A young firm creates surprising spaces within a gabled-roof house in Chicago.

A pragmatic four-story home is built into a steep grade overlooking the Potomac River.

A house in Aspen fits discreetly into the landscape.

In the plains of Mallorca’s Tramontana Mountains, a vacation rental is designed to capture the views.

A local firm designs an Arizona residence to highlight its desert context.

A new book sheds light on a significant but little-known house in Houston that a pioneering Black architect designed and later remodeled for his family.

An architect creates a secret garden house for himself and his family in a dense residential section of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

A traditional Chinese Siheyuan residence is remodeled with modern touches.

A 1962 house by Ulrich Franzen is restored.

A discreet facade belies the surprises within a house in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.