A remote vacation house in Mexico is designed around a series of patios.

A typically cold material makes for a surprisingly cozy concrete beach retreat in New York.

A three-volume residence on the rugged Atlantic coast of Canada frames dramatic views and evokes the vernacular.

In New York, a renovation of a 1920s cottage in a historic district of a coastal town holds surprises within.

A house in a Buenos Aires suburb connects inhabitants with the surrounding landscape.

An accessory dwelling unit is the star of the show in a dense Los Angeles neighborhood.

A Mexican architect designs a personal haven for his young family in Tijuana.

A cleverly designed structure in California edits out much of a surrounding hodgepodge, welcoming in sun and sky.

In Uruguay, an articulated but simple structure by Mathias Klotz and Carolina Pedroni revitalizes a modernist legacy.