Residential Building
RAD+ar Builds a Low-Energy Shelter Prototype Beneath a Twisted Roof in Tangerang
Bernaung House reimagines tropical domesticity on the outskirts of Jakarta, using diagonal gardens and a chimney atrium to cool 400 square meters passively
ilsangarchitects Builds a Village-Scaled Playground Without Rides in Jeonju
A UNICEF-backed community center in South Korea replaces swings and slides with timber pavilions, sand courts, and water channels.
Devyni Architektai Builds an 80 m² Retreat for One Man and His Motorcycle in Rural Lithuania
A barn-shaped plywood and timber shelter in the meadows of Švenčionys doubles as garage, kitchen, and personal escape.
DUB Arquitectura Insulates a Pampas Guest House with Discarded Sheep Wool
La Escocesa is a modular steel-framed retreat in rural Buenos Aires province that turns agricultural waste into high-performance building insulation.
Mikael Bergquist Builds a Boat-Access-Only Retreat for Two Artists on a Stockholm Archipelago Island
On the island of Nämdö, a farmhouse-inspired timber cabin ages alongside the Swedish landscape it inhabits.
Mentrestant Arquitectura Cooperativa Turns a Valencian Country House into a Home That Reads Its Own History
In La Pobla de Vallbona's medieval quarter, a former convent building becomes a domestic space that separates old from new with surgical clarity.
Wallimann Reichen Packs a Loft House in Miniature into a Tight Basel Plot
Four small apartments and a ground-floor studio occupy 450 square meters in the dense Kleinbasel workers' quarter.
Giovanni Mecozzi Strips a Gothic Lot in Ravenna Back to Its Bones
Anne's House recovers original brick, timber ceilings, and a courtyard garden inside Ravenna's historic center.
Gimme Shelter Solutions Plants a Modular Self-Build Prototype in a Swedish Forest
On the island of Väddö, architect Emelie Holmberg fuses barn vernacular and Japanese minimalism into a 40 m² expandable woodland dwelling.
Jonathan Burlow Grounds a Faversham Conservation Home on a Single Concrete Column
A rear kitchen extension in historic Kent distills structure, space, and ornament into one monolithic gesture rooted in local precedent.
Replus Design Bureau Wraps a Forest Retreat Near Lviv in Charred Larch and Recycled Austrian Tile
OSLW House nestles into a pine forest outside Lviv, built almost entirely from Ukrainian materials and reclaimed heritage fragments.
UR Architects Carve a Split-Level Family Home into a Belgian Sand Ridge
House WVV fills the last gap in a Lievegem ribbon development with raw concrete block, plywood, and a quiet sense of inevitability.
TOAM Studio Builds an Indochine Gallery House to Hold a Family's Memories in Ecopark
A 640 square meter residence in Vietnam's Ecopark township turns domestic space into a curated gallery of family stories and nature.
Formafatal Builds Costa Rica's First Rammed Earth Villas on a Jungle Hillside Above the Pacific
Two 90-square-meter villas in Playa Hermosa use excavated clay soil for their bearing walls, blurring the line between architecture and landscape.
Christian Tonko Designs a 20 Square Meter Alpine Cabin That Can Vanish Without a Trace
A shipping container-scaled weekend retreat in Carinthia, Austria, sits lightly on screw foundations and leaves no permanent mark on the land.
OMCM arquitectos Builds a Summer House in Paraguay from Quarry Waste Blocks and Three Sacred Trees
In the young hillside neighborhood of Altos, a 696-square-meter concrete volume hovers on six pillars around three preserved native Yvyraju trees.
Pardo Converts a Portuguese Quinta Outbuilding into a Stone and Timber Family Home
In rural Viana do Castelo, a former school, winery, and storage barn becomes a 360 m² house rooted in its own landscape.
Tina Bergman Tucks a Timber Cabin Shaped Like a Fairytale Hat into a Swedish Birch Forest
A 95-square-metre family retreat near Tänndalen borrows its silhouette from a Swedish children's story and its materials from the mountain landscape.
