In the Costa Rican rainforest, a house by Oliver Schütte maintains a commitment to sustainability.

To encourage residents to build greener houses, Phoenix is offering free design and construction plans for a sustainable residence designed by Marlene Imirzian & Associates Architects.

In the coastal village of Cariló, 200 miles from Buenos Aires, a house provides wide ocean views.

A simple house in South Korea with brick cladding was designed with its changing surroundings in mind.

For its first project in the United States, South Africa–based firm SAOTA remodeled a house from the 1970s into a California Modernist mansion in Bel-Air.

A house with a dynamic, shifting form connects with the river, pond, and mountains around it.

Nestled in the hills close to Chile’s picturesque coastline, this residence brings the outdoors in.

A modern, single-family residence is integrated with the surrounding Indianapolis woods.

Located between the Paracas Desert and Peru’s Pacific coast, this house is designed to resist winds and provide privacy.

In Argentina, a single-family home strikes a balance between indoor and outdoor living.