River Isle House / Waterfrom Design

Set along the banks of the Tamsui River, this vacation home opens itself to sweeping views of water and mangroves. Curved forms frame the landscape, softening the boundary between inside and out. The design is guided by a simple question: how can architecture sustain a conversation with nature? The answer lies in connection—between people, between light and shadow, between private retreat and shared life. By resisting rigid definitions and leaving space for flexibility, the house is designed to grow and evolve with time.

Terracotta Breath by live out studio is an elegant yet humble multigenerational home quietly nestled in a narrow laneway of Da Nang, Vietnam. Designed for two households - the parents' home at the front and their daughter's home at the rear - the project occupies a modest 7×22-meter urban plot. Between the two, a small planted courtyard serves as both separator and connector: a shared space that breathes life, daylight, and gentle community into daily routines.

To inhabit the stone wall is to engage in a dialogue with the memory of the landscape. The stone, ancestral and austere, forms a foundation that roots the work to the topography. Above it, the architecture rises in concrete planes, a sober and balanced tension. Inhabiting becomes a gesture of continuity: The stone wall no longer just contains, but interprets the landscape, establishing a horizon where the natural and the built coexist.

SAW.Earth has directed a student workshop to create an ellipsoidal greenhouse, optimizing solar exposure for the Scholes Street Community Garden in Brooklyn, NY.