Erin Miller

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Located in Franca, São Paulo, Casa da Mata, or Forest House, was designed by Lucas Gonçalves Architecture for a family that values a serene lifestyle and a close relationship with nature. The home sits on a site surrounded by native woodland and preserved forest, with the natural changes in elevation helping to shape the architectural concept.

In Sydney, Australia, Luigi Rosselli Architects has completed The Books House, a home designed by Luigi Rosselli and Kristina Sahlestrom around an unusual architectural idea, a pile of books sitting on a table. What began with three books casually stacked by the wife of a calligrapher became the starting point for a house made from layered concrete slabs, sandstone, curved walls and a series of spaces that reveal themselves as you move through the home.

In Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Québec, Thellend Fortin Architectes designed Long Horizontals, a house shaped by its dramatic position overlooking the St. Lawrence River estuary. Built on a steep, rocky headland, the home takes its cues from the landscape, opening toward the river and the horizon while remaining relatively unobtrusive from the street.

In Clifton Hill, Australia, architecture firm Mihaly Slocombe has transformed an unassuming Edwardian weatherboard cottage into Fringe Dweller, a family home designed to accommodate three growing children while making much more of its unusual position opposite Quarries Park Reserve.

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On the slopes of Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona, The Ranch Mine, led by Claire and Cavin Costello, transformed a Spanish Colonial Revival house into the Red Rocks residence, a contemporary home shaped around its dramatic desert setting.

In Zihuatanejo, Mexico, Casa Malonic by HW Studio begins with something that was already there, an extraordinary landscape. The sea stretches toward an infinite horizon, while jungle, trees, flowers, stones and other living elements fill the site. Instead of treating the house as an isolated object, HW Studio shaped the project around a relationship with these existing conditions.

In Bellevue Hill, Australia, architect Luigi Rosselli has brought a contemporary feel to a home originally designed by architect George Reeves in 1963. The house retains the character of its classic modernist design, while a series of updates have opened it up to the garden and made the interior feel brighter and more connected to the spaces outside.

In Buenos Aires, Argentina, Besonias Almeida arquitectos designed Casa Aranzazu as a modern family home that makes the most of its leafy corner-lot setting. Built within a closed neighborhood founded in 1968, the house sits among large oaks and a variety of established trees and shrubs that have become an important part of the landscape over the years.