Best Houses of 2018

© PvE

With more than 4000 different projects published during the year, our editors want to close an exciting year for architecture with a selection in a typology near and dear to us all: houses.

From remote landscapes to urban infills; vernacular design to high-tech automation, this selection of 80 houses highlights 2018’s most exciting moments for architectural design, material and construction innovation, challenging topography, and client desires – all in the home. See the best houses from around the world here.

House in Tarumi / Tomohiro Hata Architect and Associates

© Toshiyuki Yano

One Year Project / Life Style Koubou

© Life Style Koubou

Brick Cave / H&P Architects

© Nguyen Tien Thanh

Hopper House / AHL architects

© Hoang Le Photography

The HUT / 23o5 studio

© Hiroyuki Oki

Long An House / Tropical Space

© Hiroyuki Oki

Jungalow House / Neogenesis+Studi0261

© Ishita Sitwala

CloakedHouse / 3r Ernesto Pereira

© Joao Morgado

Rode House / Pezo von Ellrichshausen

© PvE

House 1219 / HARQUITECTES

© Adrià Goulà

Manhwaricano / Rieuldorang Atelier

© Yoon Joonhwan

Renovation in Shizuoka / Shuhei Goto Architects

© Kenta Hasegawa

Layered House / STARSIS

© Hong Seokgyu

House in Salento / Iosa Ghini Associati

© Cosmo Leara

Los Terrenos / Tatiana Bilbao

© Rory Gardiner

2 Houses in Chigny / dieterdietz.org

© Adrian Comte & Mikael Blomfelt

House in Formentera Island / Marià Castelló Martínez

Courtesy of Marià-Castelló Martínez

Bridge House / LLAMA urban design

© Ben Rahn

Calders House / narch

© Adrìa Goulà

House NI / 1-1 Architect

Courtesy of 1-1 Architect

Torquay Concrete House / Auhaus Architecture

© Derek Swalwell

Un Patio / P11 Arquitectos

© Eduardo Calvo Santisbon

Santa Teresa’s House / Carla Juaçaba

© Joana França

House in Miyamoto / Tato Architects

© Shinkenchiku Sha

Big Cabin | Little Cabin / Renée del Gaudio

© David Lauer

Expandable House / Urban Rural Systems

© Guna Putra

The House Of Secret Gardens / Spasm Design

© Umang Shah

House H / dmvA Architecten

© Sergio Pirrone

Italianate House / Renato D’Ettorre Architects

© Simone Bossi

Hualle House / Ampuero Yutronic

© Felipe Fontecilla

Las Bóvedas / – = + x –

© Alejandro Patiño

Residence in Colares / Frederico Valsassina Arquitectos

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

House 711H / Bloco Arquitetos

© Joana França

House VG Renovation / ES-arch

Courtesy of ES-Arch

Georgica Cove / Bates Masi Architects

Courtesy of Bates Masi Architects

House In Rua do Paraíso / fala atelier

© Ricardo Loureiro

Le Cabanon / Rick Joy Architects

© Joe Fletcher

Tree-ness House / Akihisa Hirata

© Vincent Hecht

Retina House / Arnau estudi d’arquitectura

© Marc Torra

Creek House / Tham & Videgård Arkitekter

© Åke E.Son Lindman

Sapucaí-Mirim House / Paulo Bastos e Associados

© Daniel Ducci

Planar House / Studio MK27 – Marcio Kogan + Lair Reis

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

House in a Garden / Gianni Botsford Architects

© Edmund Sumner

Bugatti House / A4estudio

© Luis Abba

Ghat House / Max Núñez

© Roland Halbe

The Tree House / AS Arquitectura

© Onnis Luque

Stilts House / Natura Futura Arquitectura

© JAG Studio

Mi Casa / Studio [+] Valéria Gontijo

© Front Filmes

4x6x6 House / dua studio

© William Sutanto

DS House / Studio Arthur Casas

© Ricardo Labougle

Starter Home* No. 3 / OJT

© William Crocker

House H / Felipe Assadi Arquitectos

© Fernando Alda

House in Sátão / Jorge Mealha

© Jorge Mealha

Out-to-Out House / L.E.FT Architects

© Bahaa Ghoussainy

Casa de la Roca / Cadaval & Solà-Morales

© Sandra Pereznieto

Casa Bruma / Fernanda Canales

© Rafael Gamo

Puzzle House / Mabire Reich

© Guillaume Satre

Shangri-la Cabin / DRAA + Magdalena Besomi

© Felipe Camus

House in Akashi / arbol

© Yasunori Shimomura

Gallery Home / Elding Oscarson

© Mikael Olsson

Nulla Vale House and Shed / MRTN Architects

© Peter Bennetts

Artery Residence / Hufft Projects

© Michael Robinson

Gibbon Street / Cavill Architects

© David Chatfield

House in Guimarães / Correia/Ragazzi Arquitectos

© Nicola Belluzi

House TP / dmvA architects

© Bart Gosselin

Treow Brycg House / Omar Gandhi Architect

© Ema Peter

Peach House / Frederic Schnee

© Frederic Schnee

House of the Flying Beds / AL BORDE

© JAG Studio

Villa on the Lake / Mecanoo

© mariashot.photo

2I4E House / P+0 Architecture + David Pedroza Castañeda

© FCH Fotografia

House for a Young Family / Architecture Uncomfortable Workshop

© Andras Soltai

Villa in the Palms / Abraham John Architects

© Edmund Sumner

Cercal House / Atelier Data

© John Seymour

Hofmann House / Fran Silvestre Arquitectos

© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Issa Megaron / PROARH

© Damir Fabijanić

Roofless House / Craig Steely Architecture

© Darren Bradley

Dream & Maze / Studio 10

© Chao Zhang

Une maison pour surfer / Java Architecture

© Caroline Dethier

Kloof 119A / SAOTA

© Mickey Hoyle

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