Erin Miller

Tucked beneath towering old-growth trees in Seattle’s Phinney Ridge neighborhood, this charming 1907 cottage has been given a fresh new chapter. Designed by Best Practice Architecture, the remodel transforms the narrow 16-and-a-half-foot-wide home into a bright and practical space without losing the character that made it so special.

Standing beside the busy EN109 in Vagos, Portugal, this home by FRARI – architecture network takes an unusual approach to residential design. Instead of facing the traffic like many neighboring buildings, the house rotates its attention inward, using a single sweeping curve to create a more peaceful place to live.

High on a hill in Montauk, New York, Bates Masi + Architects designed a family home that looks to the area’s agricultural history while embracing contemporary living. The property occupies land once associated with some of Montauk’s earliest settlers, where traces of horse stables, barns, and workers’ cottages still remain across the landscape.

Among the rolling vineyards and wooded hills of Monferrato, Italy, Atelier LAVIT has created LILELO (Little Leisure Lodge), a small eco-hotel that feels like a collection of sculptural cabins scattered across the landscape. Instead of designing a traditional hotel, the architects developed a village of four independent buildings that combine timber construction, generous glazing, and prefabricated design with a simple architectural language inspired by rural forms.

Greenhouse is a family home on acreage just outside Brisbane, Australia, designed by Shaun Lockyer Architects (SLa) in collaboration with Healthy Abode Living. Created as the team’s first project together, the house combines a welcoming atmosphere with an environmentally responsible approach, balancing modern family living with simple architecture and carefully crafted interiors.

In the seaside suburb of Mount Eliza, Australia, Megowan Architectural has created a contemporary home that gradually reveals itself as you move through it. From the street, the house appears modest, but every step toward the entrance hints that there’s much more waiting inside.

In Paradise Valley, Arizona, Kendle Design Collaborative designed Cholla Vista, a modern home where distinctive angled ceiling planes reach toward the surrounding mountain and city views while dividing the interior into a series of welcoming living spaces. Beyond their striking appearance, the roof forms also help protect the house from Arizona’s intense sunshine, making them as practical as they are eye-catching.

Designing a home for yourself comes with opportunities that rarely exist in a typical client project. Vivian Lee and Robert Edmonds of ELA | Edmonds + Lee Architects took full advantage of that freedom when creating their own family home in San Francisco, California, resulting in a modern house filled with clever ideas that balance family life, flexibility, and clean contemporary design.

In Melbourne, Australia, A for Architecture transformed a traditional weatherboard workers cottage into a spacious home designed for a growing young family. From the street, much of the home’s original character remains, but behind the existing facade is an extension that completely changes how the house is experienced.

In the Hamptons, New York, architecture and interior design firm Mapos created a modern family home overlooking Peconic Bay for longtime clients who wanted a place where multiple generations could gather for years to come.