Edmonds Sound House sits above Puget Sound in Edmonds, WA, United States, designed by Studio Zerbey Architecture + Interiors as a custom house oriented to water and trees. The project places primary living on a single main level for long-term accessibility while a smaller lower level steps into the slope. Wide glazing, deep overhangs, and a calm interior palette link daily life to the coastal forest setting and shifting maritime light.
Caxias PR reimagines a compact ground-floor apartment in Portugal through a precise intervention by João Tiago Aguiar. The 1970s T2 unit, once hemmed in by a poorly placed bathroom and underused rear yard, now orients daily life toward a generous, sunlit logradouro. In 2025, this renovation uses color, material, and a clearer plan to bind interior rooms to the reworked outdoor terrace.
Brighton Sands is a four-level house in Brighton, Australia, by Melbourne practice mckimm, conceived as a calm yet luxurious home for a young family. The coastal residence draws on LA hillside living, with layered interiors, lush planting, and open terraces that keep daily life close to air, light, and water. Every level, from basement retreat to rooftop terrace, leans into organic materials and sculptural forms that stay generous and refined.
Plano House sets a low, confident line against the greens of Morro do Chapéu Golf Club in Nova Lima, Brazil, by Daniel Carvalho Arquiteto. Designed as a single-story house for a couple over 60, it folds around a protected courtyard and opens every room to the lawn for barefoot everyday living. The result is a home tuned to hosting, resting, and easy movement across one generous level.
Kailua House sits just inland from the shoreline of Kailua, Hawaii, United States, where Mork-Ulnes Architects shape a dense neighborhood lot into an inward-looking retreat. The house turns toward lush planting, a grass-roofed lanai, and a long pool, arranging daily life around water, shade, and garden rather than the street. Inside, warm timber, concrete, and broad glass walls support a calm rhythm of cooking, gathering, and rest tuned to the island climate.
Allegato anchors a new house in Toorak, Australia, as McMahon and Nerlich translate a personal journey into a place of stillness and light. The project threads Māori notions of Wairua with Design; Building on Country principles, tying the home to land, memory, and a carefully tended garden. An L-shaped plan, sculpted roof forms, and material continuity between indoors and outdoors frame everyday life in a way that feels measured and quietly rich.
The Croft sets a contemporary profile on the hillside above Warminster, United Kingdom, where Western Design Architects shape a compact house around long south-facing views. Inside, the open-plan arrangement pulls family life toward the terrace and garden, turning a modest plot into an easy, everyday circuit. Sliding glass, pale finishes, and a shaded balcony keep the house bright yet controlled through changing English weather.
Beverly Crest traces a steep Beverly Hills, CA, United States hillside with the confidence of a seasoned local. Whipple Russell Architects shapes the house as a sequence of terraces, bridges, and rooms, each tuned to the ridgeline and city views. What begins as a quiet entry across water opens into a layered home where a Mediterranean-inflected retreat meets Los Angeles energy over five descending levels.
