Architecture

Tiny Monster Design designs a Bernal Heights, SF two-flat featuring fir ceilings, a copper-trimmed window, and a garden studio.

Hilltop House, perched on a slope on a rugged, densely forested site on an island in British Columbia, is the work of Vancouver studio Woven Architecture and Design.

Nestled at the foot of the Serra do Mar on Brazil’s northern coast, this elevated retreat in Maresias by architects Studio Carlito and Renata Pascucci was designed around the guiding principle of preservation.

Secluded in a hidden jungle clearing in Tulum, Mexico, Villa CORA by terrAurea Studio reenvisions the idea of tropical living, rejecting overt luxury in favor of a close connection to its stunning surroundings.

Poised on a steep slope in a leafy location in Catalonia, Casa 144º by Jaime Prous Architects emerges from the hillside, its single-story frame part cantilevered, and part supported by stilts that lift it from the land.

In Paradise Valley, Arizona, Kendle Design created the Desert Geode House, a striking home with the minerals of the landscape at the forefront of the design process.

On a steep hillside high above Los Angeles, the colorful Cano House by architect Diego Canno-Lasso sits nestled into the earth, its timber structure meeting the site's topography.

Leaning into the history of traditional Oaxacan and Spanish colonial architectural forms, Casa Cielo by NV/Design is constructed from an arrangement of bold concrete barrel-vaulted volumes arranged around a central courtyard.

In Oahu, Mork-Ulnes Architects treated this Hawaiian island home to views of its lush tropical gardens, turning the home in on itself to elevate its sense of privacy and solitude.