Oasis House #architecture Architects: Shinagawa arquitetura Area: 520 m² Year: 2025 City: Cravinhos Country: Brazil

Cliffhanger Riverside Villa #architecture Architects: Pirinen Salo Oy Area: 3340 ft² Year: 2024 Lead Architects: Teemu Pirinen and Lauri Salo Country: Finland

ISA Residence #architecture Architects: Pitta Arquitetura Area: 500 m² Year: 2024 Photographs: João Paulo

House of Endless Trees #architecture Architects: Freight Architects Area: 405 m² Year: 2023 Photographs: Khoo Guo Jie Country: Singapore

BAAN O+O House #architecture Architects: Junsekino Architect and Design Area: 540 m² Year: 2025 City: Pak Chong Country: Thailand

K2 House #architecture Architects: Coil Kazuteru Matumura Architects Area: 168 m² Year: 2024 Photographs: Yoshiro Masuda Country: Japan

Cloud House #architecture Architects: ROOM+ Design & Build Area: 360 m² Year: 2025 Photographs: Sonmeo Nguyen Art Studio Lead Architects: Vinh Phuc Ta Design Team: Bao Loc Hoang, Tan Trung Ta, Duc Truong Nguyen Technical Team: Ngoc Phi Duong, Trung Diep Dat Lead Team: Ngoc Bich Phuong Thai Country: Vietnam

Cumaru House #architecture Architects: FGMF Year: 2020 Photographs: Fran Parente Country: Brazil

Russet House #architecture Architects: Mulroy Architects Area: 281 m² Year: 2024 Photographs: Dan Glasser City: London Country: United Kingdom

Hidden Villa #architecture Architects: i29 architects Year: 2024 Photographs: Tim Van de Velde Country: The Netherlands

Banánka House #architecture Architects: Pauliny Hovorka Architekti Area: 416 m² Year: 2024 Photographs: Matej Hakár City: Banka Country: Slovakia

Makries Mires Residence #architecture Architects: ANASTASIOU MISSERI Area: 274 m² Year: 2023 Photographs: James Retief Country: Cyprus

The Steric Spes House #architecture Architects: Gets Architects Area: 1030 m² Year: 2024 Photographs: Mario Wibowo City: West Jakarta Country: Indonesia

Tree Island House #architecture Architects: Carter Williamson Architects Year: 2022 Photographs: Katherine Lu Structural Engineering: Cardno City: Alexandria Country: Australia Tree Island is a family home that rises above its constraints, turning its limitations into its most striking features. Just four and a half meters wide internally, it maximizes space by reaching up high against the neighboring warehouse conversion to the south. A substantial void at the center of the home connects the living, dining, and kitchen spaces, its long, north-facing skylight illuminating every element of the family life cradled gently within. A small courtyard offers a calm buffer between the existing home and the contemporary addition, while a glorious fig tree planted directly into the kitchen island blurs the connection between indoor and outdoor space. A breathtaking void enshrines the core of this young family’s home, its most essential living, dining, and kitchen elements bathed in natural light and filled with greenery. Sited in a heritage conservation area in Sydney’s inner west, Tree Island climbs higher as it moves back from the street, where from the rear it catches the eye with a staircase encased in curved, patterned brick. It houses three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a study that opens onto a rooftop garden that feels as though it is nestled in the trees of its leafy street. Concrete floors, dark marble counters, and a striking double-height brick wall provide a cool, robust material template contrasted by the kitchen’s rich timber joinery and softened with luxurious furnishings. The building’s thermal mass keeps it cool in summer and warm in winter, while the north-facing skylight provides year-round illumination. Home to some of the inner west's most expansive spaces, Tree Island’s airy verticality transcends the limitations of its tight footprint.

The Jungle Residence #architecture Architects: ROOM+ Design & Build Area: 1350 m² Year: 2025 Photographs: Sonmeo Nguyen Art Studio City: Ho Chi Minh City Country: Vietnam

We Should Be So Lucky House #architecture Architects: Multiplicity Area: 60 m² Year: 2022 Photographs: Emma Cross City: Melbourne Country: Australia This little house, originally designed by architect David Luck, is a well-recognized, iconic part of its urban streetscape. However, despite being less than 10 years old, the exterior required considerable remediation for it to shine into the future, and the interior to be reworked to eradicate builder faults and fulfill our client/s needs. Our philosophy when either renovating or adapting architecture for reuse is to re-purpose what we can. We are respectful of what is good and analytical of what can be made of what is there, intervening decisively and of our time as/where needed.  That said, an architect and their architecture always predate any renovation, and we have worked on many significant projects by the contemporaries of William Wardell and the likes of Henry Bastow, Anatol Kagan, Roy Grounds, and Robert Grace, but never someone we know personally. David Luck is a friend and a wonderful architect. We contacted him, of course, and he wasn’t overly concerned about what we might do, even suggesting we pull it down and start again. Given the relative newness of the project and its brilliant concept of adding greenery to the streetscape, our role was to make good, let it be its best representation of self, and layer the original with what was needed to fulfill our client/s brief. Our work consists of numerous interventions to resolve a set of specific concerns. Externally, this was done by remedying the galvanic corrosion of one metal to the other so as to ensure the longevity of the exterior, as well as resolving issues with the water pumps and irrigation of the façade’s garden beds. FRP security screens were also added to shield the interiors, not only physically but also visually. That said, there was little in terms of interior flair to be found. What was there could have been more spatially challenged, poorly executed, and certainly not commensurate with the original concept for the house. Our internal interventions were, we hope, respectful and, while important to give the building longevity, sit comfortably inside the original form. Hinged doors were replaced with sliders to reclaim what little space there already was, and custom joinery was installed to address the lack of storage. The bathroom was remodeled to address a leaky shower and oddly located laundry cupboard, the former being opened up to create a sense of spaciousness that belies the building’s small footprint, and the latter being relocated to the once rarely used upstairs balcony. The dingy kitchen was reconfigured to provide more functionality and prep space so as to imbue a feeling of generosity and openness in such a small space, with the living area having custom seating built in to host the client/s dinner parties within the confines of such a small building. Ultimately, our aim was to convert this local landmark from house to home and make it work even harder on its pocket handkerchief site whilst always sympathetic to the original vision.

Whipbird House #architecture Architects: Minnow Studio, Zerni Area: 1100 m² Year: 2023 Photographs: Timothy Kaye Country: Australia Perched on the crest of the ridgeline of what could be Noosa Hinterland’s most breathtaking location lies Whipbird. Brutalist in style yet simple in its T-shaped pavilion form, Whipbird is a home that adopts a deeply poetic response to the environment, cultivating a close, meaningful relationship between its inhabitants and the unique and natural surroundings. Nestled in the heart of Doonan, in what is possibly the Sunshine Coast’s best-kept secret, Whipbird takes full advantage of the panoramic hinterland and coastal views whilst generating an environment of contemplation and relaxation. The five-bedroom home is broken down into two distinct wings and split across two levels, with landscaped terraces leading out to facilities including a 20m Naked Mineral pool, a Supergrasse tennis court built into the natural fall of the land, a bathing court, 3-car garage, 6-car court and cascading courtyard gardens adding layers and depth to the outlook. A total of 16,735 native trees, plants, and groundcovers were planted into the property surrounds, enforcing the home's architecture while preserving and enhancing the site’s natural character and connection to the environment. Sharing a unique passion and respect for quality materials and finishes, Zerni enlisted the help of a formidable team of designers, suppliers, and collaborators to bring Whipbird to life. This team includes Architect of the 2022 HIA Australian Home of the Year Winner, Jen Negline from Minnow Studio, global interior stylists Space Furniture, Landscape Architects The Conlon Group, Swiss-made V-ZUG appliances, Italy's premier Travertine producers, Artedomus, handcrafted stone producers Granite Works, timber specialists Made by Storey, Natural Brick Company and many more. Upon visiting the site for the first time, developer Jayden Zernich from Zerni was enamored by the location’s natural beauty, tranquility, and stunning outlook over the Noosa hinterland and coastline. “The air felt clear, the whipbirds were humming, every sense was stimulated in the most calming, uncontrived way. The vision became clear: to create a secluded and private reprieve from the open surrounds of the hinterland, where nature’s beauty is accentuated, and luxurious living is epitomized. I am confident that Whipbird presents a new level of craftsmanship yet to be seen on the Sunshine Coast,” said Zernich. The house has a strong tectonic character thanks to the materials' expressiveness. The entire ground floor of the house is wrapped in black shiplap cladding by Abodo wood, blending into tonal grey handmade Roman Lutyens bricks by Natural Brick Company, light grey granite, and large black-framed windows, which encase the picturesque view. The palate of the home is raw, robust, and hardwearing, emphasizing the tactile experience of the materials with respect to texture, pattern, color, and geometry. The materials were chosen to integrate the house with the landscape, with the dark walls disappearing into the background of the forest and the light walls above receding against the sky. Ocean Blue Travertine, originating from a single quarry in Italy and sourced by Artedomus, features heavily throughout the kitchen and living areas. A whopping total of 87.9 tonnes of ‘Rustic’ granite was supplied by Granite Works, presenting in the form of free-standing hand-carved baths, vanities, tiles, pavers, cobblestones, and pool coping. The floors and walls are adorned in European French Oak flooring by timber specialists, Made by Storey, and the kitchen and scullery boast state-of-the-art Swiss-made appliances from VZUG, including the CookTop Wok, CookTop Teppanyaki, and multiple wine cooling fridges.

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From Inside Looking Out House #architecture Architects: K-Thengono Design Studio Area: 1435 m² Year: 2024 Photographs: Indra Wiras City: Kecamatan Penjaringan Country: Indonesia

The Echo of the Sea Holiday Home #architecture Architects: Entopos Architects Area: 140 m² Year: 2024 Photographs: Giorgos Sfakianakis Photography, Yannis Fais City: Crete Country: Greece