House W #architecture Architects: Florian Busch Architects Area: 163 m² Year: 2024 Photographs: SGR City: Nakafurano, Hokkaido Country: Japan

Hidden Home #architecture Architects: Luigi Rosselli Architects Area: 900 m² Year: 2024 Photographs: Prue Ruscoe, Piers Haskard City: Neutral Bay, North Sydney Country: Australia

House of the 7 Trees #architecture Architects: Hersen Mendes Arquitetura Area: 512 m² Year: 2024 Country: Brazil

House of Color Downtown Oasis #architecture Architects: NOKE Architects Year: 2023 Photographs: Piotr Maciaszek City: Warszawa Country: Poland

Mon Kluen House #architecture Architects: Beautbureau Area: 750 m² Year: 2025 Photographs: Aey Srirath Somsawat City: Thap Sakae Country: Thailand

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