooms over compartmentalized domesticity.
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.
Casa MK unfolds as a lively family house in São Paulo, Brazil, where social rituals anchor every room. SuperLimão Studio builds on a long-standing collaboration with the clients to turn a former renovation brief into a full reimagining of how they live, gather, and play. The result is a home shaped around music, reuse, and everyday celebration rather than static formality.
CTZ2 House unfolds on a steep hillside above the Mediterranean in Valencia, Spain, where terraces reach toward Portitxol bay. Designed by Pepe Giner in 2023, the house rises as layered platforms that negotiate the difficult terrain while fixing daily life on a level with sea and sky. Living, sleeping, and moving through the house all orbit an elevated terrace and pool that read as a single, continuous outlook.
Casa Dos Playas sits between jungle and Pacific in Nosara, Costa Rica, a house by Salagnac Arquitectos that leans into earth, breeze, and shade. The project organizes family life across three low volumes, using fired clay brick and a lifted wood frame to temper heat and humidity while keeping daily routines close to the garden. Everything orients toward balance rather than spectacle, with construction choices driving both climate comfort and a calm interior mood.
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