In Vancouver, Canada, the Canopy House by Lamoureux Architects brings an appealing tree-house-like quality, blending with the dense woodland so that its surroundings feel almost part of the architecture.

Casa Malonica by HW Studio is informed by its location, its low-profile form poised on a plateau from which the sea stretches out beyond the site to one side and dense jungle surrounds it to the other.

In Portland's St Johns neighbourhood, a former postwar house became the Gradient House and Studio, designed by Observation Studio to make working from home feel less like a compromise and more like the perfect life balance.

Williamson Williamson designs DogTrot Magnetawan, a prefab cottage in Ontario featuring a breezeway, cedar cladding, and Passive House walls.

In the woods of Springs, a small village in Long Island, New York, this modest A-frame by architect BE Design offers a place to escape the distractions of everyday life.

The 4015 House and its neighboring studio were designed by architects Observation Studio for a creative director and his family - a shared home and workspace built to provide a base for business and leisure.

Woods + Dangaran designs Moccasin Flats Residence, a desert home near Zion, Utah featuring a windowless facade, glazed bridges, and a stone fireplace.

Designed by Sydney Wayser and Isaac Watters of architectural studio Granada for themselves and their young child, the two-storey house takes over the rear of a lot on which a 1939 duplex home was previously renovated by the couple. 

BAT Bilbao Architecture Team designs IB House, a two-family home in Basque Country featuring CLT frame, Yakisugi facade, and triple-height voids.