Dezeen's Top Five Houses of May 2026

Dezeen has published its monthly roundup of the five most popular houses featured on the site in May 2026. The list includes The Blue House on São Miguel Island in the Azores, Portugal, by Atelier Backlar, which adapts the stone ruins of a former whaler's tavern and features a striking blue facade made from recycled ocean plastic battens. Canon Mews in Edinburgh, Scotland, by Pend, is a pair of three-bedroom mews houses built on a compact brownfield site, wrapped in reclaimed brick with red-zinc details. House Kala in Lombok, Indonesia, by Caceres + Tous, sits on a hilltop with a semicircular living space offering sea views, raised on a stone plinth with reddish-brown plaster walls. Summer Home in Idukki, Kerala, India, by Mindspark Architects, is nestled within a cardamom plantation and features a large monopitch roof and timber viewing decks, one with an ornamental pool. SONO Residence in Quebec, Canada, by Atelier Carle, is a mountainside dwelling using wood and board-marked concrete, with an origami-like plan that creates a play of hide and seek.