Aaron Neubert Architects completes Slot House, a 2,400-square-foot residence positioned on a steep up-slope site in Los Angeles. Overlooking the Silver Lake hills and reservoir, the project approaches the terrain as a constraint that defines both form and sequence, resulting in a tightly stacked volume that integrates directly into the hillside. HOUSING The design begins […] More
Cabin Devín, designed by Ark-shelter and ARCHEKTA, occupies a dramatic site above the Zlatý Roh vineyards near Devín Castle. Positioned roughly three kilometers above the ECK restaurant, the cabin overlooks rows of vines stretching toward the horizon, where sunsets fade behind the distant Austrian Alps. The architects approached the project with a clear challenge: to […] More
House Among Holm Oaks sits within a residential area of Las Rozas, located on the outskirts of Madrid. The site contains a dense population of native holm oak trees that strongly shape the character of the landscape. In response, Unode Estudio approached the project through a careful balance between visibility and restraint, placing the house […] More
Japanese Semi is a residential renovation by Picnic Design located in downtown Toronto. The project transforms a semi-detached house built in 1910 into a home tailored for a mixed-race family who had lived there for more than a decade without major updates. The renovation focused on reorganizing previously fragmented interiors while introducing spatial concepts influenced […] More
Casa Maui rises within the green corridor of Pilar in Buenos Aires Province, where dense vegetation shapes the residential landscape. Designed by LAK Arquitectura under the direction of Lucas Muñoz, with interior design by Melazza Mobili led by Florencia Melazza and Malena Taboada, the project brings architecture and interior design into a unified narrative. Conceived […] More
Casa Cosmos stands in the foothills of the Punilla Valley in Capilla del Monte, in Argentina’s Province of Córdoba. Architect Cristián Nanzer placed the house on a steep site bordering a protected natural reserve where dense woodland of red quebrachos, black algarrobos, chañares, and aromitos grows across the semi-arid terrain. The plot slopes strongly from […] More
Casa da Rocha Quebrada by SO Arquitetura & Design occupies the final vacant plot along a stretch of São Miguel’s southern coastline. Set against the Atlantic and surrounded by older constructions, the house forms the closing element of a coastal block while responding directly to the rugged volcanic landscape of the Azores. The architects describe […] More
Luigi Rosselli Architects completed Emerald Sound in Coogee on Australia’s eastern coastline, where steep sandstone cliffs descend toward the Pacific Ocean. The house overlooks a narrow bay known for its clear emerald waters and year-round swimmers. Homes climb the surrounding slopes in layered terraces that resemble an amphitheatre facing the sea. Divers often encounter the […] More
Located on a secluded peninsula along a quiet, motorboat-free lake in Ontario’s Muskoka region, Long Lake Cottage offers an off-grid retreat shaped by its natural surroundings. The project, designed by Dubbeldam Architecture + Design, occupies a forested site where the owners spent a full year camping before deciding where and how to build. Their goal […] More
On a steep plot in Braga, Casa A negotiates gravity through calibration rather than force. Designed by L2C Arquitetura under the direction of Luís Cunha, with collaboration from Rui Forte, the 550-square-metre residence completes in 2024 as a measured response to a demanding site on Rua de Barros. The terrain unfolds as an irregular topography, […] More
Archi-Tectonics completed the London Solar House in Primrose Hill as a residential renovation and extension that doubles the footprint of a century-old brick townhouse while preserving its structural core. Designed for a family of four, the 2,250-square-foot project reinterprets the compact typology of London’s masonry row houses through volumetric expansion and integrated renewable energy systems. […] More
At Powder Mountain Ski Resort in Eden, Utah, Sparano + Mooney Architecture designed a ski-in, ski-out residence shaped by the principles of kirigami, the Japanese art of cutting and folding paper. The concept guided both the form and surface of the house, where bent metal planes wrap the structure and respond to the exposed alpine […] More