From the urban sprawl of Los Angeles to the coastal plains of Connecticut, see a few of Greenitecture’s top home designs integrated with nature across the beautiful United States of America.

1. Ski Slope Residence - LaRue Architects, Austin, Texas

This 4,100 SF contemporary home sits along the west bank of Austin, Texas, originally hosting a 1950s vacation cabin. The dreamy lakeside residence keeps the original hexagon-shaped structure while removing a later addition. The home includes many construction techniques like integrating Douglas Fir to accommodate long spans and locally sourcing natural materials. The Ski Slope Residence is positioned close to the water, offering stunning 180-degree lake views.

2. Longbranch Residence - mwworks, Key Center, Washington

Set in a once-forested rural area of the Key Peninsula, the Longbranch Residence by mwworks embodies a deep connection between architecture and nature. Over the years, the land experienced major alterations, with its center cleared and retaining walls added to hold back the sloping terrain. An aging suburban home had once awkwardly occupied the pine-studded site, but after 35 years of visits to a nearby cabin, the influence slowly transformed the site into something extraordinary.

3. Glass / Wood House - Kengo Kuma and Associates, New Canaan, Connecticut

This project in Connecticut, involved repairing a 1956 residence by architect Joe Black Leigh and adding a new house to the site. The original structure, a glass box in Palladian style, stood alone in a forest. The goal was to maintain its spirit while creating a more intimate connection with nature. A new L-shaped structure to complement the original, inspired by traditional Japanese architecture, allowing the two buildings to interact in a unique way was the outcome. The new house features a mixed structure with a wooden joisted roof and steel pillars, enhancing transparency and shifting the sense of space.

4. Atherton Pavilions - Feldman Architecture, Atherton, California

The Atherton pavilions are two detailed structures designed to blend seamlessly with the landscape, each serving distinct purposes: one as an outdoor kitchen and dining area, and the other as a meditation or workout space. Identical in footprint, height, and materials, these "jewel boxes" enhance the property, which the homeowners had expanded over the years.

*Photograph by Chuck Choi Architectural Photography*

5. Shoreland Overlook Residence - Murdough Design, Center Harbor, New Hampshire

This home serves as both a personal residence for a couple and a retreat for their extended network of family, friends, and colleagues to enjoy the serene lakeside setting. Designed to host over 16 guests, it accommodates family and corporate retreats, musical performances, poetry readings, parties, dinners, and other events. The property includes the main house, a guest house, an art studio, two offices, a gym, and various other amenities completely surrounded by the woods.

6. Hawaii Residence Office Hut - Olson Kundig, The Big Island, Hawaii

The Hawaii Residence Office Hut, recently completed by Olson Kundig, adds to the architecture firm’s previous work on a residence located in Hawaii. This addition serves as a small, secluded workspace and continues the modular logic of the original design. Shielded by a sliding façade of timber louvres, the Office Hut is a natural extension of the Hawaii Residence, maintaining the adaptability and flexibility of the pavilion-style layout.

7. Tarpon Bend Residence - Strang Design, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The Blend Tarpon Bend Residence by Strang is a tropical home designed around existing oak trees, creating a timeless connection to nature. Taking a passive design approach, the home features cross ventilation, deep overhangs, and solar panels to reduce its energy footprint. The lighting system is even programmed to align with circadian rhythms, and a mechanical water system enhances the local water supply.

8. Fallingwater - Frank Lloyd Wright, Mill Run, Pennsylvania

Fallingwater, designed by world-renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, is partially built over a waterfall on the Bear Run stream. Originally conceived as a weekend retreat, this three-story home is perched above the landscape and features multiple outdoor terraces that extend from a central chimney. The home is constructed with locally sourced stone, reinforced concrete, steel, and plate glass, and includes a main entrance, living room, kitchen, and two outdoor terraces on the first floor. Fallingwater is popular tourist destination for architecture and design fanatics worldwide.

9. Sustainability Treehouse - Mithun, Mount Hope, West Virginia

Situated in the forested slopes of the Summit Bechtel Reserve, this 125-foot towering steel frame connects visitors with panoramic views of the ground, tree canopy and sky. The vertical design minimizes site disturbance, and is inspired by the region’s historic industrial structures and traditions. Visitors learn about sustainable design and ecology through immersive experiences and hands-on exhibits as they ascend indoor and outdoor platforms.

10. Lautner Sheats Goldstein Residence - John Lautner, Los Angeles, California

The Sheats–Goldstein Residence is a home designed and built between 1961 and 1963 by American architect John Lautner a short distance up the hill from Beverly Hills. The building was conceived from the inside out and built into the sandstone ledge of the hillside; a cave-like dwelling that opens to embrace nature and view. The house is an early example of American Organic Architecture that derives its form as an extension of the natural environment and of the individual for whom it was built.

Curated by Seth Calmes

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10 Stunning Homes in the United States Immersed in Nature