A far cry from the whitewashed buildings of Mykonos, this vacation home on the Aegean island of Skiathos will make any modern...

Resting along the crest of a volcanic crater on the little-known island of Nisyros in the Aegean Sea, Villa Nemésis marries the...

This summer home literally draws a "Y" on the landscape and is built on an olive tree-covered hill facing Greece's shimmering...

A 10-year project on the island of Milos culminates in a sunken residence shaped by a 19th-century math formula.

By pooling their resources and giving their architect complete creative control, two busy Mexico City–based brothers built a...

A Canadian family’s getaway in the California desert.

An off-grid getaway on O‘ahu produces all of its own electricity and opens wide to the landscape.

Perched atop a steep slope overlooking the Hawkesbury River on Dangar Island—just an hour north of Sydney—this tranquil, modern...

The acclaimed Italian designers Ludovica+Roberto Palomba carve a serene retreat out of a 17th-century oil mill in Salento,...

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Designer Stamos Michael explains how one of the world's oldest cities is experiencing a cultural rebirth fueled by young artists.

A Connecticut home with a notable architectural legacy gets an expansive update for a family of six.

A Belgian architecture firm transforms a 140-square-foot Dutch military structure into a modern-day vacation retreat.

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Everything about this vacation home is little crazy. For starters, there’s the location. It’s in Israel. In northern Galilee.

This forgotten stable in the Spanish province of Cáceres was converted into a vacation rental that takes full advantage of its...

Villa Vals, a four-bedroom vacation rental in the stunning Alpine village of Vals, Switzerland, is not your conventional ski...

Sitting across from a deserted beach on a private plot surrounded by a pine forest is a large modernist vacation home that's...

Any excuse is a good excuse for a vacation getaway to Mexico.

Mobile cabinetry and thoughtful reuse turn a dilapidated industrial structure into a warm and creative home with open-ended...

Nestled in a Mediterranean pine forest at the confluence of two rivers in Lledó, Spain, is El Caracol, a rustic-modern domed...

By building a modern property next to their traditional cabin, a couple starts fresh on familiar land.

Yurts inspire nature-immersed ideas of escaping the trappings of urban living—usually while enjoying cool breezes, icy beverages,...

The residence had a restricted view of the Eubean Sea, so Neiheiser Argyros inserted walls of windows that fully capture the...

The island of Møn in Denmark has a remarkable landscape with dramatic white-chalk cliffs, so it’s fitting that Birkedal—a...