Outdoor

A brick extension designed with a compact footprint and cozy, light-filled living spaces. When the owners of this weatherboard house in Brunswick, in Melbourne, Australia, decided to expand their living spaces for their growing family, they turned to local architecture firm

Two homes designed as neighboring volumes connected by a central patio that opens towards a ravine. Named Casa Estudio, this property completed by Manuel Cervantes Estudio is actually made up of two structures that have a direct relationship with each other and with the surrounding landscape. Built in Mexico City, o...

Two concrete and steel retreats nestled in a lush forest clearing. Located in Retiro, Colombia, Ballen Houses is a retreat that welcomes travelers in a verdant setting. Oslo-based architecture firm LCLA Office completed two houses from a proposed series of four, all available to rent. Built on a sloping terrain, the volumes have different relationships with the topography of the site....

A natural stone dwelling embedded into a mountainside. Many house designs aim to complement the landscape they inhabit, but few blend so well into their environment as House on Mount Maigmó in Alicante, Spain. Designed by architect Alfredo Paya, this dwelling is almost invisible from afar. The ...

A white concrete house designed with frustum roofs and interior reverse step pyramids. Located on a quiet street lined with mature poplar trees in Flinders, Australia, Bellows House is a beach retreat like no other. The clients tasked Melbourne-based architecture firm Architects EAT with the design of their second ho...

A house designed with three volumes and empty spaces that put the focus on living in the present moment. Named House with a Guest Room, this project explores the concepts of mindfulness and slow living in a creative way. Architect Andrew Power has designed the retreat in Taree, Australia, with three volumes arranged ...

An elegant extension and interior redesign focused on welcoming nature inside living spaces. [dropcap]L[/dropcap]ocated in a green area in ‘s Gravenwezel, Belgium, this house lacked a close link to the lush surroundings. The clients hired Antwerp-based studio LOW architecten to redesign the interiors and to add an extension to their family home...

A modern house that re-imagines the traditional barn design. Built in Onesse-Laharie, within an “airial”, a plot of land specific to Landes, in southwestern France, AER House reinterprets the typology of a traditional barn. Architecture firm

A modern and creative design influenced by the landscape. When the clients approached architect Fernanda Canales to design their weekend home near Mexico City, the complexity of the project soon became apparent. Without removing any trees, Fernanda Canales needed to find a solution to build t...

A concrete weekend home built under an avocado field. [dropcap]M[/dropcap]any houses nestled in natural landscapes aim to minimize their visual impact on pristine sites, but Mexico City-based architect Francisco Pardo took a more radical approach for th...

A four-story London house, renovated with minimalist and warm interiors. Located in Central London, close to the lively Brick Lane and Spitalfields areas, this terraced house has traditional brick walls and four stories. Local architecture firm Common Ground Workshop renovated the entire building and also continued the ...

A thoughtfully designed extension that links a Victorian terraced house to a garden. Located in the Pen y Lan conservation area of Cardiff, Wales, this Victorian terraced house is almost 150 years old. Architecture firm Benjamin Hale Architects designed a rear extension for the dwelling. Instead of an open-plan layout, a common cho...

A pre-1911 cottage transformed with contemporary volumes that shelter a large garden. Completed by architecture and interior design practice Myers Ellyett, this project involved the refurbishment of a pre-1911 cottage in Paddington, Australia and the design of new, ...

A white concrete house designed with frustum roofs and interior reverse step pyramids. Located on a quiet street lined with mature poplar trees in Flinders, Australia, Bellows House is a beach retreat like no other. The clients tasked Melbourne-based architecture firm Architects EAT with the design of their second ho...

Elegant, versatile, and crafted to last, the Lilium collection offers a complete solution to create a dreamy outdoor space. [dropcap]W[/dropcap]ith a well-appointed outdoor space, any ray of sunshine is a good excuse to spend more time outdoors. If you have the right furniture and ...

Minimalist and contemporary, this house features three volumes that encompass a lush garden. Built in a popular neighborhood in Mexico City, this contemporary residence features three volumes with closed facades that shelter the living spaces from the surrounding houses. The plot of land has a challenging topography...

Five Brooklyn buildings renovated and redesigned with great respect for the neighborhood’s heritage. [dropcap]L[/dropcap]ocated close to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a six-story building from 1920 as well as four adjacent historic buildings have received a thoughtful makeover from architecture and design studio Worrell Yeung. T...

A charming house inspired by a wandering path in a garden. When the clients tasked Australian firm Architecture Architecture with designing their dream home, the brief focused the feeling of belonging to a place where the natural rhythms of pa...

A lighthouse for rent in Sicily designed with elegant and contemporary interiors. [dropcap]A[/dropcap]s far as exclusive accommodations go, a renovated lighthouse for rent with comfortable rooms that overlook the sea scores high on any traveler’s list. However, the Brucoli lighthouse also has a rich history and provides truly specta...

A family home inspired by California's coastal lifestyle. Built in Santa Cruz, California, Surf House is a family home that celebrates coastal living, surfing culture, and sustainable design. San Francisco–based firm Feldman Architecture designed the...

A low profile house built from rammed earth to blend into a desert landscape in west Texas. Built at the edge of Marfa, a small ranching and art community in the grasslands of west Texas, this house nestles in the desert landscape perfectly with a low profile design and a rammed earth build. Lake Flato Architects took inspiration from the area’s earliest architecture for the design, r...

An off-grid house designed with interconnected terraces and concentric squares. Built in a pristine natural site in Santiago, Nuevo León, Mexico, El Aguacate (The Avocado) is a weekend home that immerses its residents in the beauty of nature. Architecture studio

A 1970s house transformed into a warm and contemporary living space where redwood surfaces meet splashes of color and artworks. Located in the picturesque Noe Valley in San Francisco, this house dates back to 1974, when architect Albert Lanier designed it with angular forms, redwood-clad interiors and

A contemporary beach house inspired by Mallorca’s vernacular architecture. [dropcap]B[/dropcap]uilt on a gently sloping street on the island of Mallorca, Spain, Casa Fly nestles naturally in the quiet neighborhood with a design that celebrates local architecture. Bratislava-based studio beef architekti took inspiration f...

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ith the arrival of warmer weather, outdoor spaces start to take the place of the kitchen/dining room as the heart of the home. And decking provides the perfect solution to enjoy the sunshine. Extremely versatile, wooden decks can easily double as laid-back lounge areas and buzzing hubs centered around a barbecue or

A contemporary weekend home that reinterprets traditional Mexican architecture. Located in the charming town of Tepoztlán, only an hour away from the center of Mexico City, La Hacienda Jardín is a weekend home that provides a tranquil escape from city living. Monterrey-based architecture firm Práctica Arquitectura designed the dwelling for a family with children. While it is now used ...

A sophisticated and minimalist home that celebrates a desert landscape. Located on a rocky plateau in the Palm Desert, California, this desert home immerses its inhabitants into a gorgeous arid landscape with views of the Coachella Valley and the San Jacinto Mountain Range in the distance. San Francisco-based...

A family retreat embedded into nature, both literally and conceptually. Built on the western shore of Hood Canal, Washington, Hood Cliff Retreat is a series of cabins that provide relaxing living spaces with strong links to the natural landscape. Seattle-based Wittman Estes designed the ret...

A modern retreat and home that nestles perfectly into a coastal landscape. [dropcap]D[/dropcap]esigned by Seattle-based architecture firm Heliotrope Architects, Suncrest is a contemporary retreat that provides an idyllic living space in a gorgeous landscape on Orcas Island, Washington. The studio nestled the