Architecture firm Studio Saxe, has completed a new modern home in Costa Rica, that's designed to highlight its surroundings.

Picture this...a tropical island with perfect weather year around, a secluded cove hugged by hills featuring a 1.4km uninterrupted secluded beach...a creek cascading down the hills, down the rice paddy terraces, culminating in a little lake...and amongst …

This white-concrete guest house in the Mexican resort of Tulum is surrounded by dense tropical foliage, which can be viewed from a large roof terrace.

Image 2 of 38 from gallery of Thai Binh House / Chu Ngoc Anh Architects. Photograph by Hoang Le

underneath the mega-umbrella by atelier daniel florez, hammocks gently sway in the wind and furniture sits scattered across the sandy ground.

A map of the best contemporary landscape architecture projects from around the world.