Aleph Zero’s building mixes the residential, working and recreational functions, organised by a grid of 5x5 meters. Photo Pedro Kok

Three angular blocks seclude a small courtyard between FreelandBuck's Second House and the end wall of an adjoining residence. Photo Eric Staudenmaier

DC.AD renovates a 240 sqm rural house in São Teotónio in southern Portugal, providing it with a new internal organization and a swimming pool that becomes part of the landscape. Photo Francisco Nogueira

PPAA + Alfonso de la Concha Rojas conceived Casa La Quinta as a nestle in the urban fabric of San Miguel de Allende. Photo Rafael Gamo

Feldman Architecture remodels the Twin Peaks Residence, a Californian home dating from the mid 60s. Photo Joe Fletcher

In Alicante, Grupo Aranea’s introverted and entangled house, sees interiors intertwined with verdant outdoor spaces. Photo Milena Villalba

Curving concrete shrouds direct views to verdant gardens at Hawthorn House, while the upper floor is entirely hermetic to the outside world, instead favouring views of the sky. Photo Ben Hosking

In Quinta Gaby, along with the building technique, Taller Tlaiye recuperates typological and formal elements that recall Mexican vernacular buildings. Photo Yoshihiro Koitani

Casa Moulat by Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica experiments on different degrees of permeability between the inside and the outside, architecture and nature near Mexico City. Photo LGM Studio - Luis Gallardo