Na Kukačkách Mountain Chalet sits in Strážné, Czech Republic, where Edit! rethinks the familiar mountain house as a clear, contemporary volume rooted in local rules. The chalet follows strict Krkonoše regional guidelines yet shifts attention indoors, arranging bright rooms around tall timber structure and large glazing tied to the surrounding landscape. Mountain typology, modern prefabrication, and day-to-day comfort meet in a compact retreat built for demanding terrain.
Villa Kronbuhl stands on the shore of Lake Constance in Germany, where Oppenheim Architecture shapes a house around far-reaching views and daily rituals. The 3,700-square-foot home pivots level by level to catch mountains, forest, and water, giving an international family a flexible retreat that shifts between quiet living and generous gathering. Inside and out, each turn of the plan pulls life back toward the landscape.
Backstage at The Old Vic expands the Grade II* listed theatre in London, United Kingdom, with a new charitable wing by Haworth Tompkins. The project folds a café, learning centre, rehearsal rooms and event venues into one extension, giving the institution a daily civic presence beyond performance nights. With community access, sustainability and accessibility embedded from the outset, the building reframes how a historic theatre can work for its neighbours as much as its artists.
Rose building stands on the riverside avenue of Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal, where Aurora Arquitectos reworks an old house into a layered interior narrative. Behind the rational facade, the project turns an eccentric private world into five independent apartments that preserve mosaics, murals, and carpentry while adding contemporary structure. Each new dwelling grows from the original rooms, so the building reads as one continuous story in five chapters.
Kownatki Lake House sits in Kownatki, Poland, as a refined holiday house by Archmondo Piotr Kowalczyk that draws directly from the quiet Masurian landscape. The project anchors a 36-hectare lakeside development and uses rigorous detailing, robust materials, and a barn-like form to give contemporary leisure living a distinctly local character. Guests move between forest, water, and home with an ease that feels both grounded and deliberate.
Mansion Lom gathers a far-flung family in a renewed house on the Banj plateau above Ljubljana, Slovenia, where OFIS architects work with rugged karst tradition. The studio keeps two existing stone buildings at the core of the project, binding them with a restrained new wing and a warm, wood-lined interior. Eight children and parents find a shared base here, in a landscape once almost forgotten yet rich in durable forms.
Westview Residence sets a calm, precise tone on a steep Austin, TX, cul-de-sac, where Alterstudio Architecture navigates oaks, grade, and creek with quiet confidence. The house steps down from the street into a private woodland hollow, using brick volumes and a long glazed great room to frame daily life within the remaining wild pocket of this suburban edge.
Palisades Redux ADU gathers a house, new accessory dwelling unit, and garage around a reshaped yard in Santa Monica, CA, United States, by Vertebrae. The project turns a typical residential lot into a communal court where angled volumes and laser cut aluminum screens choreograph views, privacy, and daylight. What reads as sculptural forms from the main home becomes intimate living quarters and support rooms tucked behind a responsive facade.
