Counterpoint House places a retired entrepreneur’s new chapter in a contemporary house in Germany, where Ippolito Fleitz Group – Identity Architects choreographs the interiors. Working within Thomas Fabrinsky Architekten’s low-slung bungalow, the studio leans into bold colour, precise material combinations and crafted detailing to support daily rituals and long views. The result is a residence tuned to both introspection and sociable gatherings, with landscape, pool and interior volumes held in deliberate tension.
1930s Victorian bungalow traces the careful reinvention of a 1935 house in Austin, United States by Side Angle Side, recasting a rundown structure as a layered family home. The architects rebuild the historic shell around salvaged millwork and generous light, while interior designer and homeowner Holly Beth Potter threads vintage finds and new finishes into a calm, lived-in rhythm. What emerges is a house that holds history close yet feels ready for everyday use.
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.
Swoosh House sets a lively brief in motion in Australia, where Das Studio renovates and extends a long-loved family house. The project builds on a north-facing sandstone villa, replacing a gloomy lean-to with a generous rear addition shaped by an inverted roof truss. Across kitchen, living, and garden, daily life expands for a young athletic family ready for the next decade of gatherings and growth.
Claustro House anchors a hill town in Zapallar, Chile, with a clear, almost classical idea reworked for family life. Espiral Arquitectos centers the house on a cloistered courtyard, drawing movement inwards and light from above, while a two-level plan separates social rhythms from retreat. A private exterior and a porous core create a deliberate contrast that suits the coastal setting and a multigenerational routine.
Casa Morera unfolds as a house in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain, crafted by ZHUD studio in 2024. Set within a residential context, the project focuses on daily living and rhythm rather than gesture, using clear planning moves to shape the experience of home. It reads as a composed residential work with a measured stance, where the plan steers the atmosphere and pace.
House in Pazzallo stands in Lugano, Switzerland, with a measured presence that suits its residential setting. Designed by Acerbi – Zaccara, the house reads as careful planning translated into everyday comfort, with circulation and rooms laid out to serve daily rhythms rather than dictate them. The result places use at the center, with calm transitions and clear routes guiding movement from morning to night.
Square House is a residence located in Genk, Belgium. Designed by Cocoon Architecten in 2017, this house combines transparency and privacy through spatial planning, utilizing a central inner courtyard to flood the home with light while shielding it from neighbors. This approach emphasizes a contemporary Japanese design aesthetic, exemplified by a Washitsu, or Japanese room, where old and new elements converge.
