Gava Beach House transforms a former office in Barcelona, Spain, into a house for a couple, designed by Roman Izquierdo Bouldstridge. Set against views of Gava Mar Beach filtered through pine trunks, the 2022 project turns horizontality into an interior idea through shifting floor levels, a mezzanine, and an open plan that draws natural light deep into the home.
Villa Litomyšl II is a house in Czechia by Studio MA s.r.o., designed for family life on a gently sloping site. Completed in 2021, the modern home is arranged in an L-shaped plan that opens its main living areas to the garden, using roof overhangs, broad glazing, and a central stair to connect daily life across the house.
Cabins Kravák is a house project in Znojmo, Czechia, designed by Studio MA s.r.o. and conceived as a series of modular cabins set in close dialogue with the landscape. Designed in 2025, the project centers on compact living, using flexible layouts, integrated storage, large glazing, and a restrained material palette to make small interiors feel practical, calm, and closely connected to the outdoors.
Sagamore North Cottage is a house in Muskoka District Municipality, ON, Canada, designed by Akb Architects for life close to the water and tucked from passing boats. Completed in 2025, the all-season retreat follows the island’s slope and uses dark cladding, broad roof planes, and sliding glass walls to balance privacy with long views, family gatherings, and quieter moments alone.
Casa Libertad is a house in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, designed by Salagnac Arquitectos in 2018 for a young family of six. Set on the hills of Nosara with forest around it and ocean views beyond, the home is organized around open living, swing louver windows, and steady cross-ventilation. Masonry walls, wood elements, local stone, gardens, and fruit trees keep daily life closely tied to the site.
Casa Viteri Vergara is a house in Quito, Ecuador, designed by MCM+A Taller de Arquitectura for a narrow corner site in Nayón. Completed in 2018, the project responds to a steep slope, broad mountain views, and a warm, dry climate with a mixed structural system of concrete and wood. Its arrangement follows the plot’s long axis, setting social and private areas in clear relation to terrain, light, and privacy.
SKL House is a house in Envigado, Colombia, designed by CÂPÂ arquitectura as a sequence of four modules set across a sloping site. Completed in 2019, the home uses rotations, garden passages, and shifting levels to bind those parts into one continuous dwelling. A dark exterior gives way to light wood interiors, where double heights, angled openings, and cross views keep movement and daylight in constant play.
House M is a residence in Beijing, China, designed by Atelier About Architecture for a multigenerational family. Completed in 2025, it reworks a walled, low-light site through a sequence of courtyards, terraces, and atriums that draw daylight deep inside. The project turns inherited memories—trees at the window, terrazzo underfoot, red brick in shadow—into the home’s spatial and material framework.
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