Set in a remote stretch of Colorado’s San Juan Mountains, this getaway for a couple offers seclusion high in the American Rockies.

A multigenerational family compound in Phoenix embraces “simple desert living" with two distinct, off-grid-ready residences.

Surrounded by suburban development, the vertically oriented Austin home peaks above the tree canopy from within a ravine that had long been written off as unbuildable.

The weekend getaway features a shingle-clad A-frame with living and dining areas set atop a lower-story plinth of bedrooms.

Organized around a spacious central courtyard that gives the project its name, the home takes inspiration from the traditional manor houses of Ahmedabad.

Sited along a ledge that straddles the edge of a forest, the seasonal Vermont residence takes its name from the song “Terrapin Station” by the Grateful Dead.

Ederlezi, a residence on a 16-foot-wide lot in a historic area of suburban Monterrey, conforms to strict conservation guidelines regulated by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History.

Tucked in a historic San Antonio neighborhood, the dwelling for a family of four abounds with daylight and layered transparencies.

With an upper level clad in dark-stained cedar siding and black corrugated metal, the two-story addition contrasts with the predominantly white stucco Spanish Colonial architecture of L.A.'s Silver Lake neighborhood.