Tir Longë sits in the woods of Cesana Torinese, Italy, where Caracter Architettura d’Interni turns a steep A-frame cabin into a Nordic-inflected retreat. Inside, pale pine, dark beams, and custom furniture compress alpine tradition into a compact, light-filled volume that feels both efficient and quietly indulgent. The result is a small mountain hideaway with a clear point of view and a close dialogue with its forest setting.

Black Bear House settles into the hillside above Carbondale, United States, as a compact house by forma ARCHITECTURE shaped around light, slope, and climate. Nordic–Japanese fusion guides the restrained geometry and the warm, charred timber skin, giving this family retreat a clear presence against the rugged terrain. Inside and out, the project balances minimal lines with tactile materials to keep views, sun, and weather at the center of daily life.

Contemporary Classic transforms a 200 sqm (2,153 sq ft) apartment in Monza, Italy, under the direction of designer Anna Arpa. Within a historic envelope, she reshapes the domestic layout into a fluid sequence of rooms that balances ornate ceilings and contemporary custom work. The apartment now reads as a generous family home, tuned to daily life yet grounded in Milan-area craft and a calm, layered material palette.

Casa Enoki sits on a steep hillside in Liberia, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, where dense dry-tropical vegetation drops toward the Pacific. Designed by QBO3 Arquitectos as a luxury house, the residence reads the terrain and turns it into a series of staggered platforms with ocean views. The result is an indoor-outdoor home that treats the surrounding landscape as both boundary and companion.

House on the Pond sits on a pondside property in Austin, Canada, where Atelier Échelle shapes a compact yet generous secondary house for a family retreat. The house serves as both a guest dwelling and seasonal cabana, expanding the life of the ancestral home while directing daily rituals toward water, fire, and long views across the surrounding farmland. Inside and out, circulation traces a clear loop around light, landscape, and gathering.

Cabin in Woods stands on a hillside above the Kozak Plateau in Bergama, Türkiye, conceived by Ediz Demirel Works as a compact, short-term rental retreat. The cabin leans into the contrast between an existing dry stone terrace wall and a prefabricated steel shell, pressing visitors closer to the terrain while holding them inside a precise metal envelope. Within this tight footprint, everyday rituals orbit a sunken gathering core and its framed landscape views.

Capriccio House is a three-story family house in Louveira, Brazil, designed by Vitor Dias Arquitetura with a gently sloped roof anchoring its street presence. Inside, open-plan social levels flow toward a pool terrace and a wide forest view, shaping a contemporary home for a young family that loves to gather. Wood ceilings, Minas stone surfaces, and generous glazing lend warmth and clarity to the daily rhythm of this hillside residence.

Casa Mirantre rises within a gated community in São Paulo, Brazil, where a 12-meter drop shapes every move. Designed by Gilda Meirelles for a couple and their children, the house climbs and descends with the terrain, threading social rooms, terraces, and gardens into a calm sequence that edges toward the nearby lookout and surrounding greenery.