East Hampton Modern stands on a pastoral property in East Hampton, NY, United States, where Workshop/APD rethinks the classic weekend house for city dwellers. The 2021 project arranges crisp gabled volumes around a pool and meadow, setting up a clear dialogue between social life, guest privacy, and the open landscape. Inside and out, the house reads as a retreat planned around movement, light, and long poolside days with visiting friends.
Auseva House anchors a calm domestic world in southern Mexico City, Mexico, where Graus Arquitectura pursues clarity through order, light, and measured sequence. The house treats every threshold, courtyard, and stair as part of a continuous journey that links interior life with the surrounding plot in a deliberate, almost meditative rhythm. Daylight, geometry, and restraint set the tone from the first step inside.
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.
914 JS3 sits in Gavà Mar, Spain, as a contemporary house by Exitprojectes that turns firmly toward its own garden. Behind a graphic white volume and stone walls, the home pulls daily life around water, porches, and trees, keeping the surrounding suburb at arm’s length. Calm surfaces, filtered light, and measured views give the coastal setting a resort-like ease without losing a sense of privacy.
Westview Residence sets a calm, precise tone on a steep Austin, TX, cul-de-sac, where Alterstudio Architecture navigates oaks, grade, and creek with quiet confidence. The house steps down from the street into a private woodland hollow, using brick volumes and a long glazed great room to frame daily life within the remaining wild pocket of this suburban edge.
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.
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.
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.
