Casa Tupin sits within a gated community on Brasília’s Park Way, where BLOCO Arquitetos shapes a concrete house around a calm interior court. The single-family residence leans on exposed structure, suspended slabs, and native cerrado vegetation to link its social rooms and private wings while holding onto the loose character of the surrounding landscape. Inside and out, the composition keeps the house airy, open, and tuned to the Brazilian plateau light.
Casa 49 stretches along a lush hillside in Nosara, Costa Rica, where Salagnac Arquitectos shapes a modern house tuned to Pacific light and wind. The project arranges generous living areas, terraces, and bedrooms to keep family life close to the surrounding landscape without losing a sense of calm retreat. Strong structural elements sit beside warm timber and open thresholds, giving daily routines a direct connection to ocean views and green slopes.
House O sits on a lava-formed plateau above Itō, Japan, where Amaine Architects threads a clear geometry through dense cypress forest and distant sea views. The house works as a deliberate pause in this long geological story, raising daily life above the undergrowth while holding on to the breeze, the horizon, and the rhythm of the trees. Within this lifted volume, a quiet holiday routine meets the calm of the woods.
Color Me Happy sets out a richly personal house in Estoril, Portugal, by Viterbo Interior Design Ateliers, where color carries real emotional weight. Each room responds to a specific feeling, from the energising fuchsia office to the introspective deep blue powder room, shaping how daily life unfolds. Together they form a coherent home that treats hue, texture, and comfort as equal partners in living well.
Suburban Villa anchors an elevated plot in Thessaloniki, Greece, where Matheas Architecture reworks an unfinished suburban house into a refined, contemporary residence. The project threads minimalism with understated luxury, opening everyday life to long city views while reorganizing domestic routines around an open-plan core, dedicated leisure level, and revitalized pool terrace that respond directly to the owners’ way of living.
Villa Housu anchors a private holiday house in Tunturi-Lappi, Lapland, Finland, where the Arctic light stretches long across spruce-clad hills. Designed by Fyra in close collaboration with architect Otso Virtanen of Ark Helsinki, the retreat balances an active outdoor routine with calm, pared-back interiors. Finnish spruce, soft minimalism, and concealed storage come together to support a family that moves between ski trails, sauna heat, and slow evenings by the living room windows.
Red Rock sits on a Las Vegas, NV, United States parcel that looks east to the Strip and west to Red Rock Canyon. Faulkner Architects shapes this 2024 house as a low, earthbound composition that leans into the harsh desert climate rather than resisting it. Concrete, water, and shaded courts work together so daily life tracks the shifting light, wind, and temperature through the day and across the seasons.
Yield House rises above Vancouver, Canada, as a house conceived for extended family gatherings by Splyce Design. Set on an east–west lot in the city’s westside, the project balances privacy from the sidewalk with long views to mountains, ocean and skyline. Guests move through a measured sequence of walls, stairs and framed outlooks, arriving in a calm interior where social rooms, tucked service zones and quiet retreats stay connected yet distinct.
