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New Residential Designs : Architecture

Contemporary House Architecture – New Property : C Part 1

post updated 24 January 2026

We choose key examples of new Residential Designs. We aim to include Residential Properties that are either of top quality or interesting, or ideally both.

We cover completed Residential buildings, new home designs, architectural exhibitions and housing competitions across the world.The focus is on contemporary residential buildings but information on traditional buildings is also welcome.

Residential Architecture Designs – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

Latest Additions to this page:

Residential Buildings

23 November 2023
Casa De Bouro, Terras De Bouro, North Portugal
Architecture: Mutant Arquitectura & Design

photograph : Ivo Tavares Studio

November 21, 2023
Cave B Cabins Oregon, USA
Design: Olson Kundig

photo : Aaron Leitz

14 November 2023
Casa de Lavra, Porto, Portugal
Architects: Ricardo Azevedo Arquitecto

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

November 10, 2023
Clearwater Lake Retreat, Northern Wisconsin, USA
Design: Wheeler Kearns Architects

photo : Steve Hall

November 3, 2023
Canyon Residence at Wildcat Hollow, Austin, Texas, USA
Design: Clayton Korte

render : Clayton Korte

October 19, 2023
Clearwater Harbor House, Sunapee, New Hampshire, USA
Design: Marcus Gleysteen Architects

photo : Trent Bell

12 July 2023
Concrete 11 Lisbon, Portugal
Design: Cage Atelier

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

24 Feb 2023
Casa dos Mores, Faro, southern Portugal
Design: Marlene Uldschmidt Architects Studio

photo : Renee Kemps

More contemporary residential designs on e-architect soon.

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New Residential Designs 2006 – 2022

27 Nov 2022
Casa D, Braga, Portugal
Architecture: L2C Arquitetura

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

16 Nov 2022
Casa JC, Coimbra, Portugal
Design: Mário Alves arquiteto

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

Sep 4, 2022
Castle Hill Residence, Austin Texas, USA

render : Jake Holt

25 May 2022
Casa 15, Braga Property
Architects: AM-arqstudio

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

10 Apr 2022
Casa da Piscina, Northern Portugal
Architect: Studio Nicholas Burns

photo : Peter Bennetts

Mar 21, 2022
Cindy Crawford’s Former Malibu Mansion, California, USA

photo Courtesy of Coldwell Banker Realty

Feb 17, 2022
Clarksville Residence, Austin, Texas, USA
Design: LaRue Architects

photo : Casey Dunn

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22 Nov 2021
Casa Janeira, Sátão, Viseu, northern Portugal
Design: Covo Interiores

photo : Alexander Bogorodskiy

Jul 28, 2021
Collector’s Retreat Orcas Island WA, USA

9 Apr 2021
Calçada House, Porto, Vila de Paraíso, north of Portugal
Architects: Ren Ito Arq

photography : Ivo Tavares Studio

19 Feb 2021
Casa dos Sobreiros, Braga Property, Portugal
Architects: Hugo Pereira Arquitectos

photograph : Ivo Tavares Studio

5 Feb 2021
Cork Trees House, Braga, Portugal
Architects: TRAMA arquitetos

photography : João Morgado

5 Jan 2021
Casa Rio, Gondomar, Portugal
Design: Paulo Merlini Architects

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio

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17 Oct 2020
Cape Villa, Camps Bay, affluent suburb of Cape Town, South Africa
Design: ARRCC

May 31, 2020
Cheng Brier Residence in Tiburon, California, USA
Design: Swatt | Miers Architects

photography : Marion Brenner and Russell Abraham

May 18, 2020
Collywood Residence in West Hollywood, California, USA
Architects: Olson Kundig

photography : Nic Lehoux

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3 Dec 2019
Casa A and Pool in Guimarães, Braga District, Portugal

25 Jul 2019
Casa Vilarinho in Porto, Portugal
Architects: João Vieira de Campos

photography © Nelson Garrido

23 Mar 2019
Coimbra – Steinman House Lisbon, Portugal
Design: Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

picture from architects office

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22 Nov 2018
New House in Algarve, Portugal
Architects: STUDIOARTE

photography : Da Cruz Photo – Luís da Cruz

Aug 13, 2018
Casa de Sombra Rollingwood Home, Travis County, Texas, USA
Design: Bade Stageberg Cox, Architects

image from Chicago Athenaeum

Jul 6, 2018
The Coyle Residence, Quilcene, Washington, USA
Architects: Prentiss + Balance + Wickline

30 Jan 2018
City Villa in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
Design: ARRCC

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Aug 28, 2016
Carved Cube House in West Austin, Texas, USA

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10 Jun 2014
Cove 6 House, Pezula, Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa
Design: SAOTA Architects

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23 Sep 2013
Caterpillar House, Chile
Design: Sebastián Irarrázaval Delpiano ; Associated Architect: Erick Caro

photo : Sergio Pirrone
Putting aside the fulfillment of the brief; the main purposes of the house were two: The first one was to integrate it to the territory of this part of the city where the presence of the Andes Mountain is extremely strong both visually and tectonically.

19 Sep 2013
CH house, Tel Aviv, Israel
Design: Domb architects

photo : Amit Geron
A new house in the periphery of Tel Aviv has a clean design and very limited in architectural elements. The old house served the family while raising children, and uses basic finish materials: white plaster, iron and glass.

2 Sep 2013
CasaAltamira, Costa Rica
Design: Joan Puigcorbé

photo : Rodrigo Montoya / Joan Puigcorbé
The architects say, “We conceive architecture as a language across which properties can express themselves such as: harmony, creativity, happiness, beauty, poetry, complexity, magic, provocation and culture.”

12 Jul 2013
Clifton Beach Apartment, Cape Town, South Africa
Design: ANTONI ASSOCIATES, Architects

photo : Adam Letch

31 May 2013
Casa Paramos, Espinho, northern Portugal
Design: CNLL

photo : Nelson Garrido

21 Aug 2013
Casa Bauzà, Spain
Design: Miquel Àngel Lacomba

photo : Miquel Lacomba
The project is located at the urban complex “La Font” in Pollença at the base of an impressive limestone mountain. The project was commissioned by the Bauzà family, thanks to whom I have been able to explore further possibilities on my work field, looking for naked and simple lines, seeking wider perspectives.

21 Aug 2013
Cowshed House, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Design: Carterwilliamson

photo : Brett Boardman
The cowshed sat on a small parcel of land bounded on three sides by roads. The building was simple, essentially a long brick wall that held the urban edge of corner and street and returned to house a few bedrooms in the place of the former stalls.

20 Aug 2013
Corner House, Bangkok, Thailand
Design: IF (Integrated Field)

photo : Wison Tungthunya & IF
This house for a family of five is located on Sukhumvit Rd., Soi 101/1, next to their old house where they had been living since long time ago. According to the scale of the site and owner’s love of nature, open space, and gardening give an initial idea for this house design.

19 Aug 2013
Croft House Inverloch, Victoria, Australia
Design: James Stockwell Architect

photo : James Archibald
Quite early in the assessment process, from a field of 240 commendable entries, each the result of professional passion, a single project emerged from the crowd to announce itself with a clear voice above all others. Subsequently, throughout a rigorous process, that project remained to become a unanimous, clear leader and as fresh as the new day.

14 Aug 2013
Compson Bach, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
Design: Herbst Architects

photo from architect
The relationship between spaces is ordered around the contention that the covered outside deck is the primary space. The covered deck is flanked by a sun trapped court and the kitchen and dining space.

27 May 2013
Capitol Hill Residence, Seattle, Washington, USA
Design: Balance Associates Architects

photo : Steve Keating Photography
With a compact form and several integrated sustainable systems, this residence achieves the client’s goals to maximize the site’s views and resources while responding to its microclimate. The roof rainwater collects into a steel entry water feature, day light penetrates deep into the house through a central translucent slot, and exterior mounted mechanical shades can prevent excessive heat gain.

23 May 2013
Casa CorMAnca, México
Design: PAUL CREMOUX studio

photo : Héctor Armanado Herrera / PCW
On a 12 meters by 13 meters (39ft by 42ft) plot of land, a monolithic volume is transformed in order to attain luminous indoor spaces. Slade stone at the exterior facades is contrasted with the soft beech wood finish, achieving great definition and special discovery.

25 Apr 2013
Casa Bunker, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Design: Botteri-Connell Office

photo : Gustavo Sosa Pinilla
The house has been built in a suburban neighbourhood and has been thought for someone who will live there permanently and whose children, friends and couple will visit them from time to time.

15 Apr 2013
Contemporary House in Johannesburg, South Africa
Design: Nico van der Meulen Architects

photo from architect
Another luxury contemporary South African house by this architecture practice: as a result of an impeccable renovation, the house is divided into public and private spaces. To enter the private areas of the home, one must cross a bridge above a new internal water feature which breaks the public and private spaces, separating the entrance hall and study from the private home.

4 Apr 2013
Cotacachi House, Imbabura, northern Ecuador
Design: arquitectura x

photo : Sebastian Crespo
Based on the architects’ experience for their own house, they applied the same strategy: a universal scheme that can work for any site condition, a house whose spatial limits will be the two mountains that dominate the valley, the abstract glass house as a starting point.

4 Apr 2013
Casa Varanda, Brazil
Design: Carla Juaçaba

photo : Fran Parente
A house made for the granddaughter of great architect Sergio Bernardes and a Colombian artist was a challenge. At first they wanted the house to have caracteristics of Casa Lota made by his grandfather in 1950, from which we kept some materials such as the ceiling.

1 Apr 2013
House in Rio Bonito, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Design: Carla Juaçaba

photo : Nelson Kon
This building is a weekend home in Brazil. Two voids puncture the roof at either end of the structure, washing the interior surface of the stone bearing walls with light and creating a stark contrast between the weight of the structure and lightness of the roof and floor which float above the rough ground.

25 Mar 2013
Contemporary House in Zapallar, Chile
Design: Gubbins Arquitectos

photo : Pablo Montecinos
The main strategy was to create a big terrace, creating this “new floor” that would allow the “leisure life” and make even more perceptible the Ocean sight, offering a unique relationship between the inhabitant and the horizon line, the same way as the cliffs do. The terrace extends towards the Ocean, removing the view of the existing houses.

4 Feb 2013
Clifton View 7 House, Cape Town, South Africa
Design: ANTONI ASSOCIATES

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19 Nov 2012
Casa del Acantilado Alicante, southern Spain
Design: Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

photograph : Diego Opazo
Another modern white coloured residence looking out over the sea, but this residence doesn’t follow the normal rules. There is a curious schism in the middle of the property (see the photo above) between hovering volume and terraced outdoor space.

14 Aug 2012
Clifton House, Cape Town, South Africa
Design: SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects

photo : SAOTA & Adam Letch

19 Mar 2012
Cove 3 House, Pezula, Knysna, Western Cape, South Africa
SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects

photo : Micky Hoyle COURTESY OF VISI