Casa A occupies a steep urban plot in Braga, Portugal, where L2C Arquitectura studies the slope instead of fighting it. The house steps down the hillside in quiet terraces, aligning itself with stone walls, streets, and long southern and western views. This measured approach turns a difficult Barros plot into a layered domestic landscape, with exterior rooms and interior volumes sharing the same grounded, horizontal rhythm.
Lavra House stands on a narrow urban lot in Matosinhos, Portugal, where WER Studio rethinks how a family home meets the Atlantic climate. The house inverts the conventional layout, dropping bedrooms to the ground floor and lifting social rooms to higher levels to gain privacy, light, and air. Across concrete, steel, and timber, the project choreographs daily life around a central stair and a rooftop terrace with pool.
Casa CR stands on the rugged edge of Lagoa, Portugal, where basalt rock meets Atlantic light. Conceived by SO Arquitetura & Design, the single-level house answers a couple’s late-life wish to start over with clarity and calm. The residence draws on the client’s aviation past and on the island’s tough terrain, translating both into a low, winglike volume that opens wide to garden, courtyard, and horizon.
CASINHA DA MELROEIRA stands on a tight plot in Ourém, Portugal, where Filipe Saraiva – Arquitectos rebuilds a familiar ruin as a compact village house. The project follows a pentagonal volume that mirrors its neighboring Casa da Melroeira while carving out intimate outdoor rooms and framed views. Inside, salvaged pieces, handcrafted objects, and technical experiments turn a modest footprint into a layered home grounded in memory and everyday use.
TerraSense Mountain Charm Retreat stands within the rugged Serra da Estrela landscape in Guarda, Portugal, reworking two pre-existing houses into a rural refuge by DRK Architects. The retreat aligns strict environmental protections with a clear architectural gesture, using schist and exposed concrete to connect a hotel setting with the surrounding mountains. Guests move through rooms that retain echoes of former homes while opening toward long views and a slower rhythm of stay.
Casa M steps down a steep plot in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, as a two-story single-family house by Silverline. The split-level composition gathers everyday life around a social lower floor while lifting quiet suites and the garage above. From the street, it reads as a modest single-story volume; from the garden, it opens across two levels toward terraces, greenery, and a pool.
Casa da Rocha Quebrada sits on the southern coast of São Miguel in Lagoa, Portugal, a concrete house by SO Arquitetura & Design. The project belongs to the parents of one of the studio’s founders, so the brief strips back every nonessential move and pairs a mineral exterior with a warmer interior. Exposed concrete, sheltered openings, and a simple plan respond to the harsh Atlantic edge without losing a sense of quiet domestic life.
House_JA sets a concrete profile on the slopes of Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, by éOp-arquitectura e design. The three level house tracks the natural topography, stepping from a discreet street front to wide openings that catch the sea, the Douro estuary, the river, and Porto beyond. Inside, social rooms, bedrooms, and leisure areas align around those shifting views with a clear, landscape-led logic.
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