Check out how these stunning modern houses create peaceful and strikingly Zen havens with their tranquil exterior designs.

Concrete and glass are used throughout the interior and exterior of this holiday home in northern Portugal, which local studio Carvalho Araújo designed to blend in with its woodland setting.

the contemporary 'casa cono' is designed by mexican firm estudio atemporal for a young couple looking to escape urban life.

Hansen Road House by Coates Design Seattle Architects From the outside, this home is an anonymous, almost austere, monumental facade anchored deeply into the hillside on a waterfront property. Upon entering, it becomes clear that an entirely different experience awaits on the inside, where it is warm, light, and open.

Located in Bragança Paulista, Brazil, Redux House was designed by Studio mk27. The home was completed in 2013, and has a horizontality that adds to its sense of space. Redux House by Studio mk27: "Redux House is located in the countryside of São Paulo, Itatiba, in a gated community called Quinta da Baroneza. The ...

These five concrete houses in Argentina by architect Luciano Kruk feature rugged textures that match the woodland and sand dunes that surround them.

What a home demands in terms of design solutions is very different with regards to each homeowner. You want the house to respond to the specific needs of those living in it and this means there can be times when certain features are necessary and other occasion when you can be a bit more flamboyant. […]

roof terrace of the Loducca building in São Paulo by Triptyque

House built in concrete, in Monchique, Portugal; by Pereira Miguel Arquitectos