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December 3, 2025
Between the river and the sea on the southern coast of Bahia, Brazil, a new kind of tropical retreat has taken shape. Designed by UNA barbara e valentim, the Modular Bahia project shows what happens when contemporary architecture meets deep sensitivity to climate, territory, and landscape. Modular Bahia unfolds across a peninsula where the views […]
December 1, 2025
Some homes are shaped by the people who gather inside them, while others are shaped by the land they overlook. This one manages to be both. The Two Pavilions House by Tom Robertson Architects sits quietly along the Australian coastline, but its purpose is anything but quiet. It was created as a retreat where three […]
November 30, 2025
Some homes are built for everyday living and others are designed to make life feel a little bigger. The South Harbor Residence by Blaze Makoid Architecture falls into the second category. Set on Sag Harbor in North Haven, New York, it sits on a site that naturally invites you to slow down and look out […]
November 29, 2025
In the quiet coastal community of Costa Esmeralda, a home has appeared among the pines. Designed by architect Luciano Kruk for a couple with children, this single storey structure settles into the landscape without disturbing its natural rise. What looks at first like a dark timber and concrete shelter quickly reveals a bright interior shaped […]
November 27, 2025
baukultur/ca approaches Glen Manor Haus with the belief that Quiet Luxury comes from precision rather than excess. Their design for this Toronto home focuses on clarity, proportion, and honest materials that work together to create calm. In the first steps through the house, the intent becomes clear. Light is shaped thoughtfully, spaces unfold with purpose, […]
November 27, 2025
Lina Apartment in Centro, Santa Catarina delivers a clear lesson in how to update a historic space without dimming the charm that made it special. Designed by Alencar, the project keeps the apartment’s original identity intact while opening it up for modern living. The promise here is simple: a transformation that respects memory, embraces comfort, […]
November 23, 2025
Designed by NguyenHieuARC, this home in Vietnam was shaped around a simple idea creating a modern space that still feels warm and emotional. The architect avoided rigid boxes and instead looked to the softness of leaves, turning those curves into a home that feels friendly, flexible and closely tied to nature. The result is a […]
November 19, 2025
In Taichung City, a typical Taiwanese apartment has been quietly transformed into something far softer and more uplifting than its original layout ever allowed. Once boxed in by internal rooms and interrupted by heavy walls, the home has been reimagined by Very Studio | Che Wang Architects as a calm white retreat where arches, curves […]
November 14, 2025
Blank Canvas Architects began with a clear goal. Turn a once dim workers cottage on a narrow 5m-wide block into a bright and functional home for a family with two teenage boys. Their design focuses on natural light, spatial clarity, and everyday ease. Every decision supports that promise. What was cramped is now open. What […]
November 7, 2025
In the heart of Shanghai, one ordinary apartment has been transformed into something a little different. Designed by Wutopia Lab, the project began as a typical three-bedroom, two-living-room layout, the kind of standardized home that fills China’s cities. But instead of accepting convention, the designers decided to rewrite the script of urban family living. The […]
October 31, 2025
In the leafy neighbourhood of Summerhill, Toronto, a professional couple with a young child have found their ideal home: a contemporary retreat designed by Akb Architects that feels both sophisticated and utterly livable. From the street, the Summerhill Residence immediately stands out. Its red brick facade and black-stained cedar details give it a bold yet […]
October 25, 2025
Strand Design has completed the Northern Lake Home, a modern vacation house in northern Minnesota for a young couple who wanted to bring together their love of Scandinavian architecture and an active lifestyle. An exterior that recedes into the forest The house is clad in a dark palette of grey, black, stone and wood, so […]
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