Villa EF unfolds along the shoreline of Bardolino, Italy, where Depaolidefranceschibaldan Architetti revisit a 1960s holiday house with a calm, contemporary attitude. The reworked villa grows out of the hillside in three volumes, tying lake, garden, and interior rooms into one extended sequence of terraces and loggias. Stone, glass, and soft green metal set a measured tone that lets the surrounding olives and water carry the scene.
A Touch of New brings a quietly radical house to the Tinos Regional Unit in Greece, where Aristides Dallas Architects work directly with the island’s dovecote heritage. The residence steps across two levels on the hillside, setting a hovering concrete cube against the weight of existing stone to negotiate old fabric and new construction.
The Avber House sits on a hilltop in Avber, Slovenia, where OFIS Arhitekti reworks a clustered stone homestead into a contemporary house rooted in ancestral memory. The project gathers dwelling, former stable, and outbuilding around a sheltered courtyard, translating vernacular Karst elements into a renewed everyday setting for an Australian client returning to his family village. Historic structures stay present, while their roles shift toward present-day comfort and restrained sustainability.
LH Residence sits in the Metropolitan District of Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador, as a single-family house by Side FX Arquitectura that treats density as a design prompt. The architects work between party walls and neighboring roofs to stage a gradual retreat from the street, drawing residents inward through courtyards and filtered thresholds until daily life settles around vegetation, daylight, and controlled privacy rather than the surrounding urban crush.
Casa Bay stands on the skirts of Mount Erciyes in Kayseri, Türkiye, where Hasan Ayata Design Studio shapes a compact house around demanding weather and open ground. Two interlocked volumes in different heights organize daily life, pairing a high, sloped living room with low, quiet resting areas that all step directly into the garden. Natural finishes and a tight plan keep every corner in use while holding close to regional materials.
Casa Dragones anchors a contemporary house in Mérida, Mexico, with a grounded reading of climate and terrain by V Taller. The project reinterprets Yucatecan courtyard traditions through patios, arches, and planted voids that fold daily life into sequences of filtered light and shifting shade. Across its concrete base and lighter upper volumes, the house leans on local materials and open-air circulation to shape a calm, climate-responsive way of living.
Jiuxi Rose Garden sits in Hangzhou, China, as a private house by GFD shaped around quiet contact with landscape and light. The 500-square-meter residence draws nature into daily rituals, from tea and reading to family gatherings, through restrained materials and calm furnishings that keep the focus on texture, proportion, and the slow movement of the seasons. Rooms stay open yet composed, inviting an unhurried way of living.
Hayden House settles into a high Colorado valley above Aspen, CO, United States, where forest and meadow meet at 8,500 feet. Design Workshop shapes the house as a year-round family retreat, building on regenerative strategies that protect most of the land while framing long views to distant peaks. Inside and out, modular pavilions, planted roofs, and restored ground plane tie domestic life to the seasons without overwhelming the fragile montane setting.
