Lucas Gonçalves’s urban Summer House in Brazil turns inward to a garden, using split volumes & hinged brises for retreat. Photo: Keniche Santos ...
BLA Design Group's Desert Lake House lifts its upper floor to shade lakefront living from Osoyoos desert sun. Photos by Lucas Inacio. ...
FMD Architects' Babylonia sinks a Melbourne house into its sloping garden, curving its rooflines around two mature eucalypts. Photos by Peter Bennetts. ...
LUO studio's Shell Book Pavilion in Beijing lifts its roof like a clam, turning a plaza reading room into a stage. Photos by Zhu Yumeng. ...
Elena Drobotova's art-filled office in Moscow closes old doorways with shelving to turn a historic enfilade into a working gallery. Photos by Sergey Krasyuk. ...
Mirai Ramenclub in Basel hangs a dense timber lattice over an open granite counter kitchen, turning a 150 m² room into dinner you watch being made. ...
West Garden Florist by LUO studio bends thin timber slats into a grass-roofed flower shop shaped by the gaps between trees in a Beijing park. ...
Casa Tao by HW Studio treats shade as a building material, lifting a concrete living box above quiet courtyards in Puerto Vallarta's coastal heat. ...
Casa da Mata, a 1,032 m² family home in Franca, Brazil, follows its sloping forest site and opens an entire living wing to the trees. ...
The Long Horizontals house by Thellend Fortin flips its plan on a Quebec headland, sinking bedrooms into concrete and pushing dining toward the river. ...
Inside a 55 m² Moscow apartment by Irina Mishuris, where a glazed partition, hidden bar, and terracotta bath turn tight space into calm. ...