Grey stone clads Casa Texcal in Mexico by HGR Arquitectos
Mexican firm HGR Arquitectos has completed Casa Texcal, a holiday home formed of intersecting gabled volumes wrapped in local stone and large stretches of glass. More
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Holes and windows create "abstract composition" on facades of Mallorcan holiday home
Large openings frame views of the swimming pool and surrounding landscape from the living spaces and terraces of this holiday home on the island of Mallorca, designed by local studio Isla Architects. More
Hawaii house by Walker Warner Architects hugged by volcanic rock
American firm Walker Warner Architects has perched a basalt and cedar-clad holiday home in Hawaii on a mountainside of lava rock with an infinity pool that looks towards the sea. More
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Em-Estudio builds concrete holiday home on Oaxaca hillside
Em-Estudio has built a holiday home on a steep hillside in Oaxaca, Mexico, from coloured concrete chosen to blend into the rocky mountainside. More
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Out of the Valley designs and builds a cedar-clad cabin on an English farm
Architecture and design office Out of the Valley has completed a wooden holiday cabin on a farm in Devon, England, featuring a mono-pitched roof and sliding doors that open onto a sheltered veranda. More
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CO-LAB designs Casa Areca to merge with lush landscape in Tulum
Tropical plants surround a holiday home by Mexican firm CO-LAB Design Office, which has large openings to help keep the interior "cool and fresh throughout the year". The property is bordered by a rustic wall made of stones that were excavated during construction. More
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KRADS completes green-roofed Icelandic holiday home overlooking Lake Thingvallavatn
This holiday home designed by architecture office KRADS features large openings that frame views of Iceland's Lake Thingvallavatn, and a turfed roof to help it blend in with its natural surroundings. More
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Florian Busch embeds branch-shaped holiday home in Japanese forest
Tokyo studio Florian Busch Architects has designed a cedar-clad holiday home on stilts with rooms that branch out into the surrounding forest. More
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B210 designs "treehouse-inspired" Maidla Nature Villa to immerse guests in an Estonian bogland
This wedge-shaped holiday cabin by Estonian architecture office B210 is raised above its boggy site on stilts and features steps that climb over the building to reach a rooftop terrace. More
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Ali Budd Interiors transforms Muskoka log cabin into art-filled cottage
Toronto studio Ali Budd Interiors has transformed a dated wooden log cabin into a comfortable Canadian holiday home, with a wood-lined sunroom, vintage rugs and art by Andy Warhol. More
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Large thatched roof covers Casa Cova in Mexico by Anonimous
Architecture firm Anonimous took cues from pre-colonial architecture designing Casa Cova, a sprawling beach house made of concrete, parota wood and dried palm leaves. More
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Casa Aviv by CO-LAB embraces its jungle setting in Tulum
The living room opens straight on to an outdoor swimming pool of this private villa in Tulum, designed and built by Mexican firm CO-LAB Design Office. More
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Morrow + Lorraine completes Clifftops luxury lodges on England's Jurassic Coast
London studio Morrow + Lorraine has completed a group of five seaside holiday homes in Dorset, England, featuring stone dividing walls that resemble the irregular surface of the nearby cliff face. More
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Atelier Marko Brajovic builds cabin on stilts deep within a Brazilian forest
Atelier Marko Brajovic designed Monkey House, a wooden cabin on stilts set among the trees of Paraty, Brazil, as a retreat for the architect's friends during the pandemic. More
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Croxatto and Opazo Architects perches timber-clad cabins on coastal hillside in Chile
Croxatto and Opazo Architects has designed two minimalist cabins clad in reclaimed oak set high on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Navidad, Chile. More
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Casa Etérea is a mirrored off-grid cabin on the slopes of the Palo Huérfano volcano
Solar panels and harvested rainwater power this mirrored holiday home by first-time architect Prashant Ashoka, which was designed to be self-sufficient and in harmony with its surroundings. More
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Jon Danielsen Aarhus designs spruce-clad holiday home overlooking the Oslofjord
Oslo-based Jon Danielsen Aarhus has designed Cabin Son, a holiday home set on the water's edge overlooking the Oslofjord and Jeløya island on the south coast of Norway. More
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House of Many Courtyards incorporates sheltered terraces along its entire length
Swedish architecture and design studio Claesson Koivisto Rune has designed a Scandinavian holiday home featuring living spaces interspersed with courtyards that frame views towards the ocean. More
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Turner Works converts Cotswolds barn into creative retreat DUT18
Architect Carl Turner has teamed up with the founder of creative agency Accept & Proceed to transform a Dutch barn in the English countryside into a holiday home set in a rewilded landscape of wildflower meadows. More
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Outdoor bathing and a jungle yoga platform feature in Villa Pelícanos by Main Office
Architecture studio Main Office has renovated a 1980s seaside holiday village with traditional thatch roofs overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Sayulita, Mexico. More
