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June 15, 2025
A Clubhouse That Grows from the Landscape
Set at the edge of a calm lake in Belén de Escobar, just outside Buenos Aires, the Riberas Clubhouse reimagines what a community space can be. Designed by Estudio Ramos, this project is more than just another amenity, it’s a quiet architectural gesture that folds into its surroundings, encourages connection, and feels more like a […]
June 13, 2025
This Home’s Courtyard Uses a Circular Cut-Out to Invite Light and Sky In
Australian firm Taylor Knights has adapted an 1882 Victorian-era house on a corner lot in Armadale, Melbourne, for a family of six. The old house had solid brickwork, ornate detailing and a plan that still worked, so the architects kept as much of the existing structure as they could and stayed within the original footprint. […]
June 9, 2025
This café is a beautiful place to do nothing
OFF LINE Café is a coffee shop in the El Carmen neighbourhood of Valencia, designed by Ramón Esteve Estudio. The idea behind it is to help guests disconnect and pay attention to what they are drinking. It serves coffee, tea and natural wines. Three materials Only three materials are used: pine wood, black iron and […]
June 8, 2025
Tucked Behind This Minimalist Home Is a Backyard Oasis
Bold House is a Mediterranean home designed by Manuel García Asociados with a focus on harmony, craftsmanship, and spatial flow. Curved forms are used throughout to soften transitions and create a continuous connection between architecture and interior design. The result is a warm, minimalist residence that balances precision with comfort. The Facade Bold House makes […]
June 6, 2025
A Prefab Home With a Courtyard Designed to Embrace the Landscape
Courtyard House is a prefabricated, off-grid home in Mungo Brush, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by CHROFI with FABPREFAB, which also developed and built it. The project reworks the familiar Australian rural house as a prefab building that sits lightly on its site. Why prefabrication Building off site avoided invasive construction on the […]
June 5, 2025
This Mid-Century Modern Home Feels Like a Secret Treehouse in the Forest
Designed in 1958 by architect Charles A. Marsh Jr. for celebrated Seattle artist Alden Mason, this Mid-Century modern home feels like a secret treehouse tucked into the woods near Lake Washington. Recently restored by Nahoko Ueda of Ueda Design Studio, the house delicately blends preservation and innovation. It’s a deeply personal home that continues to […]
June 4, 2025
The Transformation of This 1970s Home Is Almost Unrecognizable
What does sustainable design look like when it starts with what already exists? In Eindhoven, a 1970s villa in disrepair has been thoughtfully transformed by Wenink Holtkamp Architecten into an energy-neutral home that honors its architectural roots. Tucked beneath tall trees on the edge of the city, the house now balances past and present through […]
May 30, 2025
This Home Looks Minimal, But It’s Full of Subtle Emotion
Natural light pours across stone, wood, and ceramic in this modern Mediterranean home, where simplicity is anything but empty. On Spain’s Costa Blanca, interior designer Maria Jose Aunon Cabrera and architect Pasqual Giner explore how geometry, material, and atmosphere can shape emotion, and space. Stone, white, and warm wood cladding create a material rhythm that […]
May 29, 2025
Inside a Quietly Modern Home Inspired by Rural Sheds
Tucked into the sloping terrain of Ballybrew, a quiet townland in County Wicklow, Ireland, this contemporary home by DUA (Design Urbanism Architecture) doesn’t shout for attention, it listens. At first glance, it might pass for a simple farm structure. But look again. Beneath the familiar silhouette of a curved roof and green cladding lies a […]
May 27, 2025
This Tiny House Makes the Most of Every Inch
In an episode from find the Perfect Place, a YouTube channel focused on unique home tours, host Bronson visits a small but well-considered tiny house in Wanaka, a scenic town on New Zealand’s South Island. Set in a quiet residential neighborhood at the base of Mount Iron, the house is located within easy reach of […]
May 24, 2025
Before and After: A Brick Home’s Coastal Makeover
Modify Homes has renovated a dated red brick house in Australia for a family that wanted more light, better flow and a layout that works for everyday life. The project keeps the original tiled roof but reworks almost everything below it, with curved forms, a new rear addition and a stronger link to the garden […]
May 23, 2025
A beachside boardwalk reimagined as the spine of a modern home
This single-storey house by FIGR. Architecture & Design sits on a sloping coastal site in Australia. The idea behind it is the beach boardwalk: a timber path that leads from the street through the house and organises the rooms along its length. Timber walls under a dark roof The outside is wrapped in Blackbutt shiplap […]