Casa Enoki sits on a steep hillside in Liberia, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, where dense dry-tropical vegetation drops toward the Pacific. Designed by QBO3 Arquitectos as a luxury house, the residence reads the terrain and turns it into a series of staggered platforms with ocean views. The result is an indoor-outdoor home that treats the surrounding landscape as both boundary and companion.
House on the Pond sits on a pondside property in Austin, Canada, where Atelier Échelle shapes a compact yet generous secondary house for a family retreat. The house serves as both a guest dwelling and seasonal cabana, expanding the life of the ancestral home while directing daily rituals toward water, fire, and long views across the surrounding farmland. Inside and out, circulation traces a clear loop around light, landscape, and gathering.
Capriccio House is a three-story family house in Louveira, Brazil, designed by Vitor Dias Arquitetura with a gently sloped roof anchoring its street presence. Inside, open-plan social levels flow toward a pool terrace and a wide forest view, shaping a contemporary home for a young family that loves to gather. Wood ceilings, Minas stone surfaces, and generous glazing lend warmth and clarity to the daily rhythm of this hillside residence.
House G unfolds as a generous private house on an 800 square meter (8,611 square foot) footprint in Istanbul, Turkey, shaped by ACARARCH. Set within a 2,000 square meter (21,528 square foot) garden, the four-level residence turns a busy urban address into a quiet world of warm materials, tailored rooms, and long views to greenery. Light, height, and a calm palette guide the whole composition.
Blueinc House rises in Quinta da Baroneza, Brazil, by Padovani Arquitetos as a three-level house organized around an assertive L-shaped plan. The residence in the interior of São Paulo arranges social, leisure, and private rooms around a central yard, drawing views to the horizon while threading outdoor circulation between volumes. Wood, stone, and metal mark the exterior, setting up a calm yet active stage for daily life and weekend gatherings.
PCG House sets a composed horizontal line against the light of Loulé, Portugal, where Visioarq Arquitectos grounds a contemporary house in its sloping terrain. Glass, terraces, and a long infinity pool open the rooms toward the southern horizon, while careful solar orientation shapes how the family moves through the day. The result is a residence tuned to climate and view without losing clarity of form.
Brandilera House sets a coastal rhythm in Nayarit, Mexico, where Manuel Cervantes Estudio draws the house around sea light and dense Pacific vegetation. The project, created in collaboration with James Perse, organizes a resort-scale home as a series of pavilions that open toward a central garden and the horizon. Daily life stretches between interior comfort, shaded outdoor rooms, and long views over the water.
Residencia Chavarria stands in Puntarenas, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica, as a low, porous house by Carazo Arquitectura that trades thick walls for garden-filled thresholds. Composed around an interior courtyard and wrapped in modular brick, the home reads as a continuous exchange between enclosure and vegetation. Shifting between open and sheltered zones, it reworks domestic life for a humid coastal climate and lets everyday routines unfold in tandem with light, air, and greenery.
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