Seis Patios House sits in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, as a single-family residence by VOID that turns everyday life toward patios, air, and vegetation. Organized as a livable gallery for an art enthusiast, the house threads color, local materials, and six planted courtyards into a fluid daily routine where rooms open to water, shade, and art-filled walls. Light and ventilation guide how the home is used, not just how it looks.
Luna House sits at the end of a quiet street in Curitiba, Brazil, where Nommo Arquitetos draw the house into close conversation with the Atlantic Forest. This modern family house stacks a timber-clad base and a pale upper volume, opening daily life to birdsong, filtered light, and a compact pool court. Inside, restrained finishes and large openings keep attention on the shifting greenery beyond the glass.
Winkelhaus sets a curved concrete silhouette against the forested edge of Winkel, Switzerland, aligning every room with valley views. Estúdio KMMK shapes this single-family house as a quiet study in structure, material, and landscape, drawing on local stone and bronze details. The project balances a raw exterior expression with a restrained interior world, where white surfaces and pale timber keep attention on changing light throughout the year.
Zilker Park House stands as an urban house in Texas City, United States, by Specht Novak, set within a neighborhood where small lots meet increasing density. The project responds to both the bungalow grain and taller neighbors, using varied massing, tactile materials, and a stepped section to hold its ground between street life, heritage oaks, and long views down the hillside.
Casa dos Sobreiros II sits in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, as a rigorously ordered house by Urbanpolis that orients daily life around light and sequence. The home uses two primary axes, a courtyard heart, and a south-facing garden edge to choreograph how family, guests, and views move through the rooms. Continuous white surfaces and precise volumes underline a calm, contemporary character rooted in clarity rather than excess.
Casa Cubo reintroduces a familiar suburban house as a quiet contemporary landmark in Curitiba, Brazil. Estúdio Convexo Arquitetura retrofits the single-family home with a minimalist attitude, sharpening geometry outside and softening daily life inside. The project focuses on clarity, light, and durable materials so the renewed house can absorb family routines while staying visually calm from facade to garden.
House 323 commands a steep street in Sofia, Bulgaria, where I/O Architects set a dark, introverted volume against the city’s edge. Behind the brick mask, the house opens toward its garden and the nearby mountain, unfolding as a calm, glass-lined dwelling for a single family. Interior rooms follow that shift from compression to release, moving from a sheltered entrance to broad views and generous terraces.
Roam Ranch steps out across a working landscape near Fredericksburg, United States, as a ground-up house by Baldridge Architects for ranchers rooted in modern life. The 4,362-square-foot single-family home ties together daily living, business operations, and education on a property devoted to sustainably raised bison and turkeys. Under one extended roofline, the project recasts central Texas vernacular for a family moving from city rhythms to ranch work.