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According to the firm, the key points of the design of the Pipa House are modularity, quality, sustainability, adaptability, and materiality.

Chief architect of Moscow Sergey Kuznetsov created this alluring hideaway in Nikola-Lenivets Art Park.

Instead of installing rooftop solar panels, Alqadi and his friend and partner in the venture, Hillary Flur, built a “solar tree” to provide energy.

Assembled in just two weeks, this cedar-wrapped passive house near Woodstock, New York, designed by BriggsKnowles A+D, realized a couple's dream of rural living.

While the existing Garden has stayed intact and unchanged, the Cultural Village expansion introduces three new gardens designed to demonstrate a wider array of Japanese garden styles and techniques, including the entry garden with cascading ponds and a water terrace, Tsubo-niwa in the Tateuchi Courtyard, Ellie M. Hill Bonsai Terrace (seen here). The Bill de Weese chabana garden will grow flowers for tea ceremony—the first of its kind in North America.

The roof is clad in natural cedar with a copper trim.

Perhaps the ultimate Airbnb, Le Chacuel in Yucca Valley is a minimalist retreat recently renovated by its design-minded owners.

Silvano Zamò, third-generation winemaker at Le Vigne di Zamò winery, and his wife Brigitte tasked architecture firm GEZA with a holiday home on a hilltop location in the tiny northern Italian village of Camporosso, not far from the ski resort Monte Lussari.

Architectural designer Sebastian Mariscal and project manager Jeff Svitak created a house in Venice, California, for Michael and Tamami Sylvester. Known as Dwell Home Venice for its role as an exemplification of modern architecture, the house is an homage to indoor-outdoor living. Photo by Coral von Zumwalt.

Wrapped in glass on three sides, the Woodnest tree houses offer panoramic views of the surroundings mountains and fjord.

Interior designer Ponnie Tan of EightyTwo infuses a Singapore apartment with a striking play of tones, forms, and graphics.

HANNAH utilizes salvaged materials, 3D printing, and robotic technology to create an otherworldly cabin in upstate New York.

Top 9 Dwellings of 2020: The homes nominated for this year’s Dwell Design Awards represent the best in creative, context-driven design.

Perkins & Will designs a mountaintop Passive House that takes energy efficiency to the next level.

Haciendas by Lake|Flato Architects are pure, boxy volumes that are topped with hipped or gabled roofs.

The elevated modular home is clad in locally sourced radiata pine treated with a stone-gray oil stabilizer.