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

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.

Made up of several pavilions and consisting of a palm tree-thatched roof, large wood walls, and exposed concrete, Casa en el...

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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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.

In the proposed guesthouse, water joins concrete, weathering steel, and glass as another building material.

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

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...

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

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,...

With its organic, horizontal silhouette, raw concrete facade, and Bauhaus-leaning interiors, this midcentury nature retreat...

Every traveler is different—some want the comforts that come with staying in a conventional hotel, while others crave adventure...

With an architectural simplicity that highlights the textures and colors of its raw wood board cladding, this 1,238-square-foot,...

For design mavericks Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan, a challenging site that slopes toward the sea yields a unique opportunity...

Four structures situated on a wooded strip of Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts celebrate their stunning natural...

An NYC family's Long Island retreat was meant to be an escape.

As a thought-provoking exploration of environment and design, this minimalist ring-shaped holiday home in Aragon, Spain, abandons...

Designed by Omar Gandhi Architects for Swiss clients as a home base for swimming, fishing, boating, hiking, and other activities,...

On Waiheke Island near Auckland, New Zealand, the Tent House sits among wetlands on a patch of undeveloped land.

You may not be lucky enough to live in a house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright—but you can always sleep in one.

Completed in 2016, the courtyard home is a modern take on the traditional, brick-and-stone buildings in the seaside town.

If you like living on the edge, then staying at a vacation rental or hotel perched on a cliff might give you the rush you seek.

The small Nordfriesland island of Föhr in the North Sea used to hold a 17th-century navigation school and was home to a large...

In the densely packed city of Hong Kong, space comes at a premium—so many apartments and hotel rooms may be smaller than you'd...

Sitting on the edge of Puertos de Beceite national park in Aragon, Spain, is Casa Solo Pezo, the first property in the Solo...