House 117 is a house in Toronto, Canada, designed by Izen Architecture, with interiors developed in collaboration with DS Interiors. Designed in 2026, the project is shaped by an elevated plan, elongated gray brickwork, and a restrained material palette that carries from the facade to the stair, kitchen, and baths. Light moves deep into the home through cut openings, recessed windows, and a skylit shower.
Casa Cosmos is a house in Capilla del Monte, Argentina, designed by Estudio Cristian Nanzer in the foothills of the Punilla Valley. Designed in 2024, it uses a triangular plan to orient daily life toward three distinct horizons while anchoring the rooms around a central social core. Heavy walls, shaded galleries, and a skylight make light, privacy, and climate the project’s main instruments.
Timbertop House is a house in Canada by Akb Architects, conceived as a contemporary weekend retreat for an active family of five. Designed in 2024, the project draws on the language of local farm buildings while adjusting its gabled form to the site’s uneven terrain and long views across the Niagara Escarpment. Inside, a single-story plan and durable materials support daily use in every season.
Park Slope Townhouse reworks a 1910 house in Brooklyn, Kings County, NY, United States, with architecture and interiors by Leroy Street Studio. Completed in 2024, the renovation opens a narrow townhouse footprint into a more fluid sequence of rooms, terraces, and double-height moments. Art, built-in shelving, warm wood, and broad garden glazing shape a house that feels more expansive, more vertical, and closely tied to the rear landscape.
Khun Atiruj Residence is a house on Phahon Yothin Road, Thailand, designed by Paon Architects for calm, open living in a dense urban setting. Completed in 2025, the residence moves from a shaded arrival court to a double-height living and dining room and out to a garden, using timber screens, plaster surfaces, and broad openings to balance privacy, light, and air.
Flintstones is a contemporary house in Winterborne Whitechurch, United Kingdom, by Western Design Architects. Set on a steep former chalk quarry beside listed cottages and a Grade I church, the house negotiates village heritage and modern life in a single gesture. Across three carefully arranged levels, it brings light, openness, and practical family comfort to a sensitive Conservation Area setting.
Edmonds Sound House sits above Puget Sound in Edmonds, WA, United States, designed by Studio Zerbey Architecture + Interiors as a custom house oriented to water and trees. The project places primary living on a single main level for long-term accessibility while a smaller lower level steps into the slope. Wide glazing, deep overhangs, and a calm interior palette link daily life to the coastal forest setting and shifting maritime light.
Casa Pueblomio sits in Manantiales, Punta del Este, Uruguay, where KLM architects work with slope, wind, and light to shape a coastal house. The project anchors itself half a level into the ground, turning terrain, patios, and planted edges into buffers between domestic life and the wider gated community. Concrete and natural wood frame everyday routines against a calm landscape, with upper-level rooms pulled back for privacy and long views.