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New Residential Designs : Architecture

Contemporary House Architecture – New Property : C Part 1

post updated 17 August 2024

We’ve selected what we feel are the 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, Guardenha, Terras De Bouro, North Portugal
Architecture: Mutant Arquitectura & Design

photograph : Ivo Tavares Studio
Casa De Bouro, Terras De Bouro, North Portugal

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

photo : Aaron Leitz
Cave B Cabins Oregon

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

photo :Ivo Tavares Studio
Casa de Lavra, Porto, Portugal

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

photo : Steve Hall
Clearwater Lake Retreat, Northern Wisconsin, USA

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

render : Clayton Korte
Canyon Residence at Wildcat Hollow, Austin

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

photo : Trent Bell
Clearwater Harbor House, Sunapee, New Hampshire

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

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Concrete 11 Lisbon

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

photo : Renee Kemps
Casa dos Mores

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

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Casa D, Braga

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

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Casa JC, Coimbra

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

render : Jake Holt
Castle Hill Residence, Austin Texas

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

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Casa 15, Braga Property

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

photo : Peter Bennetts
Casa da Piscina, Northern Portugal

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

photo Courtesy of Coldwell Banker Realty
Cindy Crawford’s Former Malibu Mansion

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

photo : Casey Dunn
Clarksville Residence, Austin

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

photo : Alexander Bogorodskiy
Casa Janeira, Sátão, Viseu

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

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

photography : Ivo Tavares Studio
Calçada House, Porto

19 Feb 2021
Casa dos Sobreiros, Celorico de Basto, Braga, Portugal
Architects: Hugo Pereira Arquitectos

photograph : Ivo Tavares Studio
Casa dos Sobreiros, Braga Property

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

photography : João Morgado
Cork Trees House, Braga

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

photo : Ivo Tavares Studio
Casa Rio, Gondomar

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

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

photography : Marion Brenner and Russell Abraham
Cheng Brier Residence in Tiburon, California

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

photography : Nic Lehoux
Collywood Residence in West Hollywood, CA

3 Apr 2020
Casa Salicos, The Algarve, Portugal
Casa Salicos in The Algarve

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

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

photography © Nelson Garrido
Casa Vilarinho in Porto

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

picture from architects office
Coimbra – Steinman House Lisbon

22 Nov 2018
Casa Salicos, Carvoeiro, Algarve
Architects: STUDIOARTE

photography : Da Cruz Photo – Luís da Cruz
New House in Algarve

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

image from Chicago Athenaeum
Casa de Sombra Rollingwood Home

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

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

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

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

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

photo : Adam Letch
Clifton Beach Apartment

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

photo : Nelson Garrido
Casa Paramos

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

photo : Miquel Lacomba
Casa Bauzà
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
Cowshed House
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
Corner House
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
Croft House Inverloch
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
Compson Bach
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.

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

photo : Adam Letch
Clifton Beach Apartment
This waterfront project combines elegance, luxury and sophistication in a beach front property located along one of the pristine beaches of Cape Town. The Client’s brief was to renovate a ground floor double level apartment in a newly constructed luxury complex.

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

photo : Steve Keating Photography
Capitol Hill Residence
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
Casa CorMAnca
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
Casa Bunker
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
Contemporary House in Johannesburg
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
Cotacachi House
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
Casa Varanda
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
House in Rio Bonito
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
Contemporary House in Zapallar
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, Cape Town, South Africa
Design: ANTONI ASSOCIATES
Clifton View 7 House

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

photograph : Diego Opazo
Casa del Acantilado Alicante
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
Clifton House

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

photo : Micky Hoyle COURTESY OF VISI
Cove 3 House