A Toronto firm crafts a serene waterfront structure for a family in Georgian Bay.

A prefab core cuts down on construction time while site-built additions (like a screened porch) fine-tune the cottage for...

This all-white LEED Gold home is undoubtedly modern, but takes cues from the historic precedent of the longhouse to bring the...

Summer is all about experiencing simple pleasures.

In the Los Lagos district of Chile, hovering over a dark granite rock overlooking the lake, is Sauna Ranco, a simple refuge...

Set at the edge of Stoney Lake in Ontario, Canada, is a photographer's home, studio, and boat house.

Craving not just a home but a proper piece of architecture, a handful of design- and business-savvy Dutch families banded...

Way out in the wilderness of Ontario, a curiously shaped house stretches along a tricky ridge.

A historic guesthouse lost to fire is reincarnated as an undulating escape with a swimming pool and kitchen.

An isolated prefab in Ontario, Canada, demonstrates how factory-built housing can be as site sensitive as traditional...

Luciano Kruk perforates a concrete volume with glass walls to fashion a simple yet elegant vacation home in the province of...

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

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

Seamless indoor/outdoor living allows a family to relax and unplug in this contemporary New Hampshire lake house.

For this rural Ontario home, building sustainably was less about high-tech gizmos than learning to truly love the land.

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

A family matriarch enlisted an architect, an interior designer, a builder, and a landscape architect to help realize her vision...

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

Overlooking the Paranapanema River, Casa do Lago is a weekend home comprising two elevated, staggered volumes that separate...

Following his professional hockey career, Cory and Shannon Cross build a lakeside residence on a pine tree-covered hill that...

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,...

In a remote Canadian forest, a minimalist holiday home takes cues from its pristine lakeside surroundings.

Dark timber cladding gives way to airy interiors at this compact holiday home near the Lakes of Vinkeveen in the Netherlands.

A family matriarch enlisted an architect, an interior designer, a builder, and a landscape architect to help realize her vision...

Inspired by historic fire towers, this breathtaking three-level Texan home is perfectly embedded in a challenging lakeside slope.

After a devastating fire, architect David Salmela designs a house to replace a beloved lakeside retreat in Wisconsin.

Stinessen Arkitektur designs a compound of clustered cabins that provides opportunities for family members to relax together or...

When a family couldn’t part with a traditional Edwardian, their architect introduced a world of design inspiration instead.

For a client who shreds, designer Macu Bulgubure created the ultimate escape by merging a half-pipe with a home.

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

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

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

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

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

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.